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Advisor on the Road: A tour of Boston area training facilities. 

Destination: Frozen Ropes Training Center, Plymouth MA               
Location: 130-1 Camelot Drive, Plymouth MA, 02360
Web Site: www.frozenropes.com/plymouth
Phone: 1-508-830-1403

Facilities: Indoor batting and pitching tunnels, pitching machines, variety of training aids and tools, bat speed machine Swing Builder (Levatino).

Staff:  Wayne Demeo and Dwayne Follette Co-owners, Bob Boutin GM,  Jimmy Coleman Instructor, Ali Wamboldt, assistant manager.

Programs and Services: Baseball and Softball hitting and pitching lessons, cage/tunnel rentals, full facility rentals, birthday parties, team practices, hitting leagues, Fall Instruction Leagues, off site home or field  services, coaching clinics, Born to Play children’s program, Levatino Bat Speed Machine and training memberships, vision training, ASA softball teams, and AAU baseball teams, free initial consultation and swing analysis. Plus Visual Mechanics.

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Articles with and By Frozen Ropes Staff
   Talking Baseball with Bob Boutin
   Hitting basics
   Manny Ramirez's Day at Frozen Ropes

Highlights: Conversation with General Manager and Head Instructor Bob Boutin and a demonstration on the Levatino Bat Machine

 Like many indoor baseball training centers, Frozen Ropes of Plymouth is located in an industrial park development about 2 miles off of Rte 3 in Southeastern MA.  And again, like most other indoor facilities, Frozen Ropes has batting cages, pitching machines, bats, balls and all the other tools necessary to run a baseball and softball training center.

 Unlike any other indoor baseball facilities, Frozen Ropes Plymouth has Bob Boutin and an amazing swing trainer called The Levatino Bat Speed Machine. (LBSM)  The Bat Speed Machine has to be tried to understand how it works and what it can do for bat speed. I tried it and was amazed at how my lower body was awakened.  Frozen Ropes tests all  players on bat speed and ball exit speed and they keep logs on people training with the LBSM. Without fail all players improved at least 10%, and in some cases 20%, on their scores after a short training period on the machine.  But, again, try it for yourself and tell them the Advisor sent you.

 I have known Bob for about 8 years, having first interviewed him for my newsletter, The Athlete’s Advisor in 1997.  I was a frequent guest at the facilities he managed, including Four Season’s Baseball in Portland ME (now a Frozen Ropes.)  In my years of being around baseball, Bob is one the most genuine, honest and knowledgeable people I have met.  At times, players drove hours for lessons – his reputation as a hitting instructor working from Maine to Connecticut and Rhode Island.

 “I work for the most successful baseball training company in the world. Frozen Ropes has over 20 locations around the world and the company is always looking for ways to make our programs better.  We have an incredible vision training program, our mental training program is outstanding – in fact Ken Ravizza (well known baseball sport psychologist) was the consultant who worked on the foundations of it – and the company is very innovative in providing programs for us.” 

”From a personal standpoint I really believe in giving the customer unbelievable service.  I will do anything I can to help someone who is busting their tail in my facility. It means a lot to me to see them improve and have success. I am just a part of the equation when it comes to a player’s success, but it makes me feel good when I get a call from a mom to thank me for my efforts now that her son is playing ball in college.”

What I like about Bob is his honesty.  He is never going to be someone who will lie to you in hopes that you “hear what you want” and continue to pump money into lesson and clinics. 
”I have to be honest with my evaluations for those people looking for that type of thing.  My role is to help them reach their potential, but be realistic about expectations.  If I think you have the ability to be the DH in your junior year at a Division III program, but only if you work your fanny off, I am not going to tell your something else.  On the other hand, if I think you are not working hard enough and have a lot of potential, I will tell you that as well.”

There are a lot of good baseball people out there, doing what Bob is doing – he is not alone. But if you live in the Southeastern part of the Massachusetts, he is worth visiting.