After the Women's National Open came to its conclusion on Sunday afternoon, the action rolled on Monday morning with the start of the Women's National Team Training Camp.

The 37 players who were named to the Training Camp roster arrived bright and early to the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, Arizona, where the first thing on the ledger was a round of Prospect Development Pipeline (PDP) Athletic Performance Assessments. These included things such as 30-yard sprints, broad jumps, and reaction time tests among others, and they were used to test a variety of different skills from all the athletes in attendance.

From there, things shifted toward a more traditional practice, with manager Veronica Alvarez and staff wanting to drill the fundamentals into their players from the very beginning. The main focus of the day was baserunning, which included leads, jumps, and dirt ball reads as the main priorities. In addition to this, the players also took part in positional fielding work and a few rounds of batting practice before the day was done.

With this work came a surprise, as YouTuber Eric Sim joined the group partway through in preparation for an upcoming video. In an attempt to bring a bigger spotlight to women's baseball, the frontman of the King of JuCo channel participated in a few drills and stood both in the box and on the mound for some live at-bats against a few Women's National Team alumni at the end of practice, including Olivia Pichardo and Denae Benites.

"It was amazing," Sim said about the experience. "I just came out here to showcase what the girls are doing, and they were working extremely hard. They killed it. They've got some serious talent, so it's very exciting to watch them."

On Deck

The Women's National Team Training Camp continues on Tuesday, with the beginning of the three-game Stars vs. Stripes series scheduled to kick off at 9:30 A.M. MT. You can follow along with the action on Twitter @USABaseballWNT as well as at the GameChanger link here.