LOWA prides itself on intensity, hustle, and honesty. The tournament is extremely competitive and athletes are under tremendous pressure to perform at the highest level. Knowing this, the LOWA anti-drug comitte as instituted drug testing before each tournament on Draft Night. Steriods and other performance enhancing drugs are banned substances that carry a zero-tolerance policy with a punishment of a lifetime ban of the game. The testing used is highly accurate and trace substances up to 400 days. The use of these drugs would be an insult to the LOWA, its athletes, and the glorious game of whiffleball.

Athletes are encouraged to train hard in the offseason to prepare them for the tournament. Offseason batting practice, lifting, aglity and quickness drills, and weight training are just some of the training that athletes do day in and day out with hopes of one day winning either an individual award or the coveted championship trophy. Training regiments such as Chris Clayton's this past year are not encouraged, which included anti-hand-eye coordination drills, unless you are trying to dethrone him of his self-named trophy.
Some may wonder, why would someone train 364 days in the year for a 1 day tournament? I do not have an answer for you. If you must ask this question, you obviously have no business looking at this website.