Private or Semi Private Training
Private Training
Private training is definitely the most successful way to improve your skills in the shortest period of time. Working one on one with a professional coach is a great way to finally clarify anything that might be confusing to a young athlete or even a more experienced older athlete. I often encourage new academy athletes to book at least one private lesson to help go over the important fundamentals of hitting. There are so many small but important details that often unknown to many baseball and fastpitch players. Players can often feel behind when joining an experienced group of players. Private training is a great way to get up to speed and back on track.
Philosophy
My philosophy is very simple. I pride myself on communication and patience. As far as playing baseball and fastpitch, there are some very important fundamentals that need to be mastered in order to be consistently successful at any level. I help athletes to understand these fundamentals and also be able to perform them. Consistency is the key to success and private training is the fastest way to get there.
Hitting
Without a doubt hitting is one part of the game that requires the most amount of attention with young baseball and fastpitch athletes. Most young athletes have not learned how to swing properly and their bad habits get harder and harder to change as they get older. The sooner that they can learn the proper fundamentals if hitting the more success they can achieve.
Throwing
Throwing mechanics are relatively simple. I believe that each individual has their own ideal throwing mechanics but, they still need to have strong fundamentals to help promote consistency and to help limit the chance of an arm injury or discomfort. Throwing fundamentals have changed a lot over the years and there is now a lot of new cutting edge science to back it up.
Fielding
Fielding ground balls or flyballs as an infielder and outfielder revolves mostly around repetitions. Being a good infielder or outfielder has a lot to do with confidence and preparation. Both of those things are a biproduct of countless repetitions of good foot work, hands and coordination.
Catching
Catching is definitely one of the hardest and most important positions on the field. Having a good catcher behind the plate is typically a big part of why many teams are more successful than others. Being a good catcher consists of being comfortable and fearless behind the plate and having a high level baseball or fastpitch I.Q which means they understand the game very well and knows how to control the game from behind the plate.
Pitching
Pitching is what many young players want to get better at. More specifically they want to throw faster while still being accurate. I would say that pitching is one part of baseball that gets influenced the most by a variety of different sources. I rarely meet parents or coaches who have similar pitching philosophies or who can agree on pitching mechanics. Despite pitching being relatively simple, it is definitely one of the hardest parts of the game to coach. I try and apply the same principles of hitting to pitching. Pitching requires certain necessary fundamentals and certain understandings. Once those fundamentals are understood and are present in an athletes pitching delivery, they can then customize their motion to something that they feel more comfortable to perform.
