Book Private Baseball Lessons with Coach James
I have extensive playing and coaching experience. I played all the way through college and the semi professional level. I currently coach a 12U select team that is focused on development of players to prepare them for high school tryouts and beyond. I can train all aspects of the game but focus mainly on pitching, catching, infield and hitting. The only thing I can not train is pitching for Softball.
Mansfield, TX
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Get to know Coach James
About Me:
I was a four year varsity baseball player, and played through junior college. After completing college I played and coached with the Detroit Bulls Semi-Professional baseball team.
How I can help you improve your game:
I can break down what is going in with a player and help them fix what is needed whether it be an overhaul to hitting, pitching or fielding or just small tweaks to make things work out for them. I am a believer that you can not put a band aid on a problem and expect it to hold. I had an instructor tell me one time that the worst thing a player can do is just one lesson. The player must stick with the program to fix issues or they will be stuck between old ways and new ways and will get worse instead of better.
What a typical training session looks like with me:
A typical 60 minute session would look like this
-Player arrives 10-15 minutes early to stretch and get loose
- First 10-15minutes would be warming up by throwing as being able to catch and throw is the most important skill any baseball or softball player can possess. During this time we will also talk about what happened in practices or games since our previous lesson. Immediately after warming up we will go over any videos they have from performances since our last lesson
-The next 5 minutes we will discuss how we are going to go about fixing any issues that the player is having or if we are simply reinforcing and building on the last lesson we will lay out a play for the lesson.
-For the following 30-40 minutes will work the plan to fix or improve whatever it is we are working on.
-We will finish the lesson with a review of what we worked on, I will send any videos from lessons to parents and player will be able to recap what they have learned. I recommend that every player have a notebook specific to baseball so they can write notes from lessons to review, and so they can write down issues or situations they have trouble with that they need to bring to my attention.
Career summary and accomplishments:
I have coached teams all the way from t-ball to a semi-professional level. I have worked with players all the way from t-ball to the professional level.
Best coach I ever had:
The best coach I had was my father he was able to push me to be my best and knew exactly which buttons to push as well as was able to notice things that I did not notice while reviewing films.
What athletes and parents should know about me:
I am a coach that is dedicated to player development. I am blunt with players on what they need to work on to improve their game and expect work outside of lessons to improve as players. I prefer to work outside at a field as opposed to indoors at a cage, but will take lessons inside if the weather dictates.
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