Jack Herman

I have experience coaching players from ages 6-18 at all different talent levels. I started giving lessons to younger kids when I was a freshman in high school and have been doing so and working my way up ever since. I have coached players from the little league level all the way up to D1 commit/player level. In the past I have worked at Indoorance Baseball Academy in South Jersey and have also worked for showcase companies including Best in the US Showcases. I am still currently playing the game we all love and enjoy, so I am continuing to learn and grow as not only a player but a coach as well. By doing that, I am hoping to share the knowledge and coaching that I have received and are now currently receiving to every single player I am involved coaching.

Some of my athletic accomplishments start back in my high school days. I was a 4 year all conference player, 1 year all American, 4 time all South Jersey player, 1 time New Jersey player of the year, hold almost all of the batting titles at my high school, and was fortunate enough to commit the the University of Maryland my freshman year of high-school. After my senior year, I was lucky enough to be drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and have been there since (2018-present). My first year of pro ball, I was an all star at the rookie ball level and was in the top 3 in the league for batting average. The years following I hit above .240 with 13+ homeruns a season. Since 2022, I have been rehabbing a broken leg and hope to be back and ready for the 2024 season.

During a hitting session with me, you can expect us to almost start from scratch. I don't know you and you don't know me, which is actual perfect. I will take most of our first session to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses as a hitter and will also take some time during the lesson to discuss with you what you think your strengths and weaknesses are. After a session of getting to know each other and making some small immediate adjustments, I will start to put together a personalized plan for you since we all know no 2 hitters are the same. As a coach and also a player. I like to focus on how to clean up bat path so we are making consistent hard contact on the barrel, how to use your legs correctly so we can get the most out of the base of our swing which can sometimes if not most times clean up the rest of the swing, and also our direction through the baseball so we are able to backspin the ball to all sides of the field. My goal is to make the player a diverse hitter, not a one tool hitter. After we get a lot of the drill work and body movement stuff done (its never done, you will be working on these things your entire career), we will move into the mental side of hitting and how to become not just a swinger, but a hitter. I pride myself as a coach to be able to explain all of these things to any age of players and any skill level of players. The last thing as a hitter that we want to do is be an over-thinker.