Jonathan Y.

I have worked with athletes for 14 years. The past 10 years I have given private lessons in baseball for students of all ages. I will work with beginners to advanced baseball players. I will work with children as young as 7 years of age. I have been a successful high school coach at Sacred Heart in Muenster, TX and have taken the teams which I coached to the playoffs. I was the head coach of a private high school in Texas for 4 years with an additional 3 years as an assistant coach. My main area of expertise is pitching and hitting but I will work on fielding as well.

I did not play baseball in high school or college, but I have developed and learned the game of baseball by attending different coaching clinics and interacting with college level coaches at their practices. I have been named coach of the year in our district for two consecutive years when I coached high school baseball. I have spent numerous hours studying the game, researching the best mechanics for each position, and focusing on developing effective and efficient practice sessions.

I will start with a proper warm-up for the player depending on the area we are focusing on (pitching, hitting, or fielding). We will then focus on fundamentals and correcting footwork and mechanics. I will then run the player through live drills and scenarios. I am big on explaining drills and situations and why they need to be done. An hour long practice will consist of 5-10 minute warm-up, 15-25 minutes of drills, 10-20 minutes of situations and live work, and 5-10 minutes of wrap up and discussing what was done and what to continue to work on. I will find the best instructional format for each individual student. Everyone learns differently and I will find the tactic and style which works best for the individual student.