Tom M.

I teach hitting skills to high school, college, adult and junior high baseball players.

Thirty-nine (39) years of success coaching and developing high school and college baseball players:

- 9 years Private Hitting Instructor
- 9 years @ Archbishop Riordan High School (San Francisco)
- 2 years @ Lincoln High School (San Francisco)
- 3 years @ Tamalpais High School Mill Valley)
- 14 years @ Lowell High School (San Francisco)
- 2 years @ Mission High School (San Francisco)
- 3 years San Francisco Little League Juniors, Seniors, Safety Committee,
Player Development Committee

- 2 years @ University of San Francisco

- also coach Defense

- operate baseball camps and clinics for players and coaches

- guest coach/speaker at camps and clinics

I am a fully certified baseball coach in California through the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS).

I am a fully certified ASEP instructor (American Sports Education Program).

I am a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).

Played college baseball for four (4) years at the University of San Francisco.

Played semi-pro baseball for five (5) years with and against college and minor league players.

The first session is strictly analytical. Short conversation about goals, approach, mentality and current knowledge of hitting. Then I observe and analyze focus, knowledge of the strike zone, balance, mechanics, hand-eye coordination, level of swing, ability to execute basic and advanced skills, demeanor while hitter swings in the cage or on a hitting tee to plan the next several sessions.

Following sessions we will work on building proper mechanics, plate discipline, identifying pitches, confidence and correcting identified weaknesses from above, then move into more advanced skills: correct bunting technique, hitting behind a runner, fly ball with runner on 3rd with less than two outs, using the middle of the field, visual techniques, ocular conditioning, approach at the plate, recognizing situations, simulations and a team approach to the offensive side of the game. My goal is to develop a players hitting skills to advance himself at his current level, advance to higher levels in the game and to become a better young man.