I would like to take this opportunity to let parents know my objectives in providing an athletic training program for your child.



First and foremost, the objective in my program(s) is not to make your child a professional athlete! If that is your child's dream (or yours), then I would love to help him/her realize any and all of their hopes and aspirations along the way to accomplish this goal.



The chances for example, of a little league baseball player making it to a high school baseball program is around one in four (25%); The chances of that same little leaguer making it to the collegiate level are one out of a hundred (1%); Obviously, making it to the professional level would be like winning the lottery!



My mission is to provide a balanced program where an athlete can learn sufficient technical information first to enhance a particular skill; to provide a vehicle (10 or 12-week class) in which the student can apply the information that was learned in a regimented, structured way; and to do all of this in a manner that provides a good experience for all involved (student, parent, teacher).



I have provided this same method of training for the last seventeen years with great success. Thousands of parents from all over Northeast Ohio, Northwest Ohio, Central Ohio, and Western Pennsylvania speak for the results.



Provide Technical Information First:

The technical information that is given to each program skill (i.e. hitting, catching, pitching) is presented in a lecture series format first, in a classroom type setting. Without any question the informational stage of my program(s) is the most important part of the program. There is a specific teaching curriculum (like in school) that is covered very slowly and thoroughly, to the student, in the various age group levels (9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15 and up). I specifically detail what each part of the body is supposed to perform when the skill is attempted. A cause and effect method of teaching is used to visualize to the student what happens when the skill is done correctly, versus incorrectly. I place a strong emphasis on the student and parent to understand why a particular skill is performed and not just because I, as a teacher, am explaining it a certain way. Parents are not only allowed in the gym during the child's classes but are encouraged to do so (particularly in the 9-10, 11-12 and 13-14 year old groups). I have found that once parents become more knowledgeable about the skill being taught, then much more positive reinforcement takes place away from my facility.