Hardknocks was established and built by Nick & Chris Mele in 2002.

Here at Hardknocks, we possess a passion to teach and a burning desire to see results. We do that by motivating and inspiring today's youth to believe in themselves & their abilities and to work hard toward their goals. Nothing is more important than positive results leading to better, safer play and a true love/enjoyment of this great American game of baseball!

We offer quality individualized batting, pitching, catching & fielding instruction for both baseball & softball.

Our training floor consists of six batting cages, two automated arm-type pitching machines, 3 live tunnels with manual-feed ATEC pitching machines (protective screens), and one live pitching tunnel with mound. All cages measure 50' x 13' x 13' with the exception of the live pitching tunnel which measures 70' x 13' x 13'. Our open floor space serves as a 72' x 35' full-court basketball are and servers multipurpose roles for physical training and other activities.

Hard Knocks Baseball Academy was built and designed by its operators with comfort and efficiency in mind to optimize this space to its fullest.