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NEW! Baseball
Academy Memberships
3-Month Membership $180

Memberships begin on June 1st

 Baseball Academy Membership Includes:

  • 2-hours per week access to our batting cage and pitching lanes! (some time restrictions apply) 
  • Discounted private instruction rates!
  • Discounted Baseball Academy Clinics!
  • Discounted rates in our state-of-the-art pitching simulator! (100 pitches for $15)

 (Limited number of memberships available.  Memberships are not required)

In the Spectrum Sports Baseball Academy we will cover a full range of the athletes needs in our programs.

After assessment at Spectrum Sports Academy a training plan for individual baseball and softball athletes will be developed . The plan will differentiate between skill training and physical training for the baseball athlete and will establish a targeted  training plan based upon an athletes current time in season.  The goal of this approach is to prevent injuries, to be sharp mentally and to achieve peak explosiveness, power and skill during the in-season. Learn What Sets Our Training Apart?

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 Our state of the art pitching simulator allows baseball and softball athletes to train in a live pitching situation unlike a traditional pitching machine. The simulator is a hitting tool that allows players to work on timing load and contact and while experiencing a variety of different pitches and varying velocities. The benefit of the precise controlled pitch location of the simulator experience is that it allows the athlete to concentrate more intently on fundamentals while actually hitting a live pitch.

Click here to see Simulated Baseball Pitch

 

Whether clinics, camps or semi-private/private training, Spectrum Sports Academy’s Baseball  offerings are designed to help athletes take their baseball skills to the next level.  Catching, throwing, fielding, fundamental athleticism, basic position and hitting development are primary areas of focus.  In our semi-private training program emphasis will be placed on quantitative measurement and assessment to track and monitor each athlete’s progress.


Coaches Corner and Team Training


Each of our Academies is facilitated by a director that brings passion and vision to the programs that we have developed to train our athletes.  Please click on the links below to access the bio of Coach Mark Croye,  Director of Baseball and his team of Coaches.

 Mark Croye, Director of Baseball

Coach Croye, a pitcher and shortstop through his Texas high school 6A and college playing days, leads our baseball training and development efforts at Spectrum Sports Academy.  He has been working with youth baseball players and AAU travel teams for the past 27 years.

Coach Croye is passionate about player development and strives to motivate his athletes to develop a strong work ethic to achieve to skill perfection and reach their personal goals.  Coach Croye is an expert on teaching the MLB style rotational hitting technique and coaches many young pitchers on proper throwing/pitching techniques and arm deceleration for maximum arm care. 

 Chase Bailey, Hitting Instructor

Coach Bailey Graduated from Potomac State College where he achieved 4th in the country hitting honors (.416). During his time there he was named Junior College All-American and attended the Junior College World Series. Coach Bailey played two years of Division 1 Baseball. He has worked with Mark Doran (Coach for Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez) and also worked with George Canal formerly of the Milwaukee Brewers. Coach Bailey has been doing hitting lessons nationally and most recently worked with the California Golden Bears Softball Team.

 LB Bailey, Instructor

 Mark Wimmer, Pitching Instructor

 Casey Miller, Instructor

 Jamie Price, Speed and Agility Coach

Jamie Price-  Two time High School All American, 2001 Patrick Henry HS Hall of Fame Inductee, has numerous Football and Track and Field achievements. He still holds the 100m and 200m record from the Cosmopolitan Invitational.  Click here to learn more about Jamie’s individual achievements.A graduate of University of South Carolina, where Jamie played football and ran track, Jamie won the Providence Hospital All Heart Award (Given by Coach Lou Holtz). He was also named as a 3 time Track and Field All-American.  Jamie brings great passion to teach and motivate to the Spectrum and has worked with athletes of all capabilities over the years.