About Coach Ballgame

Coach Ballgame has a unique ability to rally young players and draw them into the game at a time when most kids are glued to phones and video games. By combining the levity of props, nicknames, and catchphrases with the ideals of what baseball is really about, Coach Ballgame connects with kids to achieve his mission: make them fall in love with baseball.

Recently hired as the Youth Ambassador for Major League Baseball’s Play Ball Camps, Coach has traveled to The White House, Cooperstown, The All Star Game, and will be headed to the World Series in 2023.

He will also be traveling to 60 different cities across North America in 2023 for his Sandlot Tour. His goal is to change the culture of Youth Baseball…one “Atta Boy” and one “Atta Girl” at a time.

Coach Ballgame offers year-round baseball clinics and Summer baseball camps. He also runs weekly Sandlot Baseball Games where players get to play without the pressures of a formal league.

A few famous Name Drops…

ROD CAREW

I met Rod Carew at a gas station. I let him know I was a youth baseball coach, and that really seemed to interest him. I notified him my next Sandlot was in about 10 minutes, right down the road. And wouldn’t you know…he showed up!

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JIM ABBOTT

We were honored to have Jim Abbott make an appearance at a Sandlot. Known for his success at the major league level despite having been born without a right hand. Jim shared pearls of wisdom with our young ballplayers about overcoming obstacles.

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PUJOLS FAMILY FOUNDATION

A recap of my dreamy day in St. Louis. I went to Joe Buck’s house, I met Joe Maddon and Tony LaRussa. Albert and Deidre Pujols bought me an $85,000 guitar crafted by Guy Gilchrist and much much more.

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ALBERT PUJOLS

Nothing like an Atta Boy Challenge with “The Machine”!

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WHIT MERRIFIELD

Coach Ballgame challenges KC Royals player Whit Merrifield to a Fortnite batting practice! Can an MLB player crush one out of the park using a poop-emoji pickaxe? Watch to find out and learn a proper batting stance from a pro!

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Coach Ballgame Values

#1 Teaching Skills

From the 3-year-olds to 13-year-olds, Coach Ballgame has genius methods for teaching and implementing skills. Younger ones will learn the basic skills of catching, throwing, fielding a ground ball, and hitting. They will also learn the basic rules of the game and where the positions are. Older players will learn the finer skills of catching fly balls, fielding ground balls, throwing, pitching, and hitting, with an emphasis on base running, learning how to play each position, and the complex rules of the game. Coach Ballgame is a big fan of music, so you can be sure there will be some songs written about each skill.

#2 Building Character

With Coach Ballgame your kids will learn there is a LOT more to this great game than just winning. Coach values the importance of personal character, paying attention, making good choices, being kind, and having positive energy. Your kids will hear numerous stories of ballplayers of the past who displayed exceptional character, like the infamous Roberto Clemente.

#3 Having an absurd amount of FUN!

By combining the levity of props, nicknames, catchphrases, music, ridiculous characters, and of course the joy of being really loud and silly, Coach Ballgame connects with kids to make them fall in love with baseball!