Pitching Instruction

We've got lots of quality pitching instruction in the Northern Region. Multiple baseball schools and instructors with both professional and high level college experience. I've heard there are gurus who like to tout the fact that they've had X number of top round draft signees out of high school, but I don't think this is really necessary.

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Originally posted by Spartan81:
We've got lots of quality pitching instruction in the Northern Region. Multiple baseball schools and instructors with both professional and high level college experience. I've heard there are gurus who like to tout the fact that they've had X number of top round draft signees out of high school, but I don't think this is really necessary.

I didn't mean to slight you guys in the northern part of Virginia, sorry about that.

I haven't talked to Jeff about this, but he generally knows what he's doing. Maybe I should call for a referral? But to be honest, we find Rich Graham at Richmond Baseball Academy South to be outstanding, and only 20 minutes from home!

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Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
I haven't talked to Jeff about this, but he generally knows what he's doing. Maybe I should call for a referral? But to be honest, we find Rich Graham at Richmond Baseball Academy South to be outstanding, and only 20 minutes from home!

That's kinda my point. I'm not questioning at all what a parent/player decide to do. That's up to them, their money, their time. I'm sure they know what they're doing, as that is obviously a baseball family. But I just had to believe that there are good instructors in Richmond, with RBA, RBI, etc. Guy Hansen is back, and I know he used to work with some young pitchers in his earlier tour with Richmond.

It sounds to me like its a good job of salesmanship, which I think Spartan alluded to in his post. So, it comforts me to know there is quality instruction around here...hopefully one day I'll have a son who needs a good place to learn the game.

No slight perceived. I've had good experiences with the instructors here, and I've found the best ones are the ones the kids relate to at a personal level, especially as they transition from early teens to high school.

I also saw that Roberts lives in the JR area....that's all those guys need is another quality arm. I guess you can never have too much money or pitching though

There are a few great instructor in Charlottesville. Well worht the drive time from Richmond. Chris Gale, Todd Proctor, Jeff Kamrath, Larry Mitchell are all located at Total Performance. Their website is www.tpathlete.com

Are Gale and Kamrath not still active pros? Do they work only over the winters, or are they there year round now?

Kammy is with the Devil Rays organization and Gale is in Indy ball.

I just read on the net yesterday where Mike Wallace has joined up with Bob Smith's Richmond Baseball Academy. Mike has a ton of expierence in the pitching department and I am sure he will be a nice addition at RBA. I've known Mike for a long time, he's a great person.

CV