Pine Tar Academy is a baseball training facility in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, founded in 2006, with a new facility opened in 2022. It offers private lessons, small group training by age, and fall, spring, and summer club teams for players ages 10 through 18. Additional services include strength and ...
Pine Tar Academy
Team breakdown
Tournaments
Circuits the team competes in
Spring club teams play two weekends of tournaments in Iowa and/or Kansas City following an indoor workout period; fall club teams are described as upperclass/travel teams with competitive and college-exposure opportunities.
Training
How the team develops players
OffseasonYes
Instruction is organized by age into small group training tiers (12U, 13U-15U, 16U-18U) plus private lessons, with specialized tracks for hitting, pitching, fielding and throwing, and performance training.
Travel
How far the team travels
The spring club team season includes an indoor team workout period followed by two weekends of tournaments in Iowa and/or Kansas City.
Recruiting
Support reaching the next level
Program offers recruiting support
College recruiting services include profile setup with partner programs, metric and academic-profile testing, standardized-testing and coursework guidance, target-school list development, showcase/camp timing recommendations, recruiting video and social media strategy, coach email/call/visit preparation, and one-on-one advisory sessions (2-12 per year depending on grade level); pricing is tiered by high school grade and differs for athletes already enrolled in Pine Tar Academy's training programs versus outside participants.
Pine Tar Academy
Age groups
10U
10U
11U
11U
12U
12U
13U
13U
14U
14U
15U
15U
16U
16U
17U
17U
18+
18U
Pine Tar Academy
Staff
Rob Schneider
Co-Owner and Director of Finance and Accounting
Matt Welters
Co-Owner, Director of Operations, Head of Strength, Speed & Conditioning
Kevin Nunn
Co-Owner and Player Development Director
Troy Lupa
Director of Business Development, General Manager, Youth Club Director
Derick Snell
Pitching Director, Mental Strength Director, High School Club Director
Kathy Robinson
Director of Client Relations
Griffin Schneider
Baseball Hitting Director and Marketing Director
Sam Petrick
Strength, Speed & Conditioning Coordinator
Ronn Van Krevelen
Baseball Instructor
Nate Obermiller
Baseball Instructor
Trevor Schlitz
Baseball Instructor
Matt Nunn
Baseball Instructor
Juan Rodriguez
Coach and Instructor
Jacob Contreras
Coach and Instructor
Juan Berenguer
Pitching Coach
Pine Tar Academy
Facilities
Pine Tar Academy
Brooklyn Park, MN
Pine Tar Academy
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