Northern Virginia Baseball Clinics/Camps/Coaching

[Anonymous]

I have a 8 year old DS who really loves (and is pretty great at) rec baseball and keeps asking for opportunities to advance his skills/play with more competitive kids.

For a variety of reasons, we aren’t interested in pursuing a travel team at this age, but we’d love to give him an opportunity to expand his baseball playing.

It feels like we’re stuck in a place where he’s miles better than his rec teammates, but also loves a lot of other sports so we don’t want to pigeon hole him into a higher level of year-round baseball this young. Is there some sort of Goldilocks solution around here like camps/clinics we could supplement with in the off season while he plays other fall sports?

We are in Falls Church, but open to driving into Arlington/Alexandria/Fairfax or maybe even DC or close in MD for a good fit. Or even open to the idea of a college kid or young coach who does private lessons (but not looking for anything crazy intense). My DH is already hands on as well, so there is parental involvement as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a 8 year old DS who really loves (and is pretty great at) rec baseball and keeps asking for opportunities to advance his skills/play with more competitive kids.

For a variety of reasons, we aren’t interested in pursuing a travel team at this age, but we’d love to give him an opportunity to expand his baseball playing.

It feels like we’re stuck in a place where he’s miles better than his rec teammates, but also loves a lot of other sports so we don’t want to pigeon hole him into a higher level of year-round baseball this young. Is there some sort of Goldilocks solution around here like camps/clinics we could supplement with in the off season while he plays other fall sports?

We are in Falls Church, but open to driving into Arlington/Alexandria/Fairfax or maybe even DC or close in MD for a good fit. Or even open to the idea of a college kid or young coach who does private lessons (but not looking for anything crazy intense). My DH is already hands on as well, so there is parental involvement as well.

Andy Bradley offers this - Bradley Baseball Academy. He has an indoor facility in Reston and offers individual training and camps/clinics throughout the year. In the summer he has outdoor, all day camps. Here's a link to his website:
https://bradleybaseballacademia.com/

[Anonymous]

Ignite off Wilson blvd in Arlington - they are awesome with the kids and we've gone for hitting/pitching lessons.

[Anonymous]

Hi OP, we have also been looking for private coaching for my 10 year old DS. No recommendations based on experience yet, but I'd just note that there do seem to be a lot of options out there, so I'd check reviews of places you find on Google maps. For what it's worth, we are further out in Fairfax County (Reston area) and here people tend to recommend Pinkman or MVP.

There are definitely baseball camps going on through the summer (Pinkman, MVP, and others offer them) and I have seen "baseball intensive" options, which might be a good fit for your son. The downside of the camps, at least for us, has been that they seem to only run for a half day, which is a non-starter for me as a working mom. But if you don't have schedule constraints, that might be a good option. I think there are typically a couple different location options (Reston, Vienna, etc.). I think there are winter camps available too--not sure about fall.

[Anonymous]

https://goldgloveacademy.leagueapps.com/

The weekly sessions are perfect in this hot weather. We found the all day camps to be too much all at once. These guys do private lessons too, but the group sessions run all year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ignite off Wilson blvd in Arlington - they are awesome with the kids and we've gone for hitting/pitching lessons.

Agree. We had very good experience.

TBH, I'm not a huge fan of baseball camps other than fun, socialization, showcase and experience.

I can see benefits for someone who is absolute begginer or similar, but marginal learning after certain level.

[Anonymous]

You need to find the best local travel team and join now. Some of the best teams are very loyal to their players and you won’t be able get in later no matter how talented he is. I would do stars. Don’t wait. We waited and then ended up in a horrible predatory organization and had to wait years to get into the good, local team.