We are proud to announce the reopening of our state-of-the-art player development center, replete with more practice space, more amenities and, most importantly, more professional instructors.

We pride ourselves on providing high-level baseball and softball instruction for all ages and skill sets.  Our professional staff is led by Todd Fine, CEO of Top Tier Baseball. Todd’s coaching experience includes coaching the nation’s finest athletes at the Under Armour All-America Game and USA Baseball. Todd has worked with hundreds of major-league draft picks, including 29 first-round selections. The academy is loaded with high-end instructors, including three former Division I baseball recruiting coordinators, former major league scouts, professional players, head high school coaches, and a former Division I, and current college softball head coach.

Located inside the Max-McCook Athletic & Exposition Center’s state-of-the-art 120,000 square-foot open turf facility, our academy features four 20-foot-wide retractable cages, major-league-grade clay pitching mounds, and video analysis capabilities.

Whether you’re in the facility for individual lessons, team practices, small group training, or camps, our Player Development Center will provide you with the most comprehensive baseball experience in the Midwest.

How can we obtain maximum velocity when pitching? Creating torque has always been the answer. When leading with the front hip while keeping our head over the back leg will put us in the best position to create as much torque as possible at the finish of our throw. This will allow the pitcher to explode with linear, and horizontal motion with the legs and core, causing the arm to work as a whip. The torque will help the pitchers arm accelerate through the throw helping reach maximum velocity.