INSTRUCTORS

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Kevin Blaskowski

Hitting Instructor

After posting over 800 victories during his twenty-five year collegiate coaching career, Blaskowski left the collegiate ranks and opened Coach B Softball, LLC and has been offering private lessons, instructional camps and coaching clinics since 2017. He is also the national director of American Freedom Softball, a select organization with 50+ teams in four states.

Blaskowski was named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s National Coach of the Year in 2014, after leading his team to the NCAA Division II national championship.

During his career, he has been named regional coach of the year three times and received conference coach of the year honors six times.

Blaskowski is considered one of the top offensive coaches in NCAA-II history. His teams perennially led the country in numerous offensive categories. His teams hit over 100 home runs in 2014 and 2015, a feat accomplished less than 10 times in NCAA-II history.

From 2015 to 2017, Blaskowski’s teams led the nation in batting average, slugging and on base percentage. Three years (2014, 2015 and 2017), they led the nation in total home runs and home runs per game. In 2017, his team was second in the nation in scoring, total doubles and doubles per game.

Blaskowski’s approach emphasizes strike zone awareness and pitch selection, evident by his teams totaling over 300 base on balls in a season. A feat no other NCAA-II team has accomplished. His teams did it three times.

Blaskowski is a certified RAPSODO instructor and incorporates the analytic training tool into lessons with his advanced hitters.

Call 469-536-9800 for lesson information

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Jake Lindmeier

Catching, Hitting & Defensive Instructor

Jake Lindmeier, is currently an assistant coach for the American Freedom National 18u and an assistant baseball coach at Dallas College Brookhaven where he works with the hitters and defense.  He has coached across the country spending time in Florida, Texas, and most recently Alberta, Canada where he was a part of a record setting Brooks Bombers team where they broke every offensive record in the organization’s history.

Lindmeier has been giving private instruction for the last 10 years working with hitters on mechanics and plate approaches and with defensive players on footwork, mechanics, and becoming better athletes in their position. He is considered one of the top catching instructors in the country and has worked with numerous select, high school, college and professional catchers and teams across the country.

 

Call 715-212-0050 for lesson information

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Shayne Starkey

PITCHING, HITTING & THROWING INSTRUCTOR

Shayne Starkey is a former NCAA Division II All-American utility player at West Texas A&M University. As a freshman, Starkey played a key role in leading the Lady Buffs to the South Central Region Championship and a fifth place finish at the NCAA National Championship. Starkey pitched, played outfield and infield during her collegiate playing career. In high school, Starkey excelled at Denton Guyer HS where she garnished all-district honors.
Starkey has been providing pitching and hitting instruction since 2015. Shayne joined the staff at Coach B Softball Academy in July 2022.
Starkey served as an instructor at the High Level Throwing Camp in July, 2022. She is working toward becoming a certified HLT instructor. She is also working toward becoming a certified RAPSODO hitting and pitching instructor.

Call 817-360-9995 for lesson information