Joined the US Baseball Academy spring camp organized by Team Ave this 2015 spring for my son. He was in the fielding, hitting, and pitching classes. The ONLY...I SAY AGAIN ONLY asset, in my opinion, worth the time and money was Coach Ramirez. Awesome coach. Awesome motivator. Worth every dime to have him as a coach. Luckly my son had his fielding and hitting sessions with Coach Ramirez. He learned a few things he didn't know. He's been playing 4 years.
Sadly, the pitching class was not lead by Coach Ramirez. It was botched up. No purpose. On one day there was no coach to lead it. Another coach ran over to have the boys play catch. My son didn't learn anything.
US Academy advertises experienced coaches but 2/3 of the coaches were high school baseball players.
Ratio was 1 to 13 as opposed the advertised 1 to 5.
Not worth it. Won't do it again unless they can duplicate Coach Ramirez and have him coach everything. You're better off hiring Coach Ramirez himself with the money you pay for the camp. read more