DO NOT DO IT! Waste of money. A LOT of your money. This organization is one man collecting as much as he can, not paying for enough coaches but they coach multiple teams so we only get 1 1/2 hour of practice weekly (only 2 practices with coach before our first tournament).
Parents are dissatisfied, no team building, coach is overwhelmed and Justin hides. Our team has 17 players! (the photo below is with our PO not being there on this day) You're paying $5000 for you kid to sit on the bench and get minimal basic practice like fielding and batting in cages. Go to the park and DBAT instead. Put that money in real training or save for college. There is no personal training and development here like the website states for all players but only a few. And the support presented in the video made at the time this club started got lost.
Last few tournaments we played easy 14U teams and won, but due to so many kids on the team the league is prepared for 12 to 14 kids tops, not 17. Our son did not get a ring. If he tells you he usually has 12-13 kids it's not true as the other Express team has 15 or 16 kids too. Instead of looking for ways to reduce the teams and create a manageable team, he just keeps on recruiting so he can pocket more money. Justin dodges answering to parents' concerns and questions and I wonder why an established organization has no real reviews on Google? Maybe after this he will get some parents he's friends with to do it but we know better.
I'm not scared and will not use my kid in his games. If he sits my kid out because I am warning you all, or calling him out, it's okay, he's been doing that anyway and not responding to me as I pose concerns. He plays my son one at bat and an inning or two, some games none. I should've posted long ago instead of giving him the benefit of the doubt that he does what he says. It will only show his immaturity more, and the absence of leadership if he "gets back" at my son in games for my actions in trying to reach him. Will I get a response on Google instead of a call, a text or email back answering my questions? I'd love a face-to-face actually.
Perhaps if we all stopped fearing our sons won't get play time if we post negative reviews we can help one another not make these bad decisions by signing up for unprofessional and makeshift clubs that lie about what they are. He has you sign a contract prior to knowing anything, takes your money and thinks you're stuck. It's like buying a product then later finding you actually bought a fake. Although there is a contract you sign believing what the website and he says is true, scamming eventually gets prosecuted and shut down one way or another. There is no office or employees, Justin coaches and tries to do all the admin stuff. The address here is actually a practice facility that does not belong to Express but they rent it and use it. It's not large enough for pitching and hitting from the mound.
It says this began in 2010 - well why hasn't it grown and there are not enough coaches (2) or employees (1)? Even the current coaches as well as all the parents and kids are dissatisfied and can't wait to leave him. Just don't. There are many other clubs out there. Unless you have thousands laying around wanting to donate to him and you're not really interested in your kid's development, don't waste your money here. No matter where my son ends up I do not grant permission for Express to use his name and state it is a place that calls him an alumni. read more