Baseball ⚾ lessons with
Coach Kadyn Glass
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Baseball ⚾ lessons with
Coach Kadyn Glass
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✨Kadyn is new on TeachMe.To – but very experienced with baseball. Satisfaction is guaranteed. If anything go sideways, we'll switch you to a different coach or give you your money back.
✨Kadyn is new on TeachMe.To – but very experienced with baseball. Satisfaction is guaranteed. If anything go sideways, we'll switch you to a different coach or give you your money back.
About your baseball coach
Personal Baseball Instructor | Youth Coach & Educator I am a dedicated educator, coach, and Denver resident with a passion for developing young athletes both on and off the field. With a strong background in instructional leadership and a deep commitment to physical education, I bring a structured, encouraging, and highly effective approach to personal baseball lessons. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and a Master’s degree in Organizational Management, a combination that fuels my structured approach to skill development, teamwork, and mentorship. My professional experience as an in-building guest teacher and substitute teacher ensures I know how to connect with youth athletes, break down complex skills, and tailor my teaching style to match each player's unique learning pace. Whether working on fundamental mechanics, advanced situational play, or building the mental confidence needed to compete, I focus on fostering a lifelong love for the game while driving tangible athletic growth. Coaching Philosophy- "Every player has a unique learning style. My goal is to build a solid technical foundation while keeping the game engaging, constructive, and focused on personal growth." Specialties Individual hitting and fielding mechanics Athletic conditioning and agility Structured, goal-oriented practice progression Clear communication and positive reinforcement for youth athletes
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Teaches: Adults, Seniors
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Levels: Beginners, Intermediates, Experts
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Lives in: Denver, Colorado
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Years Coaching: 4 years
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Accomplishments
➕2nd in the nation with a batting average of .538
Specializations
🎯Batting, Throwing, Fielding
🎯Hitting
🎯Situational Hitting
🎯Fielding
Beginner training plan
Your first lessonThe First Assessment & Skill Blueprint (60 Minutes)
1. Introduction & Goal Setting (5 Minutes)
The Chat: Meet the player (and parents). Ask them what they love about baseball, what positions they play, and what they feel they want to work on.
The Vibe: Keep it high-energy and welcoming. You want to establish trust immediately so they aren't nervous about making mistakes in front of you.
2. Dynamic Warm-Up & Movement Assessment (10 Minutes)
Do these together to build a coach-athlete partnership.
The Routine: Light jog, high knees, butt kicks, arm circles, and dynamic stretches (lunges, T-spine rotations).
What you are watching for: Assess their general athleticism, coordination, and mobility. Do they move fluidly? How is their balance?
3. Baseline Catch Play & Throwing Mechanics (15 Minutes)
The Routine: Start close (15–20 feet) doing wrist flips, move back to mid-distance, and finish at a comfortable game-distance.
What you are watching for:
Footwork: Are they stepping toward their target?
Glove work: Are they presenting a good target and catching with two hands?
Arm Path: Is their elbow up? Are they using their lower body to throw, or just their arm?
The Fix: Pick one small thing to adjust if needed (e.g., "Keep your glove chest-high when tracking the ball").
4. Hitting Baseline Assessment (20 Minutes)
The Routine:
Tee Work (5 mins): Look at their natural, uninterrupted swing mechanics.
Soft Toss (10 mins): Introduce timed, moving baseballs.
Live Front Toss (5 mins): If appropriate for their age, toss from behind a L-screen to see how they track a ball coming from the front.
What you are watching for: Stance, load, hand path, hip rotation, and balance on the finish.
The Coaching Point: Give them one simple cue that yields immediate results (e.g., "Keep your back foot anchored during your load"). Celebrate the hard contact that follows.
5. Cool Down & "Takeaway" Wrap-Up (10 Minutes)
The Routine: Light stretching and packing up gear.
The Recap: Reiterate the things they did exceptionally well today.
The Homework: Give them one specific drill they can do at home with a tee or a tennis ball against a wall before the next lesson.
Parent Connect: Brief the parents on what you saw, what the game plan is moving forward, and how you plan to help them reach their goals.
Lesson 2-3Lesson 2: Building the Foundation (60 Minutes)
The goal of this lesson is to implement the core adjustments identified in Lesson 1 and establish a predictable, high-energy routine.
1. Warm-Up & Review (10 Minutes)
The Check-In: Ask how their week went and if they practiced their "homework."
Dynamic Warm-Up: Repeat the dynamic movement routine from Lesson 1. Consistency creates muscle memory and sets a focused tone.
Targeted Catch Play: Incorporate a specific throwing drill based on their baseline (e.g., a "step-behind" drill to force lower-body engagement).
2. Defensively Focused Drill Work (15 Minutes)
Introduce proper fielding posture and glove work.
The Setup: Rolled or soft-tossed ground balls/pop-ups (depending on their position).
The Focus:
Infielders: Building a wide base, fielding the ball out in front ("creating a triangle" with feet and glove), and securing the ball to the chest.
Outfielders: Drop-steps, tracking the ball over the shoulder, and catching the ball on the throwing-arm side for a quick transition.
The Win: Run a "5-in-a-row" challenge at the end of the segment to build focus under light pressure.
3. Hitting Progression: Mechanics & Cues (25 Minutes)
Break the swing down into manageable parts before letting them loose.
Tee Work (10 Mins): Isolate the lower or upper body using specific drills. For example, use a "stop-at-contact" drill to check their hitting position, or a "step-in" drill to encourage a strong weight transfer.
Front Toss (15 Mins): Move to live front toss. Focus heavily on timing and reinforcing the one simple verbal cue you established in Lesson 1.
4. Wrap-Up & Accountability (10 Minutes)
Review the primary physical feeling they achieved today when making good contact or a great throw.
Assign one simple daily drill (e.g., 20 dry swings a day focusing on a balanced finish).
Lesson 3: Introducing Challenge & Volume (60 Minutes)
The goal here is to test their new mechanics under slightly faster conditions and introduce situational awareness.
1. Warm-Up & Precision Throwing (10 Minutes)
Run through the standard dynamic warm-up.
Catch Play Challenge: Turn catch play into a game. Award points for throws caught between the chest and shoulders to emphasize accuracy and game-like intensity.
2. Advanced Fielding & Footwork Transition (15 Minutes)
Connect fielding the ball to making the throw.
The Setup: Fungo or batted balls where the player has to move left, right, or charge.
The Focus: Teaching them to "field to throw." Watch their footwork after they catch the ball. Are they lining up their shoulders to the target quickly? Are they staying low through the throw?
The Win: Practice turning and throwing to a specific base or target under a countdown ("3-2-1-out!").
3. Hitting: Variable Speed & Situational Mindset (25 Minutes)
Move away from perfect tosses to simulate real game conditions.
Tee/Soft Toss Warm-Up (5 Mins): Quick refresh of their mechanics.
Variable Front Toss (20 Mins): Mix up the speed or location of your tosses slightly. Teach them how to adjust to a ball down in the zone versus a ball up.
Situational Game: Give them scenarios (e.g., "Runner on third, less than two outs—we need a fly ball or a hard grounder to the right side"). This builds baseball IQ alongside mechanics.
4. Wrap-Up & Progress Review (10 Minutes)
Celebrate Growth: Explicitly point out the progress they’ve made since Lesson 1 (e.g., "Look at how much more balanced your stance is now compared to day one").
The Next Steps: Lay out the game plan for the upcoming weeks so the player and parents see a clear trajectory for long-term development.
Lesson 4-10Lessons 4–10: The Game-Speed & Mindset Shift
1. Game-Simulation & Stress Testing
The Focus: Mechanics often break down under pressure. You will introduce game-like stressors—faster front toss, situational counts (e.g., "hitting with 2 strikes"), and challenging defensive plays (charging slow rollers, backhands, or deep fly balls on the run).
The Goal: Move the player from thinking about their mechanics to reacting naturally to the ball.
2. Situational Baseball IQ
The Focus: Exceptional players don't just throw and hit; they know where to go with the ball before it’s even pitched. You will integrate situational strategy into every drill.
The Goal: Teaching them how to approach an at-bat based on the field layout (e.g., hitting behind a runner) and mastering defensive positioning, cutoff alignment, and base-running instincts.
3. Developing the Mental Edge
The Focus: Baseball is a game built on handling failure. As an educator, you will focus heavily on teaching routine, resetting after a bad swing or an error, and maintaining focus.
The Goal: Building a confident self-correction loop so they can diagnose and fix their own mistakes mid-game without getting discouraged.
4. Player Autonomy & Ownership
The Focus: By Lesson 10, the player shouldn't just rely on your verbal cues. You will ask them questions like, "What did you feel on that swing?" or "Where should your shoulders have been aligned on that throw?"
The Goal: Giving them total ownership of their mechanics so your coaching sticks with them long after the 10-lesson package concludes.
Lesson 11+The Big Picture: By the end of Lesson 11, the player won't just look better on a tee or in catch play—they will be a smarter, more resilient competitor who can confidently self-correct in the middle of a high-stakes game.
Advanced training plan
Your first lessonLesson 1: The Bio-Mechanical & Kinetic Baseline (60 Minutes)
The goal is an intensive diagnostic assessment of their physical limits and movement patterns under load.
1. Advanced Dynamic Warm-Up & Mobility Screen (10 Minutes)
The Routine: Weighted ball protocol (arm care), foam rolling/bands, dynamic T-spine and hip mobility screening.
The Focus: Identify physical restrictions. Check hip-to-shoulder separation, ankle mobility, and core stability during explosive movements.
2. High-Velocity Throwing & Arm Care Diagnostics (15 Minutes)
The Routine: Distance-extension catch play transitioning into situational positional throws (e.g., footwork for double-play turns, outfield crow-hops, or catcher pop-times).
The Focus: Track arm path, trunk rotation, and deceleration phase. Watch for energy leaks in the kinetic chain (e.g., early hip opening or front-knee leakage).
3. Advanced Hitting Metric Baseline (25 Minutes)
The Setup: Firm front toss and high-velocity machine work (or high-effort batting practice).
The Focus: Assess advanced swing metrics: on-plane efficiency, rotational acceleration, and point of contact (pull vs. backside).
The Coaching Point: Establish one technical focal point (e.g., staying connected through the turn to avoid casting hands) and track baseline contact consistency.
4. Post-Session Review & Objective Setting (10 Minutes)
Map out their primary structural energy leaks. Give them an individualized arm-care or core-stability homework protocol.
Lesson 2-3Lesson 2: Micro-Adjustments & Rotational Power (60 Minutes)
The goal is to isolate and fix the primary structural flaw identified in Lesson 1 through deliberate constraint training.
1. Priming & Intent-Based Catch Play (10 Minutes)
Run the personalized mobility/arm care warm-up.
Catch Play: Use constraint drills (e.g., marshaling drills or step-behind throws) to lock in proper scapular loading and lower-half drive.
2. Position-Specific Footwork & Efficiency (15 Minutes)
The Routine: Defensive work at game speed.
Infielders: Focus on "momentum routing"—catching the ball while moving through it to maximize throwing power.
Outfielders: Angled routes, wall awareness, and perfecting the transition from drop-step to dead sprint.
3. Progressive Hitting: Overload/Underload & Constraint Drills (25 Minutes)
The Setup: Use heavy bats, short bats, or resistance bands to fix swing flaws.
The Drills:
High-Tee Drills: Forces a flat barrel path and eliminates dropping the back shoulder.
Lower-Half Isolation: Use a stride-stop or progressive loading drill to maximize hip-to-shoulder separation.
The Transfer: Transition immediately to live front toss to apply the physical feeling to a moving ball.
4. Recovery & Goal Tracking (10 Minutes)
Review mechanical adjustments. Assign specific dry-swing tracking homework focusing on visual tracking and mechanical precision.
Lesson 3: Velocity, Pitch Recognition & Spatial Awareness (60 Minutes)
The goal is to introduce environmental stress—testing their new mechanics against velocity and movement.
1. Dynamic Prep & Precision Targets (10 Minutes)
Warm-up followed by high-intensity throwing. Target specific zones (e.g., lower-quadrant strikes for infield throws) to emphasize laser accuracy under fatiguing conditions.
2. Transitional Defensive Pressure (15 Minutes)
The Setup: Maximum-effort fungo work.
The Focus: Simulating worst-case scenarios. Infielders working on deep backhands, visual tracking on bad hops, and throwing from unconventional arm angles. Outfielders tracking tailing line drives or diving plays.
3. Hitting: Pitch Recognition & Velocity Adjustments (25 Minutes)
The Setup: High-velocity front toss mixed with variable spin, or firm machine work mimicking breaking balls.
The Focus:
Decision-Making: Yes/No tracking drills (deciding to swing within the first 15 feet of ball flight).
Adjustment: Simulating the "uncomfortable at-bat"—inside-corner fastballs matched with low-and-away sliders. Force the athlete to handle velocity without letting their posture collapse.
4. Video Deconstruction & Mental Debrief (10 Minutes)
Review video clips of the high-velocity rounds. Analyze where mechanics held firm and where they broke down under speed stress.
Lesson 4-10The High-Stakes Tactical Micro-Cycle
1. Advanced Situational Execution (Lessons 4–5)
Focus: Training the brain alongside the body. Hitting with specific field constraints (e.g., infield in, runner on second, down 1 run in the 7th). Defensively, practicing cut-off decision-making and communication under simulated stadium noise or pressure.
2. Fatigue Resistance & Extreme Velocity Stress (Lessons 6–7)
Focus: Intentionally training at the end of a high-exertion conditioning set. We test if their swing path or throwing slot alters when the body is tired. Introducing "over-speed" training to force the central nervous system to adapt to faster reaction times.
3. The Self-Governing Competitor (Lessons 8–10)
Focus: Cultivating absolute autonomy. By Lesson 10, the athlete manages their own pre-pitch routine, diagnoses their own mechanical misses instantly in the box, and dictates their tactical adjustments based on the simulated pitcher's sequence. They leave as an analytical, self-correcting elite asset.
Lesson 11+Lesson 11 & Beyond: High-Level Maintenance & Consulting
In-Season Structural Tune-Ups: As the player advances into their competitive season, real game action inevitably introduces minor mechanical "creep" or fatigue. Ongoing sessions act as a diagnostic safety net—identifying and correcting subtle regressions in swing path or arm slot before they turn into slumps or injuries.
Advanced Game-Film & At-Bat Analysis: The player can bring in game footage or specific scenarios they struggled with during the week. We will reverse-engineer those exact real-world situations during our lessons, breaking down pitch sequences, approach flaws, or positioning errors.
The "Co-Pilot" Relationship: The coaching style shifts from directive instruction to a collaborative partnership. I act as an objective second set of eyes, helping the athlete navigate the physical and mental ups and downs of a long season, fine-tune their routines, and constantly push their performance ceiling.
Youth players
Working with kids"When working with younger players, my focus is on translating complex mechanics into high-energy, engaging games and simple verbal cues. At this stage, cognitive development is tightly linked to positive reinforcement and visual learning. I break down fundamentals like throwing or swinging into imaginative analogies rather than dense technical terms, ensuring the players stay active and focused. My goal is to build strong muscle memory, exceptional basic mechanics, and an absolute love for the game in a supportive, low-pressure environment where mistakes are treated as part of the fun."
Working with teenagers"For teenagers and high school athletes, the instruction shifts toward an analytical, goal-oriented partnership. Players at this level are ready to understand the 'why' behind the physics of a swing or the kinetic chain of a throw. I utilize structured progression and precise baseline tracking to help them refine their movements, stress-test their mechanics under game-speed pressure, and develop high-level situational IQ. Additionally, we place a heavy emphasis on the mental side of the game—building resilience, mastering pre-pitch routines, and developing the ability to self-correct during a high-stakes at-bat or defensive play."
What you need to bringGlove, bat, cleats, baseball
What I can bringCones, ladders, baseballs, fungo, nets, tees. Knowledge and experience
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If you need to cancel your lesson, no worries! You can get a full refund if you cancel within 24 hours of making your booking. We want to make the process as hassle-free as possible for you.
And if you simply want to reschedule your lesson, change the date and time, or adjust the number of students joining, we've got you covered there too. You can easily make these changes within 24 hours of booking, and up to 72 hours before your lesson starts.
Our goal is to make your experience smooth, enjoyable, and worry-free. So go ahead and book with confidence, knowing that we're here to accommodate your needs every step of the way!