As a student or parent, are you looking for baseball instruction that caters to the needs of each individual player instead of a one-size-fits-all camp?

Founded by former major league baseball player Mike Kingery, Solid Foundation Baseball School provides personal lessons and instruction throughout the year to baseball players across Central and Southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities Metro Area, as well as small group sessions in the winter, spring, and summer.

From May through October, we offer the SFBS 60/50 individual lesson program where you meet with a professional SFBS instructor for one hour to work on whatever aspect of your game you choose. Last year we conducted 60/50 lessons in Burnsville, Eden Prairie, Hamel, Kandiyohi, Atwater and St. Cloud. If you are interested in being notified every week from June-September, please let us know and we will add you to our special 60/50 email address list.

In June, July, and August, Mike Kingery and SFBS staff travel to various locations across the state for one-week Summer Training Camps, often sponsored by local baseball or community ed. and recreation organizations. We will be in Owatonna June 23rd and 24th. We will be in Kandiyohi June 30th - July 2nd. If you are interested in participating in the Kandiyohi clinic please call me at 320 857-2244. The cost will be $80 for this clinic. We will also be in Mahtomedi for 5 days working through their baseball association.

There are still a few dates available if you are interested in hosting SFBS in your city. What a great way to have quality instruction for a great price and no need to travel far! There are many options for our summer instruction as SFBS believes that you know what is best for your student. The instruction can be for one day or as many days as you would like it to be. The result will be the same: quality instruction for a reasonable price and our trademark small student/teacher ratio. When you host a clinic in your city one of the scheduled instructors will be Mike Kingery.

2007/2008 Spring Training Camps have completed in Burnsville, Eden Prairie, Eden Valley, Hanover, Kandiyohi/ Willmar, and St. Cloud from January through May. SFBS will also be offering Coaches Clinics in 2008, and Mike is available as a speaker for youth groups or professional groups.

The mission of Solid Foundation Baseball School is to train and lead each student to reach their full potential as a baseball player, an athlete, and a person.

SFBS remains committed to a low student-to-teacher ratio so that we can properly train each player in the correct mechanics of hitting, throwing, pitching, infielding, outfielding, catching, and baserunning - using lessons learned at the major league level.

At SFBS, we DO NOT use a cookie-cutter approach for teaching our students. Through professional assessment and evaluation, each student is given player-specific techniques so they will be able to, through application, reach their highest potential.

SFBS works hard to provide every student a chance to achieve their goals, whatever they may be. SFBS also hosts tryout camps with professional baseball scouts to help students who have the desire and skill to play at the next level realize their dreams.

Solid Foundation Baseball School, Inc. was founded in 1997 by Atwater, MN native and former major league baseball player Mike Kingery. Mike earned 17 years of professional baseball experience as an outfielder with the Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, Oakland A's, Colorado Rockies and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Solid Foundation has at its roots the desire to encourage baseball players in their quest to be the best they can be, both personally and athletically. The key to our success is the individual attention we are able to provide to each student through our low student-to-teacher ratio. If you have any questions about Solid Foundation Baseball School, please contact us at 320-857-2244 or read through our frequently asked questions page.

~ Testimonials ~

"Thanks again for all your help with Ty. He is really enjoying the lessons and learning a lot. You are a great coach and a really good role model for him! Thanks too for asking Brian to help him with his throw. We feel really blessed to have you in Ty's life."

"Thanks for making the last 12 weeks a wonderful experience for my boys and their teammates. Dave was great! My youngest son Nick feels totally energized and confident that he will have a great season at the plate and on the mound."

"Mike, the reason I'm telling you all this is because after the season, Brady and Cory and I sat down and talked about what helped them the most this year and it seemed to always come back to 'That's what Mike told me to do at Solid Foundation Baseball.'
I just wanted you to know what a positive influence you have been to their game and how much I appreciate everything you have done for them over the years. (Oh, and as a Dad, I wanted to brag just a little too) No really, thanks for all you and your staff's work and we'll see you again this year!"

"I also wanted to tell you that my baseball team is going to state. And that I went 8 for 15 with a home run, a triple, and 5 doubles and a single. I guess all those baseball camps I went to are paying off. Thanks for all the help over the years."