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.

2013 Spring Training Sessions
LOCATION	SESSION 1 (3-4 weeks)	SESSION 2 (6 weeks)	SESSION 3 (6 weeks)
Coon Rapids [PDF]	Jan. 14 - Jan. 28 M, W 5:00-9:00 pm	Feb. 4 - Mar. 11 M, W 5:00-9:00 pm
Eden Valley [PDF]		Feb. 6 - Mar. 13 W 6 :00-10:00 pm
Kandiyohi [PDF]	Jan. 7 - Jan. 28 M, W, TH 5:00-9:00 pm	Feb. 4 - Mar. 11 M, W, TH 5:00-9:00 pm	Mar. 25 - Apr. 29 M, W, TH 5:00-9:00 pm
Monticello [PDF]	Jan. 7 - Jan. 28 Tu, W, Th 6:00-9:00 pm	Feb. 4 - Mar. 11 Tu, W, Th 6:00-9:00 pm	Mar. 25 - Apr. 29 Tu, W, Th 6:00-9:00 pm
Prior Lake [PDF]	Jan. 7 - Jan. 28 M, Th 5:30-9:30 pm	Feb. 4 - Mar. 11 M, Th 5:30-9:30 pm	Mar. 25 - Apr. 29 M, Th 5:30-9:30 pm
St. Cloud [PDF]	Jan. 7 - Jan. 28 M, Tu, W, Th 6:00-9:00 pm	Feb. 4 - Mar. 11 M, Tu, W, Th 6:00-9:00 pm Sat. 9:00 am-5:00 pm	Mar. 25 - Apr. 29 M, Tu, W, Th 6:00-9:00 pm Sat. 9:00-5:00 pm

 

Parents and students, It is amazing to think that it is already 2013. Thanks to God's blessing and your participation, it has been a great year for Solid Foundation Baseball School and the Minnesota S.W.A.T. The 2013 Spring Training season began in most locations starting the week of Jan. 7th, 2013. The first session will be a 4 week session while sessions 2 and 3 will be the usual 6 weeks. We have a few location changes for this year's offerings. We have recently opened up our nicest facility to date. The new facility is located in Monticello at 406 E. 7th Street, Monticello. Since we will be offering lessons in Monticello, will be not be offering lessons this year in Hanover. Our Pro Batter pitching machine is now located in Monticello. We will still have offerings in Kandiyohi, at our St. Cloud area location, Grand Slam in Coon Rapids and Triple Play in Prior Lake, and Eden Valley. If you are interested in having a lesson in November or December, we can do that. Also, we are still conducting lessons weekly through our 60/50 program (60 minutes of private lesson for $50). If you want to sign up for the weekly 60/50 email, please let me know at mike@solidfoundationbaseball.com. Our new elite teams, called The Minnesota S.W.A.T., played in our first tournaments (Fall Kansas/Missouri State Tournament) in October in Kansas City. Our 5 teams (18u, 16u, 15u, 14u, 13u) had a great experience there. After pool play, our 18u and 16u were the #1 seeds. We are happy to announce that our 18u team won the tournament! We will be playing in 2 more tournaments in 2012. This November we will be in Phoenix, AZ and in December we will be in the Orlando, Florida area. If you are interested in trying out next year for the S.W.A.T., you can do so by coming to our tryout in late summer 2013. As always, we are humbled by your trust in us and we work to meet your expectations. We are grateful to be able to teach you the great game of baseball and also to hopefully to encourage you in life. We look forward to being able to serve you again this year.

We continue to use our state-of-the-art pitching machine called the Pro Batter! The Pro Batter (www.probatter.com) that we have is the only one in the state of Minnesota that is available for public use (Professional PX2 baseball model)! The Pro Batter is now located in our Monticello facility. It is a pitching machine that will give you the most real life game practice possible! The Pro Batter has a big video screen where you watch a Major League pitcher throw to you, the batter. The machine throws fastballs from 40-90 mph. It also throws sliders, curveballs and changeups without you having to go to the machine and make an adjustment. It is all run by computer and it is a great training tool for hitters! Coaches, this facility would be an awesome place to bring your team! Call for more details about using this amazing machine!

Parents/Students, It is with great excitement that we can announce that we are close to securing an 8,000 sq. ft. facility in Monticello. The reason for the leasing of this space is to offer lessons there, but most importantly to be the home for the newly forming elite baseball team called the Minnesota S.W.A.T. Minnesota S.W.A.T. is a division of Solid Foundation Baseball Schools, Inc (SFBS). The acronym S.W.A.T. stands for Special Weapons and Techniques. There will also be an important character element to the S.W.A.T. We want to train your child to be the best player they can become, but we also want them to be honorable young men. All of our coaches will be held to a high conduct code and will be held accountable for their actions. We also want the parents of our players to be good role models. Some of you know what an elite team is and/or have had experience with other MN-based elite baseball teams. For those of you who do not know what an elite team is, we will try and explain it briefly (for more info go to minnesotaswat.com). An elite team is a team that enhances the desire of the advanced player to play against advanced players across the United States. It also allows for more practice and instruction during months that we don't normally play baseball in Minnesota. For more information please contact the S.W.A.T. Director Dan Terres at dan.terres@minnesotaswat.com or you can call him at (763) 234-6976. If you need to contact S.W.A.T. President Mike Kingery you can reach him at mike.kingery@minnesotaswat.com or call him at (320) 857-2244.

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.

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. 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 education and recreation organizations.

~ 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."

"I wanted you to know St. Anthony won the class 2A state crown. Both Dan and Mark
were named all-tournament. For the year, Dan batted .473 and Mark batted .364. Dan was named to the Pioneer Press All-State team and
his brother Mark was named as the only sophomore position player honorable
mention all-state.
What a great year!
Thanks for your help.
It paid off big time."

"Thanks for helping
out our team. We
really appreciated
you taking the
time to help us
out. We won our
first playoff game
so we need to
win one more to
make it to regions."

"Thanks for providing quality instruction from quality instructors at a reasonable price! Nate is always a pleasure to work with and the kids love him."

"Scott really had lots
of fun and learned
lots. The small
teaching ratio was
great! We
appreciated the
personal contact,
the supportive
attitude. Wonderful experience!"

"Jake is doing well
and learning a lot! Thanks to you and JD's coaching! JD is really doing a fine job and has a real natural
ability to lead Jake to the next level."