Frequently asked

No. Lessons, kids classes, camps and the hitting league are open to everyone. You don’t have to play for us to train with us. Come once a week or five times a week.

958 Corporate Woods Pkwy, Vernon Hills, IL 60061, just off Milwaukee Avenue. Monday to Thursday 4 to 10 PM, Friday 4 to 7 PM, Saturday and Sunday 10 AM to 5 PM. Call (866) 850-8356.

Tell us your player’s age and what they are working on, and we will point you at the right thing. Sometimes that is a lesson, sometimes a class, sometimes a team, sometimes nothing yet. Ask a coach.

HitTrax for exit velocity, launch angle and spray charts, Blast Motion bat sensors, Pocket Radar and Stalker radar for velocity, video playback, and Driveline-based throwing progressions.

A glove, a bat if they have one, and gym shoes or turfs. No metal cleats indoors. We have everything else.

No. A good share of the kids in the 4 to 6 group have never played anything organized. That is what the class is for.

We have had plenty of girls come through these classes, and they always have a great time. Same class, same coaches, same fun. Everyone is welcome.

Sixteen at most, with a coach for every eight. When a class hits sixteen we close it, so registering early is the only way to be sure of a spot.

Sunday, November 15, for all four classes, including the 4 to 6 group. Six Sundays, through December 20. See times and prices.

There are no refunds and no makeup sessions. Spots are capped, so your seat is held for the whole block whether or not you make every Sunday. If we have to cancel a class on our end, we make it up or credit it.

A year-round path for players 6 to 12 who aren’t on a travel team, in three levels with a set curriculum. Classes are $30 each, with no membership. It is coming soon: join the early interest list.

A monthly membership for travel-level players, 8U through high school, on any team. Small-group classes in hitting, pitching, catching and infield, plus speed and power. Every member starts with an assessment and a plan. Coming soon: join the early interest list.

Generally half an hour. That is enough time for real work at a pace a young player can hold, and short enough to fit a school night.

Yes. Softball hitting lessons run out of the same building with the same coaches and the same technology.

If you are working on something specific, yes. Packages are priced below the single-lesson rate, and change takes more than one session. If you just want to try it, book one.

You choose. The booking platform shows availability by coach, so you can stay with the same one or try a few.

Two hours. Long enough for real work, short enough that a young player is still engaged at the end.

Often, yes. We regularly run two camps on the same off day covering different subjects, so a player can book both and be with us for four hours.

As early as you can. Off day camps almost always sell out, and the popular dates go first.

Summer is a different animal: all day, across a full week, rather than two hours on a day off. Dates and details go up in the spring.

Any player who wants competitive at-bats over the winter. You do not need to be on a Gorilla team.

Two thirty-minute games. Plan on being in the building for a bit over an hour.

Yes, and you should. There is a spectator area looking at the cage and the live stats screen.

Paid coaches on our staff, not parent volunteers. None of them has a son on the team he coaches. Scheduling and logistics run through the program, not through a parent, and lineup decisions stay with the coaching staff.

Team players get unlimited training classes all offseason at our facility. Every player gets an assessment and a plan, then picks the classes that fit his week. In season, team practices move outdoors and work around the game schedule.

Playing time is fair, but it is not equal. Nobody gets better sitting on a bench, so we have no interest in parking a kid there. But fair does not mean identical innings for everyone, and we would rather say that plainly in November than have the conversation in June.

Yes, and we would rather he did. Multi-sport athletes tend to move better and burn out less. Tell us what else he plays and we will work around it.

Then we will tell you that, and point you at camps, classes or lessons instead. Putting a player somewhere he is not ready for does not help him.

Outdoor practices and home games are at Vernon Township fields, 3050 N Main St in Buffalo Grove. Everything indoors, the entire offseason, happens at our facility in Vernon Hills.