All-Skills Baseball for ages 5 to 10. Our most popular program since we opened in 2019, and the way most families meet us.
Every class covers the whole game rather than one piece of it. Kids rotate through stations, get a lot of reps, and go home having thrown, hit and run. Session length runs from 45 minutes for our youngest group up to a full hour for the older ones.
Grouped so the coaching, the equipment and the pace actually fit the kid in front of us.
Catching a ball, swinging a bat, running the right direction. Mostly about making the building feel like fun.
Real throwing mechanics, a repeatable swing, and the beginnings of what to do when the ball is hit to you.
Fundamentals under pressure, game situations, and the athleticism that decides who makes a team at eleven.
That sounds like a compromise and it usually is. It isn’t here, because we scale the challenge to each kid rather than running one drill at one difficulty for the whole group.
The kid who has never worn a glove and the kid who is already the best player in their rec league both leave having worked at the edge of what they can do. That is the only setting where anyone actually improves.
Plenty of our class kids have gone on to make Gorilla travel teams. Plenty of others have made travel teams in their own communities. Neither one is the goal of the class — but it is a decent sign that the reps are doing something.
No. A good share of the kids in the 5 to 6 group have never played anything organised. That is what the class is for.
A glove, gym shoes and a water bottle. We have bats and helmets if they do not have their own yet.
We scale the challenge inside the class rather than sorting kids into levels. An advanced player gets harder reps, not the same reps.
No. Classes are open to everyone and most participants do not play for Gorilla. If a travel team ends up being the right next step we will tell you, and if it is not we will tell you that too.
Online. Dates, times and pricing for the current block are on our booking page.
Tell us their age and what they have played before and we will point you at the right band. Come watch a class first if you would rather.
Gorilla Baseball Academy
958 Corporate Woods Pkwy, Vernon Hills, IL 60061
Mon–Thu 4:00–10:00pm · Fri 4:00–7:00pm · Sat & Sun 10:00am–5:00pm
