Gorilla Baseball Academy

Private lessons

Half an hour, one player, one coach. Baseball and softball, year round, booked online around your schedule.

A coach working with players on the turf inside the Gorilla Baseball Academy facility
What we teach

Five kinds of lesson

Every lesson is led by one of our experienced coaches, and every one is thirty minutes built around a single player — what they are working on, at the pace they need.

Baseball hitting

Swing path, direction and contact quality, worked on one swing at a time with a coach watching every rep.

Softball hitting

The same coaching built around the softball swing. Open to players of any age or level.

Infield

Footwork, hands and throwing angles. The work everything else in our program is built on.

Pitching

Mechanics, arm care and a repeatable delivery, with throwing progressions scaled to age.

Catching

Receiving, blocking, footwork and throwing from the position that touches every pitch of the game.

Packages

Buy a package, pay less

Single lessons are available and plenty of families use them that way. But almost nothing gets fixed in one thirty-minute session — a swing change needs a few weeks of reps before it holds up under a live pitch.

So packages are priced below the single-lesson rate. Facility members get an additional 10% off on top of that.

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Booking

You can see the calendar

Our booking platform shows real availability by coach and by time slot. Pick what works, book it, done. No phone tag, no waiting to hear back about whether Tuesday at 5:30 is open.

Reschedule from the same place if something comes up.

Questions

What parents ask

How long is a lesson?

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.

Do you teach softball?

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

Do we have to be on a Gorilla team?

No. Lessons are open to everyone, and most of the players taking lessons here play somewhere else. A facility membership gets you 10% off lessons if you use us regularly.

Should we buy a package?

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.

Which coach will we get?

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

What should we bring?

A glove, a bat if they have one, and gym shoes or turfs. We have everything else.

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Get in touch

Not sure what to book?

Tell us your player’s age, what they play and what you are trying to fix, and we will tell you which lesson and which coach to start with.

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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

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