Athletic Barn Baseball

WHERE THE BARN BEGAN:

During Tom's 27 year tenure with Major League Baseball, he would find time to give back to local athletes in the off season. Quickly his reputation spread across the Chicagoland area as he trained the conference player of the year 10 years in a row while also sending more than 80 athletes on to college and professional levels. In 2005 he was blessed with the birth of his son Bryk, which led him to travel less as a scout with the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2006 Tom was chosen to throw in the Home Run Derby at PNC Park in Pittsburgh to both Jermaine Dye and Troy Glaus. Soon after is when he decided to take The Barn to the next level and make it his full time career. By 2008 Tom created a following of more than 200 families spreading not only across the Chicagoland area, but across the country. With a strong focus on work ethic, development & competition The Barn has become the number 1 facility if you are truly serious about baseball. Tom has now built relationships and a reputation across the collegiate and professional landscape that has allowed our athletes to be put in the best position to reach their goals.

ATHLETIC BARN HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM:
In our High School program at the Athletic Barn we play both a Summer Ball season as well as a Fall Ball season. Our Summer ball program begins around Memorial Day and runs through the last weekend of July. Our Fall ball season begins the middle of August and concludes the middle of October. We play in the highly competitive I-94 league which consists of many of the top programs in the Chicagoland area. During both the Summer and Fall, the games are college oriented showcase games played on every weekend.

Once our Fall baseball season ends, the Barn begins its offseason workouts November 1st. These offseason workouts consist of baseball specific skills training (hitting, pitching, catching, and defense) along with a speed and strength program that is second to none. These workouts run all winter through March 1st. The workouts are are run by an Athletic Barn staff that have multiple years of professional and Division 1 collegiate experience.

ATHLETIC BARN YOUTH PROGRAM:
The youth program at the Athletic Barn is still in its infancy but is growing by leaps and bounds. The Barn's focus at this level is about developing the boy's skill set, teaching them how to compete, all the while having a great and enjoyable experience while doing so. Our Barn youth teams open their regular season in April and conclude play in July. We play in the MSBL which consists of approximately 20 League games plus additional playoff games. Each team will also play in two independent tournaments during the course of the year. All in all, each team will play approximately 30ish games. ALL our home games are played at the beautiful ALL-TURF complex Heritage Park in Wheeling.
The workout and practice schedule for the Youth program are listed below.

Included in the cost are 1 workout week in January and 2 workouts a week in February, these workouts are the workouts we run during our offseason with our older high school boys, you can select which times work best for you. We then begin our mandatory team practices in March and the season gets going mid April.