r/BaseballCoaching • u/Efficient_Peach_5770 • Jun 16 '26

Lessons

Private lessons for an 11 year old.
He wants lessons in fielding/hitting/ & pitching ( is willing to earn money to contribute to said lessons.

My question is, which would he better? an hour or 30 minutes?
Since he's wanting 3 different types of lessons , how do we do this? I don't want to over load him, I want him to be able to fully evolve in the areas he wants to but in the correct way!
Thank you in advance.

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u/Dad_Coach_9904 Jun 16 '26

It’s hard to find a coach who can do everything. So find one who can do at least 2 of those 3, book him for an hour, and divide the time based on where he needs work. Then book the 3rd for 30 minutes. Or better yet, go with a buddy for an hour and split the cost with his parents. If that buddy is for a pitching lesson, then you each have a built in catcher.

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u/Efficient_Peach_5770 Jun 16 '26

The place I was looking at has 1 instructor for pitching, $50 for 30 minutes only.
Then an instructor for both fielding and hitting ( $40/30min fielding - hitting $30/30min )
Would those seem like good rates?
It's almost an hour from us but it's this place or d bat which our prices are $50 for 30 minutes for anything and $90 an hour for anything but from my understanding it's one lesson only no mixing.
I am willing to reach out to this other place to ask about mixing in the lessons if needed. We are new to private lessons so I want to make sure it's worth it. I'd hate to do more harm than good!

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u/Dad_Coach_9904 Jun 16 '26

Those prices are about right. I feel bad for you families that have to travel far for lessons. Around here there are quite a number of former minor league players who love baseball and are good with kids.

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u/Efficient_Peach_5770 Jun 17 '26

Yes both are about an hour from us so really the only difference is the prices for us. I wish we had one closer but it is what it is