As a student or parent, are you looking for baseball instruction that caters to the needs of each individual player instead of a one-size-fits-all camp?

Founded by former major league baseball player Mike Kingery, Solid Foundation Baseball School provides personal lessons and instruction throughout the year to baseball players across Central and Southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities Metro Area, as well as small group sessions in the winter, spring, and summer.

Solid Foundation is offering summer baseball instruction and now is the time to sign up to receive the weekly email! The 60/50 is 60 minutes of private lesson for $50. If you sign up for the 60/50 program you will receive a weekly email starting by the end of May and going through November. Each email will tell you what instructor is available and what day he will be working and at what location he will be conducting his lessons. If you want to be included in the 60/50 program please let us know and we will add you to the list. There is no obligation to have a lesson if you are on the list. Contact Mike at mike@solidfoundationbaseball.com if you are interested.

Parents/Students, It is with great excitement that we can announce that we are close to securing an 8,000 sq. ft. facility in Monticello. The reason for the leasing of this space is to offer lessons there, but most importantly to be the home for the newly forming elite baseball team called the Minnesota S.W.A.T. Minnesota S.W.A.T. is a division of Solid Foundation Baseball Schools, Inc (SFBS). The acronym S.W.A.T. stands for Special Weapons and Techniques. There will also be an important character element to the S.W.A.T. We want to train your child to be the best player they can become, but we also want them to be honorable young men. All of our coaches will be held to a high conduct code and will be held accountable for their actions. We also want the parents of our players to be good role models. Some of you know what an elite team is and/or have had experience with other MN-based elite baseball teams. For those of you who do not know what an elite team is, we will try and explain it briefly (for more info go to minnesotaswat.com). An elite team is a team that enhances the desire of the advanced player to play against advanced players across the United States. It also allows for more practice and instruction during months that we don't normally play baseball in Minnesota. If you are selected to be on the Minnesota S.W.A.T., you can still play on your local team(s). In fact, we encourage you to play with your local team(s) in addition to the S.W.A.T. We are not a competition to your local teams but an enhancement. You will also be free to play other sports while being on the S.W.A.T. team. For the time commitments required to be on the team visit minnesotaswat.com. We will have 3-4 tournaments/games requiring travel outside MN. These trips will probably be between the months August-December. The tryouts for Minnesota S.W.A.T. will be held on Tuesday, July 10th, 2012. Registration will be at 9:00 a.m. Tryouts will begin at 10:00 am. Participation in the tryout will cost $30. The tryout will be done in plenty of time to attend any game that you may have that evening. If for some reason that day is impossible for you to make, you can contact us to see if something can be done to meet your individual schedule. We cannot guarantee that we can help you, but please feel free to call us. In case of inclement weather, the tryout will be held on Thursday, July 12th. Included in the cost of the S.W.A.T. elite travel team will be our own S.W.A.T. Advanced Fall League. The S.W.A.T. AFL will begin on August 4. The games for the S.W.A.T. AFL will be on Saturdays. All games will be doubleheaders. One goal of our organization will be to not have any Sunday games. If we are at a tournament in another state, there might be a Sunday game, but anything on our end (fall league, practices, etc.) will not be on Sundays. The S.W.A.T. AFL will have a 20-game schedule and will be a wood bat league. You will need to tryout on July 10th to participate in the S.W.A.T. AFL. Even if you don't make the S.W.A.T. Elite Travel team, you could still qualify for the AFL. We want to keep the integrity of the league high so you will need to qualify to participate. Also, if you don't make either the Elite travel team or the AFL you can still participate in our S.W.A.T. Fall Development League. This will be a league where you can use a wood bat or an aluminum bat that meets current standards. This will also be a 20-game schedule league and will have practice involved. For the last 15 years, Solid Foundation Baseball School has worked to help students improve through lessons. We are excited to see who the first student will be who didn't make the S.W.A.T. Elite Travel Team but kept working hard with us in lessons and in the Fall Development League and eventually makes the Elite team. Regardless of where you are now in experience or success, we want you to know that there is a place for you at SFBS and at the Minnesota S.W.A.T. For more information or to sign up for the tryout please contact the S.W.A.T. Director Dan Terres at dan.terres@minnesotaswat.com or you can call him at (763) 234-6976. If you need to contact S.W.A.T. President Mike Kingery you can reach him at mike.kingery@minnesotaswat.com or call him at (320) 857-2244.

Attention Parents/Coaches/Students!!

We have acquired a state-of-the-art pitching machine called the Pro Batter! The Pro Batter (www.probatter.com) that we have is the only one in the state of Minnesota that is available for public use (Professional PX2 baseball model)! The Pro Batter will be located at our beautiful new Coon Rapids location (Grand Slam Sports). It is a pitching machine that will give you the most real life game practice possible! The Pro Batter has a big video screen where you watch a Major League pitcher throw to you, the batter. The machine throws fastballs from 40-90 mph. It also throws sliders, curveballs and changeups without you having to go to the machine and make an adjustment. It is all run by computer and it is a great training tool for hitters!
Coaches, this facility would be an awesome place to bring your team! Call for more details about using this amazing machine!
(320) 857-2244

The mission of Solid Foundation Baseball School is to train and lead each student to reach their full potential as a baseball player, an athlete, and a person.

SFBS remains committed to a low student-to-teacher ratio so that we can properly train each player in the correct mechanics of hitting, throwing, pitching, infielding, outfielding, catching, and baserunning - using lessons learned at the major league level.

At SFBS, we DO NOT use a cookie-cutter approach for teaching our students. Through professional assessment and evaluation, each student is given player-specific techniques so they will be able to, through application, reach their highest potential.

SFBS works hard to provide every student a chance to achieve their goals, whatever they may be. SFBS also hosts tryout camps with professional baseball scouts to help students who have the desire and skill to play at the next level realize their dreams.

Solid Foundation Baseball School, Inc. was founded in 1997 by Atwater, MN native and former major league baseball player Mike Kingery. Mike earned 17 years of professional baseball experience as an outfielder with the Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, Oakland A's, Colorado Rockies and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Solid Foundation has at its roots the desire to encourage baseball players in their quest to be the best they can be, both personally and athletically. The key to our success is the individual attention we are able to provide to each student through our low student-to-teacher ratio. If you have any questions about Solid Foundation Baseball School, please contact us at 320-857-2244 or read through our frequently asked questions page.

From May through October, we offer the SFBS 60/50 individual lesson program where you meet with a professional SFBS instructor for one hour to work on whatever aspect of your game you choose. In June, July, and August, Mike Kingery and SFBS staff travel to various locations across the state for one-week Summer Training Camps, often sponsored by local baseball or community education and recreation organizations.

~ Testimonials ~

"Thanks again for all your help with Ty. He is really enjoying the lessons and learning a lot. You are a great coach and a really good role model for him! Thanks too for asking Brian to help him with his throw. We feel really blessed to have you in Ty's life."

"Thanks for making the last 12 weeks a wonderful experience for my boys and their teammates. Dave was great! My youngest son Nick feels totally energized and confident that he will have a great season at the plate and on the mound."

"Mike, the reason I'm telling you all this is because after the season, Brady and Cory and I sat down and talked about what helped them the most this year and it seemed to always come back to 'That's what Mike told me to do at Solid Foundation Baseball.'
I just wanted you to know what a positive influence you have been to their game and how much I appreciate everything you have done for them over the years. (Oh, and as a Dad, I wanted to brag just a little too) No really, thanks for all you and your staff's work and we'll see you again this year!"

"I also wanted to tell you that my baseball team is going to state. And that I went 8 for 15 with a home run, a triple, and 5 doubles and a single. I guess all those baseball camps I went to are paying off. Thanks for all the help over the years."

"I wanted you to know St. Anthony won the class 2A state crown. Both Dan and Mark
were named all-tournament. For the year, Dan batted .473 and Mark batted .364. Dan was named to the Pioneer Press All-State team and
his brother Mark was named as the only sophomore position player honorable
mention all-state.
What a great year!
Thanks for your help.
It paid off big time."