Your Baseball and Softball Training Home
234 West 109th Street NY, NY 10025 - 5th Floor
POST-SEASON PROGRAM (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER) - Registration is Open!
Elevate your game with us offering high level training for baseball players looking to get an edge. Offering both private lessons and small group training clinics.
- Expert coaching by head trainers who understand youth development
- Specialized skill work in hitting, pitching, fielding, catching and more
- Facility features two full length phantom cages, pitching area, two hack attack pitching machines and Rapsodo technology to track progress
- Trainers work with beginners starting at age 7 up through elite High School players
- A great way to prepare for the Spring baseball season
- Convenient location on the Upper West Side of Manhattan right near the 1 train at 110th Street
SMALL GROUP CLINICS
Small groups offer personal attention and plenty of reps at a great value along with intensive training
PRIVATE LESSONS
TO BOOK:
E-Mail - NYBluebirdsBaseball@gmail.com
PRIVATE LESSON AVAILABILITY (NOV/DEC)
TUESDAYS / WEDNESDAYS / THURSDAYS / FRIDAYS: 5:15 - 8:15 PM
SATURDAYS: 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
PRIVATE LESSON PRICING (per session)
Head Trainer
One-on-One Lessons: $115
Two-on-One Lessons (per player)
$65 per player
*Minimum of 4 Sessions
THE NEST TRAINING STAFF
COACH JUAN HERNANDEZ
Director of Training and Coaching
Juan is our Director of Player Development and brings over a decade of experience developing high-performing teams and players. Juan played 4 years of Varsity baseball at DeWitt Clinton High School where he earned All-City recognition junior and senior year. He later trained and played in the Dominican Republic, where he had the opportunity to join the Cleveland Indians organization as an infielder. After graduating college, he earned the opportunity to play for the Azules de Mexicali of the Mexican Professional Baseball League. Juan graduated from Ramapo College in 2009 with a B.A. in Economics with international honors. In 2011, he graduated from the University at Albany, SUNY, with a Master's degree in Economics.
COACH RAFFY
Hitting / Catching Coach / Practice Coordinator
Coach Raffy was both an accomplished player at the collegiate level and a program leader with many years of NYC youth baseball experience. He is our practice coordinator and head coach of our 13U White team. Raffy brings leadership, knowledge and high level training and teaching both to our team settings and his individual coaching sessions at the NEST gym where he specializes in hitting and catching instruction and labs. Players love his positive energy, great feedback and excellent communication as one of our lead trainers.
COACH LUIS
Pitching Coach
Pitching Coach / Assistant Team Coach
Coach Luis played Division I baseball at Monroe College as a pitcher and has been coaching with the Bluebirds since 2022. He not only coaches our 14U Blue squad but also serves as one of the head pitching coaches for the organization, working at The NEST training center to provide private and small group pitching training to both Bluebirds and non-Bluebirds players. Luis is dedicated to his players and offers both technical expertise and a passion for the game while pushing them to challenge themselves at all times.
COACH AL
Hitting / Catching Coach
A native of Flushing, Queens, Coach Al joined our staff in 2022 and has coached several of our older and more experienced teams at the High School level. Coach Al was formerly a player agent representing several Latin American MiLB and MLB players. He got his coaching start in Florida with several powerhouse High School programs before leading the Miami Marlins Scout Team to the RBI World Series title in both 2017 and 2018. Coach Al has compiled over 100 wins as a Bluebirds coach and also serves a head hitting instructor and the head coach of our 60/90 summer training camp. In 2023 he also became the JV Head Coach and Varsity Assistant Coach at Mt. St. Michael Academy in the Bronx. Bringing with him a culture of respect for the game, contagious energy and winning ball has made him a beloved coach for his players and families.
COACH CARLOS
Hitting Coach
COACH JULIO
Pitching Coach