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Blizzard Baseball Academy

The Blizzard Baseball Academy’s goal is educate and enhance the 5 tools of baseball: hitting for average, hitting for power, arm strength, speed and defensive ability.

Focusing on the fundamentals is the key to becoming a better baseball player. Teaching youth baseball players important drills and correcting bad habits at an early age allows them to get a jump on their competition. The Blizzard Baseball Academy has the finest coaches to work our sessions including current and former pro players as well as current and former college players.

Blizzard Baseball Academy Training Options
Our facility


One on One & Small Group Baseball Training
1:1 Lessons
This instruction allows for a personalized schedule for players who want to work one on one or in a small group (up to 4).  Lessons can be all hitting, pitching, defense or a combination of all of them based on what your goals.

Monthly Group Baseball Training
Group Hitting | Fielding Sessions
Monthly group training includes 60-minute hitting and fielding sessions once a week for a month.  There are four group training sessions per month where players are placed in age-appropriate sessions in a 1:6 player : coach ratio.

Extended Baseball Training (Elite Hitting and Pitching Programs)
Elite Pitching Program
Elite Hitting Program
Our extended offering is training that covers one specific area for a length of time - usually 8-16 weeks at a time.  Areas covered include hitting, pitching, fielding and catching.  These extended training sessions are limited to a small number of players and are for dedicated, determined and routine-oriented players!

Holiday Camps (one-day events)
Holiday Camps
Our short-burst camps enables players to get some work in during the holidays, sharpen their skills and if you haven't seen the Blizzard Academy before, it is a great introduction to what we do !

Texas Baseball Ranch ... in Minnesota
Texas Baseball Ranch information
As one of our more popular and quickest selling camps, Ron Wolforth, one of the foremost authorities in the country when it comes to pitching, brings his staff up from Texas for a solid 3-day camp that breaks down movement patterns, analyzes video, pumps up velo and helps create a program specific to your pitching needs.

Minor League Lessons
More info on M.L. lessons
Our Minor League baseball lessons are for players (8u-13u) to learn about baseball from our older Blizzard players, create an affordable option for parents and also is a very good 'big brother' program.  Each lesson is formatted like a normal lesson where players can request to work on hitting, pitching, infield footwork, catching and base running.

Locations
Our training locations are based out of our main facility - Vadnais Heights, MN and our west-side facility in Edina.

Blizzard Academy (main office)
3200 Labore Road, Suite 102 - Vadnais Heights, MN  55110