Meet The Coaches Writing The Program
Nick RotolaProgram Writer/Hitting & Defensive AnalysisNick Rotola founded American Baseball Camps at age 22 and is now a 26 year-old minor leaguer and entrepreneur. Nick has an MBA from Oral Roberts University where he played D1 Baseball for 4 years. Nick's pro career started with the Wichita Wingnuts in 2018 and took him to the Cleburne Railroaders in 2019. He has written on the subject of baseball with a blog readership of 75k in 2019 alone. He offers private lessons, runs American Baseball Camps, and is currently on pause as is the rest of the Minor Leagues! He loves the game of baseball and loves to help young ballplayers develop!!
Mike CastellaniPitching Program Writer/Video AnalyzerMike Castellani (in our opinion) is the smartest pitcher in all of baseball. He was educated at Division 1 Bucknell University where he was their ace. The 6' 4" Left Hander only throws 85 mph but he's got some of the best numbers in his entire league. Mike's professional career started last season with the Florence Freedom in Florence, KY. Mike analyzes all the pitching videos for American Baseball Camps and we have nothing but thankful parents for what he's done for their pitching careers! We love having Mike on the team, and he's just the guy you want analyzing your pitching mechanics and writing your at-home pitching program!
Nick Rotola founded American Baseball Camps at age 22 and is now a 26 year-old minor leaguer and entrepreneur. Nick has an MBA from Oral Roberts University where he played D1 Baseball for 4 years. Nick's pro career started with the Wichita Wingnuts in 2018 and took him to the Cleburne Railroaders in 2019. He has written on the subject of baseball with a blog readership of 75k in 2019 alone. He offers private lessons, runs American Baseball Camps, and is currently on pause as is the rest of the Minor Leagues! He loves the game of baseball and loves to help young ballplayers develop!!
Mike Castellani (in our opinion) is the smartest pitcher in all of baseball. He was educated at Division 1 Bucknell University where he was their ace. The 6' 4" Left Hander only throws 85 mph but he's got some of the best numbers in his entire league. Mike's professional career started last season with the Florence Freedom in Florence, KY. Mike analyzes all the pitching videos for American Baseball Camps and we have nothing but thankful parents for what he's done for their pitching careers! We love having Mike on the team, and he's just the guy you want analyzing your pitching mechanics and writing your at-home pitching program!
Why We Built This Program
There is no better way to describe why we created this product for you than to show you a couple of messages we received since the Coronavirus hit and lockdown began:
“I am wondering if you guys are running any camps, clinics, or lessons in the LA area this summer – my boy is about two days into this lockdown and he’d dying to play baseball! His season was cancelled and we are just hoping to get him some baseball normalcy!” – Jake S.
“My son is a Junior and a college prospect. What kind of things does he need to be doing this spring since his season is cancelled. The HS coaches aren’t even allowed to talk to him and none of the Colleges are allowed to recruit right now but I know he can’t just sit for a whole season – please help” Georgio G.
Again, what are they going to do with this extra time? Play more video games, watch more Netflix?
This product is designed to teach you as a baseball parent and your son as a baseball player what he can and should be doing with that time to become a better baseball player. So, it’s pretty easy. Keep doing what you’ve been doing, or have the experts work with you, teach you personally, and guide you – so that the next season will be the best of your life.
Frequently Asked Questions
Could my son be too good for this or not good enough for this program?
This program is for everyone. It’s a comprehensive guide to everything we’ve learned in our careers from age 6 to age 26. If your ballplayer is a hopeful 2020 draft pick, he’ll make a huge jump from this program. If your ballplayer is 6 years old and going into machine pitch he’ll make a huge jump from this program. We’ve been there, we’ve been in baseball at the competitive youth level, the Division 1 level, and now the professional level, and we wish we could go back and train our former self! Now is our chance to do just that for your son.
How do video analysis work?
This will be explained in great detail on our discovery call, but here is the gist. For the swing analysis, you’ll work with what you have to get us 3 semi-game-like swings. We will be able to tell you everything from those three swings. There are 25 common mistakes that hitters at every level make. We find which ones your ballplayer needs to work on and we include the mechanical adjustments and drills necessary to solve his problem areas and improve upon strengths.
What’s the timeline?
After purchase, you’ll be given access to download the guide. If you’ve ordered the video evaluations we will reach out to you via email for the video, once we receive a video of your mechanics we’ll send you your video analysis within a week!
Can you help with recruiting?
With our network at American Baseball Camps we have contact info for every single College Coach in the country. We also have personal connections with many of them. The first step is to get on the phone and talk, once we know his baseball story we’ll be able to help him with the next chapter.
Can you help us get the right gear?
Of course. It’s amazing to us how many players are using the wrong equipment. We have to give these players the tools they need to be successful, if not we’re doing them a disservice!
Can you help us get private lessons?
In most parts of the country yes, however, this program is about training parents and ballplayers on how to coach and train themselves with an action plan for success!
How does a pitcher gain arm strength?
Nice try, that one’s in the program!
What is American Baseball Camps?
American Baseball Camps is a national baseball camp company for ballplayers 6-18 founded in 2016. Our slogan is to “Have Fun & Play With Confidence” helping players “Fall In Love With The Game.” We believe in each players career being driven by his passion and not by anyone else’s and we want to help his passion grow. We do this by making the game fun and by positive reinforcement. We are students of the game and Minor League Players whos passion is to speak in to the lives of the next generation as if they were our younger self.
Press Release
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“March 18, 2020 American Baseball Camps Headquarters – American Baseball Camps (American Baseball Camps) is pivoting from its normal job of running youth baseball camps around the country and moving into online baseball training & at home baseball training.
The emphasis of this program: Developing character traits in young ballplayers with a confidence-building, teammate oriented, self-esteem building baseball program. We want to challenge ballplayers in all facets of being a baseball player including being coachable, being a good teammate, talking to coaches and umpires correctly, appreciating the sacrifice of parents and understanding the benefits of working hard.
Coaching is highlighted by some of the best baseball minds American Baseball Camps has ever had. Lead instructor Nick Rotola founded this company and plays minor league ball. Nick is an accomplished baseball topic writer and does advanced training out of the Wichita, Kansas area and across the country through ABC. Nick is assisted by Mike Castellani. Mike was a standout left-hander at D1 Bucknell University before landing a starting job with the Florence Freedom in Pro-Ball. Mike and Nick are both high-level baseball minds that love the game of baseball and have the ability to articulate in a concise way the things it takes to become a great ballplayer.
With this program we will be offering pro-grade video evaluations (add-on) with recommendations & pro-grade drills & competitions (included) designed to take strides in a young player’s baseball career.
This online baseball development program is for players of all skill levels. Each program is tailored to each individual player and their career. There is no correct way to hit, throw, or play defense, so we need to work with what you have to develop you into who you need to become!
A one-time program fee grants you permission to the program PDF which will be delivered in a timely manner in conjunction with your strategy call and video analysis.
Our expert coaches will help you gain an edge on the competition as you train to a higher level while others are taking time off!”