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North Florida Baseball Academy Indoor Training Facility- Members and Open To All
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| 4A Bishop Kenny Championship Pitcher Weston Hoekel With His Parents
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The North Florida Baseball Academy (NFBA) fields seven travel teams known as the North Florida Huricanes under the direction of Head Coach Mark Campbell. Coach Campbell ended his pro ball career with the Astros. Playing and teaching the game of baseball has been his passion for the last 28 years. NFBA mission is to provide an accelerated environment for learning the skills of the game of baseball. NFBA's training program extends to all baseball players, no matter what team they may play for. The academy provides each player with year-round instruction and quality coaching from experienced professionals. We strive to instill a strong sense of sportsmanship and teamwork in each player, while learning to excel at the fundamentals of baseball.
North Florida Baseball Academy
Head Coach: Mark Campbell- Former FIU and Houston Astros
VP Membership: Liesel Campbell (lieselcampbell@aol.com )
| NFBA Staff: |
| Mark Campbell (Former-Houston Astros Organization, Catcher) |
| Expertise: Full Game- Batting, Pitching, Catchers, IF, OF |
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| Jeremy Rankin (Former Red Sox-Outfield) |
| Expertise: Full Game |
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| Rich Kelley (Formed International Pro-Pitcher) |
| Expertise: Pitching |
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| Jared Brown |
| Expertise: Pitching, Core Strength Training |
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| Paul Benoit (Former Saint Leo University, Cape Cod, All Navy- Pitcher) |
| Expertise: Pitching |
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| Dominic Beard (Former Arlington Country Day) |
| Expertise: Catcher, Speed Skater |
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| On Call: |
| Billy Butler (Former North Florida Hurricanes-Graduate of Wolfson HS and currently with the Kansas City Royals) |
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| Chris Campbell (Former North Florida Hurricanes-Graduate of Bishop Kenny HS and the College of Charleston) |
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| Christopher Petrie: (Former North Florida Hurricanes-Graduate of Florida State) |
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| Mark Gattis (Trinity HS) |
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| Consultants: |
| Mike Jones (Episcopal HS- Former Royals Organization, Pitcher) |
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| Scott Hennessy (Dodgers Scout) |
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| Leagues and Tournaments: |
| Craig Petroff (Triple Crown-US) |
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| Gigi Lemmon (Sunshine Athletics-Florida AAU) |
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| Chuck White (Nations Baseball and International Baseball Club, IBC) |
The North Florida Baseball Academy offers private instruction. Insrtuction ranges from beginers to advanced. Ages 5 yrs old to adults. One on one professional instruction. Instruction in batting, pitching, catching, recieving and throwing the baseball correctly, catcher's drills, power batting etc. The academy also trains girls that play baseball and softball.
Open to the public: Local parkball and travel teams can now rent the academy for their team practice as eairly as 3:00PM Mon -Fri. NFBA facility is enclosed and air conditioned. The facility has 5 tunnels, 3 pitching machines (2-Iron mikes), curve ball machine, 2 pitching mounds, live batting and T-work. Members and visitors are welcome to enjoy our parent/player lounge and Hurricane retail shop.
The academy is located at 5913 St. Augustine Road, Suite #4, Jacksonville, 32207. Look under location tab for directions.
Sharing our professional knowledge is our goal and the love of the game is our passion.
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