Welcome to 5 Tool Performance, a privately, owned baseball development facility with 17K sq ft of turf space and a full service gym in Westwood, MA ! We have 9 outstanding coaches with special skill sets, personalities, baseball experience, representation from various college/ MLB backgrounds, and distinctive training philosophies, which are perfect for our growing base of intellectually curious clients.

Baseball is a thinking man's game so it is our mission to prepare our players with the highest level of education and insights possible, on and off the field. We teach the daily habits, a mindset and an approach that can be used in all aspects of life. Our preference is to do it in-person in a low pressure environment, so we can optimize self awareness with specifics on learning styles. We support families who are genuinely interested in player development and how these players play on field is very important to us. Why is development so important? Players are expected to perform and compete so how each player executes on their respective teams dictates a players' success. Player development is daily effort, a lifestyle of discipline and commitment to besting oneself.

We offer many consulting services given the network, reputation, experience and expertise of the growing synergies of our 5 Tool instructors. All of whom have experienced first hand how to compete in a ferocious environment and also understand the current landscape. Our services vary from Travel Ball Team Insights, Strategies on Prep for Private School or College Ball, Positioning for the Draft, Navigation of the Landscape with Advisors/ Agents and Placement of Pro- players in the Japan, Taiwan and Korean Leagues.

We have a growing number of players who are seeking placement of various National Level Travel Ball placement, while also, we have many positioning their placement on local New England teams. We have nurtured relationships over the years with many reputable, long standing Travel Ball companies based in the South and in the West. We also value the TOP travel teams in MA to which we are loyal. We do not have any of our own travel teams and have no prior ownership, so there is no conflict of interest.

Our team is well versed in the game and out network spans from MIAA public schools, private schools, special academies to MLB. We train our players with an intellectual baseline to which we discuss daily through our team engagement, continuous communication with one another and teach a mindset, an approach and a strategy for every player at any level. We stand behind our 5 Tool Process which is executed by in-facility lessons through the coaches named below and we enhance our own education of the game via our collaborations with multiple specialty entities . Each of our coaches are unique and well versed in the game, as they have each played at higher D1 colleges and MLB and they understand what it takes to make it to the next level. There is NO remote training or advice offered under our brand as learning is best in person: 1 on 1 or in small group settings.

INTRODUCTING OUR 5 TOOL COACHES:

Ryan Hanigan: Director of Catching & Liaison for Business Development, Recruiting, MLB
Joe Sprake: Director of Pitching, Arm Care and Strengthening.

BJ Weed: Director of Hitting: Mechanics, Baseball IQ, Liaison for College Recruiting
Miles Reid: Director of Hitting & Liaison for College Recruiting

J.R. DiSarcina: Director of Fielding, Hitting Specialist and Youth Development.
Dylan McNary: Director of Health & Fitness: Recovery, Nutrition, Sleep and Lead for Business Analytics in Force Production and Kinesiology.
Jake Rainess: Head of the Mental Side of the Game
Justin Nappi: Director of Technology and Communication

Josh Baez: Cardinal AA and Specialist in Outfield and Hitting

We have established practices in Arm Care, Throwing Programs, Pitching Arsenal and Mechanics, Hitting Methods and Practices, Catching Insights and Pre Game Regimen and Recovery Tactics. Our Health and Fitness area is expanding to further awareness on injury prevention (where we have esteemed, experienced hospital collaborations) and the Mental side of the Game

We work with multiple players from a variety of backgrounds, schools, clubs and teams. Our purpose is to drive individual development that is customized for your players needs, wants and goals. We work together as a team ourselves, to ensure we bring forth the depth and breadth we need in every discipline for our players, and continue to emphasize the importance of seeking higher learning within our team, to bring the best insights to our growing book of clients. We currently have collaborations with Tom House Sports and The National Pitching Association: both through Gardy O'Flynn, a longstanding, esteemed Tom House student and player in the arm care arena for Quarterbacks and Pitchers.

Our address is 200 University Avenue, Westwood, MA.: Building C. Intersection is Dartmouth Street. We are at the cross section of 3 major highways. Our cages are wider than the norm and the place is brand new. We have TrackMan, pitching machines, Hittrax, lots of technology, Force Plates and Tru Strength to monitor metrics and progress. We are always video-ing but that in and of itself, is not enough as we need to explain the connectivity of how your body moves and why.

MPE:
We are trained in Motor Preference Expert methodologies (University of Maryland ) as we are able to assess movement patterns thus reducing training time by up to 30%. We can track and monitor progress with each lesson and build development programs from our assessments.. Our state of the art baseball facility has a process of taking athletes and optimizing their performance through traditional style instruction and we integrate technology including highlighted metrics, lesson plans, videos, your feedback, in our evaluations. Our Health and Fitness guys track and monitors healthfulness to create safe arms and bodies, aka sustainability while in competition. We are blessed to have affiliations with several medical institutions as well. The best ability, is availability. We care.

OBJECTIVES:
Our objective is to develop your player either in a private lesson, semi private (2-3 players) or a small group sessions (no more than 4). We instruct on hitting, fielding, pitching, arm care/ strengthening, catching and SC concepts relating to force production, strength, power, speed, efficient use of energy, transfer of energy. All of our disciplines are supported by our Strength and Conditioning team! We will be hosting a series of sports psychology sessions for our members and also will be hosting baseball IQ workshops.

We do individual initial assessments, player assessments, movement screens, Motor Preference testing and build progressions, integrated approach with our performance training counterparts. We utilize metrics and overlay professional observations to create a customizable development plan for every client. Our goal is to develop player skill sets, mental tenacity, baseball IQ and to build confidence, which translates to success in performance, on and off the field. We build out programs to create a progression in every discipline and have a process by which we instruct and communicate.

WHY WE ARE SUCCESSFUL?
Our team of instructors is why we are so successful. We work on ourselves to create best practices for instruction. We support one another to create synergy and confidence, and stand together to serve our community. We have a new crew of instructors, who have worked hard at fine tuning their craft over the years, either in D1 college ball, MLB draft league or were on field players themselves. They bring heart and soul to our lessons and an organized teaching approach. Each of our instructors have a unique specialty so you can rest assured there is logic and reason in what is being taught. We welcome parents to sit in on sessions so our players are supported on field with cues and teachings. We do every lesson in person and happily provide feedback that is founded on unique, effective baseball principles and philosophies.

We also offer performance strength training which optimizes and builds athleticism, coordination, speed and fluidity in our teaching models. Our coaches have a comprehensive understanding of movement patterns. core muscle groups, pelvic control, forearm strength, speed and agility, range of motion and flexibility to ensure injury prevention while seeking healthy velocity for younger children and optimizing velocity for older players. The key is programming, consistent effort and a long term perspective on goals.

Please feel free to reach out if you have questions or interest in our lessons, clinics and programs.“When the time to perform has come, the time to prepare has passed.”

We look forward to working with you and your family! Please note if you book a lesson, please observe the 24 hour cancellation needed as a courtesy to our instructors and our 5 Tool Team. Thank you very much!
Warmest!
The 5 Tool Team