Register for "How to Compete with Confidence," a special South Jersey baseball community event featuring Steve Springer, former MLB player, scout and mental skills coach and Rob Valli, head baseball coach for Rowan College!
Join us on Friday, March 27, for at the Cherokee High School Performing Arts Center. Click here for registration info and event details. (parents are free)
Two Guest Speakers -- One Event!
We are proud to announce this exciting event for the South Jersey baseball community, featuring Steve Springer, former MLB player and big league scout/mental coach AND Rob Valli, head baseball coach for Rowan College!
"How to Compete with Confidence" with Steve Springer
"Junior College/Maximize Your Options" with Rob Valli
Friday, March 27
Cherokee High School Performing Arts Center
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Players, coaches and parents: join us for this exciting baseball community event! Speaker lineup includes:
Cost: $50 per player (parents are welcome to attend at no additional fee). Click here for event details. Click here to register (select Steven Springer on pulldown menu).
Steve Springer is the former performance coach & major league scout for the Toronto Blue Jays.
After not starting in high-school his SR year, getting cut in college, Springer was drafted by the Mets after a break out sophmore season.
After years in the minor leagues, Steve eventually collected his first major league hit with the New York Mets.
Steve played over 14 years as a professional baseball player and compiled over 1,600 professional hits.
Over 35 years in professional baseball as a baseball player, agent and scout.
He now travels and speaks across the country about the mental side of hitting while working and training with major league all-stars.
He resides in Huntington Beach CA, and is the author of Quality At-Bats and the founder of Quality At-Bats Academy.
Rob Valli has amassed 30 years of experience educating students and coaching baseball. He has instructed New Jersey public school students in every grade from kindergarten through college and worked at every level of baseball from youth to Major League Baseball.
Coach Valli is entering his 21st season of collegiate baseball with 17 years of experience as head coach; 6 at NCAA Division 1 Temple University and 11 at NJCAA Rowan College at Gloucester County. That span includes an impressive 555 wins, averaging 35 wins per season, 9 of 10 trips to the NJCAA World Series, and 1 NJCAA National Championship.
Regarded among the finest player development experts in college baseball; 26 of his players have been named All American, 68 advanced to professional baseball, including 7 major leaguers. Currently, the vast majority of his junior college players are receiving high value baseball scholarships at prominent universities. In 2019; 7 of them began professional baseball careers.
As a Major League Baseball Scout for 9 years; Valli served five with the Colorado Rockies and four with the Miami Marlins. Working primarily in the Northeast; his role was to identify and evaluate top high school and college prospects being considered for the amateur draft. Additional responsibilities included; evaluating minor league players in opposing organizations and administering personality evaluations to top prospects.
In his role as educator; Professor Valli has always been a popular mentor to students. He has been awarded the distinction of tenure at each academic post; South Brunswick Public Schools, Cherry Hill Public Schools, and Rowan College at Gloucester County.