Our experienced coaches have helped thousands of players reach their full potential. Each of them teaches private hitting and pitching lessons at our Broadview facility.
Scott Nelson
Pitching, Hitting
Scott played baseball at Oak Park and River Forest High School, where he was the program’s first four-year starter and captain of a team ranked number one in the country. He graduated in 1985 and was drafted that June in the ninth round.
He signed with the Chicago White Sox and played in their minor league system, as well as the Milwaukee Brewers and San Francisco Giants systems. Scott began teaching when his playing career ended and founded Strikes. He has also spent more than a decade coaching softball.
Scott Legan
Hitting, Pitching
Scott played in the Bronco World Series for Oak Park and in the Junior Pan American Games in Argentina for Team USA. He was All-State in the summer of 1997 and started in the IHSA All-Star Game in 1998.
At Illinois State he started for three years, from 1999 to 2002, at shortstop and second base, and was named to the Missouri Valley Conference academic team as a junior and senior. Scott is ASEP certified to coach at the high school level and has taught players of all levels at Strikes since 2003.
Matt Wheatland
Hitting, Pitching
Matt teaches private hitting and pitching lessons at Strikes.