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"As far as sports goes, lessons at the Sports Barn is the
best money I've ever spent on my son."
-Bill Coreno
Mechanicville, NY
“Over the past year I’ve watched my son develop
from an average player to making an all-star team. Good coaching
at the Hayner Academy/Sports Barn has been a key component
in Kyle’s development as we have seen a big improvement
in both his playing skills and his confidence level. Your
positive reinforcement coaching style and sincere interest
in each player’s improvement have been great motivators
for my son. Thank you for a great learning experience!”
- Tim Anderson,
Burnt Hills, NY
“I feel The Sports Barn has helped my sons’ fielding
and hitting tremendously. The Academy has taught my sons
that playing baseball, while competitive, can be fun at the
same time. Ken, Norm and the entire staff are always helpful
and very friendly.”
- Jim Belleard,
Halfmoon, NY
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About Our Staff
The Hayner Academy: Credible Experience
and Instruction You Can Trust!
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Owners of The Sports Barn and Academy Directors
Ken and Norm Hayner have between them over 30 years of collegiate
coaching and playing experience – 14 at the Division
I level. They and their highly skilled teaching staff have
a proven track record in helping players move beyond their
current playing abilities to new levels of success. While
it’s one thing to have played and coached at some of
the highest levels of competition, it’s quite another
to have the ability to identify, communicate and assist players
in correcting problem areas holding them back from further
success. With the Hayner Academy staff, you receive both!
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Ken Hayner |
Ken
specializes in baseball hitting, pitching, fielding
and softball hitting and fielding.
Current Associate Scout –
Philadelphia Phillies
Founder/Director Rising
Star Scholar Athlete Service.
Head Baseball Coach at Hartwick
College 1987-1998.
Empire Association Coach of the
Year 1992 and 1993.
Former Assistant Coach at UMass/Amherst
and Siena College.
Member of Siena College and Albany
Twilight League Halls of Fame.
Played Pro Ball (1982 Utica Blue
Sox).
Division I player and graduate
of Siena College (‘82). Earned M.S. in Sport Management
at UMass/Amherst (‘87).
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Norm Hayner |
Norm specializes in baseball
hitting, pitching, catching and softball hitting and
catching
Varsity Baseball Coach at Burnt
Hills – Ballston Lake H.S. 1995-2000.
Led Spartans to 1998 Section
II Class A title, Region IV title and runner up finish
at NYS final four.
Former Assistant Coach at UMass/Amherst,
Siena College, Skidmore College & Schenectady Co.
C.C.
Division I player and graduate
of Siena College (’85). Earned M.S. in Sport Management
at UMass/Amherst (’92).
Former Player/Manager of Apex
Printing franchise in the Albany Twilight League, achieving
3 consecutive league championships; 3 NY State AABC
Stan Musial Division titles; 2 AABC North Atlantic
Regionals runner up finishes, and a third place finish
at the AABC Stan Musial World Series in Battle Creek,
MI in 1989.
Member, Albany Twilight
League Hall of Fame.
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John Stewart |
John specializes
in baseball pitching and is available November 1 thru
January 30
Current Scout for the Atlanta
Braves with the responsibility of scouting Major League Baseball.
Has been a full-time scout since 1992.
Pitched collegiately
at Georgia Tech.
Pitched professionally
for seven years with the Atlanta Braves reaching the
AAA level.
Also pitched professionally
in Japan and Mexico.
Joined the Hayner Academy staff
in 1999.
Author of 3 books:
The Baseball Clinic, The Pitching Clinic and The Hitting
Clinic.
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Jim Howard |
Jim specializes in
baseball hitting, pitching, fielding and softball
hitting and fielding and is available for lessons
November 1 - January 30.
Has been a full-time
professional scout since 1988 and in the fall of 2007 was promoted to the position
of Major League Advance Scout with the Baltimore Orioles. He will be solely
responsible for preparing a team scouting report and game plan for his organization’s
Major League Manager. His second promotion in two years, he previously was responsibile
for scouting all levels of professional baseball for the Orioles.
Was voted 2005 Pro Scout of the Year by
the New York Professional Hot Stove League. Was a finalist the previous
three seasons.
Former Division I player at
Siena College and member of school’s Athletic
Hall of Fame.
Played professionally for
the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees organizations,
reaching the AA level.
Joined the Hayner Academy staff in 1999
Played three summers for the
Hyannis Mets in prestigious Cape Cod Summer League.
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Jeff Keith |
Jeff specializes in baseball pitching and hitting
and softball hitting.
Pitching Coach for Glens Falls Golden Eagles of New York
Collegiate Baseball League 2004.
Pitching Coach at Barton College in Wilson, North Carolina
2002 – 2004.
Pitching Coach for Schenectady Community College 1999 – 2001.
Received baseball scholarship to Florida International
University after being named All-American at Schenectady County Community College.
Signed with the San Francisco Giants as a free agent after
a stellar career at Florida International University. Pitched 6 years in the
Giants organization, reaching the AA level.
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Tim Christman |
Tim specializes in baseball pitching
and hitting and softball hitting and fielding.
Currently the pitching coach at UAlbany (named in January, 2007).
Played at Siena College (1994 – 1996) and was drafted by the
Colorado Rockies in the 11th round in 1996.
Pitched 10 seasons of professional baseball.
Career highlight was pitching in the major leagues with the Colorado Rockies in 2001.
Has also pitched professionally at the AAA level with the Mariners and Marlins.
Won Atlantic League Championship with Somerset Patriots in 2005
under manager Sparky Lyle; won Northern League Championship in 2004 as member of St. Paul Saints.
In 2003 played winter ball in Dominican Republic and played for Team USA in the World Cup in Cuba.
Inducted into Siena College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.
Joined the Hayner Academy Staff in 2004.
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Will Horan |
Will specializes in baseball hitting, catching and pitching
and softball hitting and catching
Currently the assistant baseball coach at Schenectady County Community College.
Was previously the assistant varsity baseball coach at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake H.S. in 2004, 2005
and 2007 and was the head JV coach in 2006. Helped guide BH-BL to Class A Section II Championship in 2005.
Played at Schenectady County Community College in 2002 and 2003.
Finished with a .400 career batting average. In 2003 was named 1st Team All-Conference,
All Region, and 2nd Team All-American.
3 year varsity starting catcher for Head Coach Norm Hayner at BH-BL H.S., 1999 – 2001.
First Team Suburban Council All-Star in 1999 and member of Adirondack region Empire State Games Team, 2000.
Attendee of Hayner Academy development program from youth through college and is the first
ever Academy graduate to join lessons staff, doing so in 2006. Has been an academy summer camp Instructor since 1998.
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Matt Quatraro |
Matt specializes in baseball and softball hitting,
catching and fielding and baseball pitching
Was promoted to Manager of the Tampa Devil Rays’ long season Class A
affiliate Columbus Catfish of the South Atlantic League in the fall of 2007. Previous to that,
he was the Manager of the Hudson Valley Renegades, the Devil Rays’ NY-Penn League affiliate in
2006 and 2007, where he was also the hitting coach in 2004 and 2005.
Was the hitting coach for the Hudson Valley Renegades in 2004 and 2005.
Manager for the Devil Rays in their Fall Instructional League since 2005.
Named All-American catcher at Old Dominion University in 1996 and was
drafted by the Devil Rays in the 8th round of ’96 draft.
Played professionally with the Devil Rays and Yankees for 7 seasons, reaching the AAA level.
Accomplished the following in his seven year pro playing career: hit .344 in his
first year of pro ball and was named Pioneer League All-Star in 1996; hit
.300 his second year of pro ball and was named South Atlantic League All-Star in 1997; hit
.325 for Orlando in the AA Southern League in 2001; played on Durham Bulls AAA International
League Championship team in 2002.
Joined the Hayner Academy staff in 2002.
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Tony Curro |
Tony specializes in baseball
hitting, pitching, catching and fielding.
From 1996 – 2003
served as an assistant coach at Siena College.
20 + years of coaching experience at the high school and college level.
Served 12 years as Varsity Baseball Coach at Watervliet High School where he
compiled an overall record of 234-78 a .750 winning percentage.
At Watervliet, his teams won
8 league championships,
6 sectional championships,
3 regional championships and
2 state championships
Joined Hayner Baseball Academy Staff in February 2004.
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Jesse Braverman |
Jesse specializes in
baseball pitching, hitting and fielding.
Has coached at all levels of high school
baseball since 1984 and has amassed over 500 career wins.
Currently the varsity baseball coach at
LaSalle Institute since 2004. His teams have been Big 10
champions in 2004, 2005 and 2006. His 2005 team reached the
NYS Class A Final Four championship.
Formerly the Varsity Baseball Coach at
Bethlehem H.S. where he won 2 Gold Division titles and 1
Section II title in 6 years.
Currently the head coach of the
Adirondack region team in the Empire State Games.
Since 1993 his teams have won 3 gold medals, 2 silver
medals and 4 bronze medals.
Joined Hayner Academy staff in 2001.
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Stacy Simpson |
Stacy specializes in
softball hitting and fielding.
Former standout player at Shenendehowa
High School and American International College.
Former Assistant Coach at SUNY
Albany.
Joined the Hayner Academy Staff in 1999
Currently an Assistant Softball
Coach at Siena College (since 2005).
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Dan West |
Dan specializes in softball pitching
Has worked as a softball pitching instructor for 9 years
and has a long history as a competitive player in Hawaii.
Has served as a successful coach for several local area youth teams.
His daughter Robyn was a standout pitcher at Saratoga Springs H.S.
and Providence College. She was also the first player in the history of Providence’s
softball program to receive a full athletic scholarship.
Numerous clients of Dan’s have gone on to have successful college careers.
Joined the Hayner Academy Staff in 2004.
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Chuck Sohl |
Chuck specializes in baseball hitting and pitching
Former Division I player at Siena College (’81).
As an outfielder/pitcher at Siena he finished with .345 career batting average and
posted a 13-8 record on the mound.
Broke Gary Holle’s Siena record for home runs in a season with 10 during the 1980 season in 33 games.
Selected to the 1981 Division I NY State All-Star Team as a senior.
Culminated his collegiate career by hitting a home run at Yankee Stadium in an All-Star game vs.
New Jersey Division I All-Stars.
Member of Albany Twilight League Hall of Fame where he is the
All-Time leader in home runs (91) and RBI’s (421).
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Steve Bronder |
Steve specializes in baseball pitching and hitting and softball hitting.
Former standout pitcher at Shenendehowa H.S. (2002) who
went on to become a scholarship pitcher at Manhattan College (2003-2005). Was voted captain
of Manhattan College team in his junior year.
Signed as a free agent with Chicago Cubs in June 2005 and pitched for the
Arizona Cubs in the Arizona Rookie League.
Pitched for Daytona Cubs in Class A Florida State League in 2006.
Attendee of Hayner Academy development program from youth through college.
Was mentored by pitching coach John Stewart throughout high school and college and is the second
Academy graduate to join lessons staff, doing so in March, 2007.
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Bill Lajeunesse |
Bill specializes in baseball and softball hitting and fielding.
Currently a physical education teacher in the
Cohoes school district and is an assistant softball coach at Siena College
(named in 2007).
Has extensive coaching experience at all levels of both high school baseball and softball:
- Varsity baseball coach at Waterford H.S. (1986-1988)
- JV softball coach at Cohoes H.S. (1989-1993); Varsity coach (1996-1998)
- Softball coach at Shaker H.S. - Freshman (2003-2004); JV (2005) and Varsity (2006)
Has over 17 years of coaching experience at the competitive summer softball and baseball levels through his daughter Kara and son Bryan:
- Beginning in 1997, he coached travel softball for two years with the Latham Lassies, three years with the Latham Freeze and the last five years with the Adirondack Magic.
- From 1998 to 2005 he coached both recreation teams and all stars each season in the North Colonie baseball league
Joined the Hayner Academy staff in 2004.
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Jeff specializes in hitting and fielding for both baseball and softball.
Played for Lees College in Jackson, Kentucky and was named All-Conference
at 1B/OF from 1992-1994. Went on to play for Pikeville College and was a two time All-Conference player and
one time All-Region Player 1994-1996. Became an Assistant Coach at Pikeville College from 1996-1997.
Head Coach of Lexington Dixie of the Bluegrass Collegiate Baseball League in summer of 1997.
Head Coach of the Lexington Dixie 18u travel team in summer of 2003.
Baseball Instructor at Roundtripper Academy in Carmel, Indiana 1997-1999. Baseball Instructor at
The Player’s Edge Academy in Lexington, Kentucky from 2003-2004.
Has been an instructor at The Hayner Academy since March 2007.
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Tom Hanson,
Ph.D |
Tom is The Hayner Academy's
On-line Mental Game Consultant.
Past Clients include the NY
Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers organizations.
Co-Author of book Heads-Up Baseball.
Former Head Coach at Skidmore
College and Hitting Coach at University of Virginia
and University of Illinois.
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the importance of a proper mental approach to your
game.
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Mark Van Leuven |
Mark is The Hayner
Academy's Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach.
NY State Licensed Physical Therapist
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conditioning to your game.
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