SPECIALTY COACHES

Zak Doan - Co-Owner of ProBall, played professional baseball with the Florida Marlins organization. Before playing professionally Zak played two years of Junior College baseball at Harper JC in Chicago. There he compiled a 18-4 record and averaged over a strikeout per inning. He then moved on to play collegiate Division I baseball at Austin Peay State University where he pitched on the 1996 team that had an impressive 46-18 win/loss record. Zak Doan is one of the leading pitching instructors in Orange County and has received accolades from several local media resources for his work with some of the top high school and college pitchers in the nation. Zak’s students include some of the areas and nations best high school, college, and professional pitchers. Zak has extensive knowledge on all aspects of pitching including mechanics, velocity enhancement, increased command, and the development of new pitches. His teachings have helped his students achieve staggering results with both velocity and command. He has conducted private instruction for the past 8 years and typically conducts over 1500 lessons per year.
Dr. Ben Strack - Co-Owner of Proball, Inc. and a Professional Instructor. As a Sports psychologist, Dr. Strack has consulted with athletes across all levels including Professional (MLB, NHL, NBA) Olympic, amature and Youth in a variety of Sports. He is also an author/Editor of the Sports psychology book "Applications of biofeedback and neurofeedback in Sports Psychology." He is a former D1 College Baseball Player and NCAA-Scholar Athlete. During 1999 and 2000 MLB seasons, he was batting practice Pitcher for the Anaheim Angels. From 1999-2004 he was hand selected to pitch in the MLB Players' Association and ESPN's Big League Challenge Home Run Contests where he was the personal pitcher for Superstars: Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Raphael Palmeiro, Jose Canseco, Shawn Green, Maggilo Ordonez, Andruw Jones, and Troy Glaus. Please see "mental game" link at Proballbaseball.com for more information on our Sport psychology training lab .