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Nolan Clifford 🇺🇸

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Baseball Offers

Single Lesson

Get one-off instruction as needed

Analysis

An analysis lesson consists of an initial swing breakdown, and identification of areas of strength and areas of growth within your current swing. We will discuss and identify your current swing thoughts, cues, or “feels”, and how they are shaping your swing. My 5 minute analysis will hopefully help you understand why your body likes to move a certain way, and how small changes that maximize your current strengths can yield big results. This breakdown will serve as the starting point for your swing development, and open the door to new drills and ideas. Defensive video is also encouraged.

Single Lesson

Get one-off instruction as needed

$25

Full Remote

The full remote lesson consists of a deeper dive into not only your swing, but your training environment as well. Once we have identified your swing tendencies, we can alter your practice environment and drills to maximize your growth potential. This lesson includes a full practice analysis and will get you closer to “game ready” confidence in your abilities. Testing your swing against more challenging drills, learning about approach at the plate, and setting goals for your next training session will be the emphasis of this session.

Single Lesson

Get one-off instruction as needed

$45

Live Call

The goal of a live lesson call is to get to know you better as a person and a player. Having played over 300 games on 11 different team makeups since the start of college, I’ve been surrounded by tons of elite players and learned a lot about how not only I approach the game, but how other elite players do as well. Personality and personal connection go a long way in delivering a message that resonates with a player. Live practice reps, immediate feedback and discussion, detailed offensive understanding and strategy, enhancing psychology/mindset/approach, failure resiliency, goal setting, more.

Single Lesson

Get one-off instruction as needed

$75

In-Person

In-person lessons allow for the highest level of personalization to the specific needs of the player. Catered cues and drills to maximize the quality of reps for that individual session and create “feels” that stick for future performance. The goal is to build a swing that dominates, a “feel” toolbox, and a strong mindset that allows the player to be able to self correct and make adjustments on their own. Understanding how and why their body moves on a deeper level, using the knowledge gained from the session, and bringing that knowledge into their own practice and game reps with their team.

Single Lesson

Get one-off instruction as needed

$85

Coaching Philosophy

Please reach out to discuss your individual player needs! Coaching is about understanding what your players already do well and why. Each player has unique skill sets, movement patterns, and thought processes or cues that allow their body to naturally succeed in certain setups or environments. My goal is to quickly identify how and why the player moves the way they do, and maximize their natural abilities by using their strengths to grow their areas of weakness. Coaches often over complicate/explain ideas and try to force players into a mold that doesn’t work for a multitude of reasons. Most importantly, I am no stranger to the understanding that baseball is very hard and failure is unavoidable. Learning to face that reality and embrace growth through adversity is the most valuable skill to be learned, and celebrating small wins and success is important to reinforce the growth being made.

Experience

Creighton University

Athlete

Aug 2020 - May 2024

Four-year division 1 starting shortstop, career .410 OBP, .784 OPS, 21 errors in 162 games at shortstop for a .969 fielding percentage. High school and college pitching experience, entered college as a two-way player, pitching was phased out after my sophomore year to focus on playing the field. Senior year: .348/.469/.497, .966 OPS, 13 stolen bases, 8 doubles, 5 homers, more BB/HBP than K, .975 fielding percentage, voted team captain.

Colorado Rockies

Athlete

Jul 2024

Drafted in the 17th round of the 2024 first year player draft. Made 2024 professional debut in Triple A. First full season in 2025, played across 3 levels: Low-A Fresno Grizzlies, High-A Spokane Indians, and Triple A Albuquerque Isotopes. Professional appearances at SS, 2B, 3B, and DH.

Naperville Renegades Baseball

Coach

Nov 2020 - Jul 2024

Volunteer assistant coach across 4 seasons for 12u-15u. Hitting, pitching, and fielding lessons beginning in 2023 for ages 9+. Experience working with youth players up through college players.

Education

Creighton University

Aug 2020 - May 2024

BSBA in Finance Technology (FinTech) with a concentration in Psychology.

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