BASEBALL & SOFTBALL TRAINING FACILITY

Rip It Baseballtown Charities Baseball & Softball Training Facility offers six indoor batting/pitching tunnels of various lengths that individuals or baseball and softball teams can utilize all year round for their training needs. In addition to tunnel space, Rip It hosts many baseball and softball clinics and can set your athlete up with an instructor for one-on-one lessons. All proceeds from Rip It benefits Baseballtown Charities to help more kids play the games of baseball and softball in our community.

Address: 1037A MacArthur Road, Reading, PA 19605

Phone: 610-743-4727

Email - [email protected]

Current Hours: Monday-Friday: 4PM-8PM, Saturday & Sunday: 11AM-4PM

Rip It Baseballtown Charities has been completely renovated, to provide 6 indoor batting/pitching tunnels (varying lengths). In addition, certain tunnels can be expanded to provide a larger indoor turf area for greater training purposes.

Maximize your training time with a half hour or hour-long batting tunnel rental for your athlete or team.

Tunnels 1, 2, and 3 have collapsible dividers in order to create bigger playing area for greater training purposes.

Tunnels 5 & 6 have a collapsible divider in order to create bigger playing area for greater training purposes.

Tunnel rentals including: Hitting mat, hitting tee, L-screen, and a bucket of baseballs or softballs.

A Jr. Hack Attack baseball and softball pitching machine with team feeder is available for rent as well.

Fall/Winter 2023-2024 Programming (click the button below for the most up-to-date info)

Softball:

Thursday Night Softball Pitching Clinics with Coach Kate Burdan

Thursdays in January (1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25)

Beginners (Ages 8-10) – 5:30-6:30pm

Advanced (Ages 10-12) – 6:30-7:30pm

$20/session

Friday Softball Pitching & Hitting Clinics with Coach Bekah Slattery

Fridays in January – 1/5 & 1/12

Beginners Hitting Clinic (Ages 5-10) – 4-5pm - $20/session

Beginners Pitching Clinic (Ages 8-12) – 5-6pm - $20/session

Advanced Hitting Clinic (Ages 11-18) – 6-7pm - $30/session

Advanced Pitching Clinic (Ages 13-18) – 7-8pm - $30/session

Baseball:

Monday Night Hitting Clinics with Coach Mike SpidaleMondays from December 2023 – March 2024
6pm-7pm
Ages 8-14
$20/session

Friday Night Fielding Clinics with Coach Greg Edge
Fridays from December 2023 – March 2024
5pm-6pm
Ages 8-13
$20/session

Holiday Hitting & Field Camp with Mike Spidale & Greg Edge
Wednesday, 12/27 – Friday, 12/29
10am-12:30pm each day
Ages: 8-13
$75

Friday Night Pitching Clinics with Joe Harris
January Session (1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26) - $100
February Session (2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23) - $100
March Session (3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29) - $125
5pm-6pm
Ages: 8-14

*Please note - When you sign up for a session, you are signing up for all dates in that session, no refund/credit will be provided if you are not able to make a date in a given session.

Baseball and softball hitting, pitching, and fielding lessons are available through Rip It Baseballtown Charities! Receive expert level training by highly qualified instructors.

How to book a lesson:

1. Click the “Reserve a Lesson” button below
2. Log into your Rip It Baseballtown Charities User Account (if you do not have an account, please create one by clicking the “Click here to register” link)
3. Once logged into the system, you can then schedule a lesson by clicking the “Schedule Appointment” button at the top of the page.
4. From there, you will select the type of appointment you are looking to schedule, the instructor, and the duration.
5. After clicking “View Monthly Availability,” you be shown a calendar for all the time options that the instructor is available for that given month.
6. Click the time on the day of the week you are interested in booking and then it will be added to your cart.
7. To complete the booking, click “View my cart & checkout” button
8. From there you will be taken to your cart to complete the payment and checkout process

CANCELLATION POLICY - RIP IT BASEBALLTOWN CHARITIES does enforce a cancellation policy. You need to give at least 24 hours notification of cancellation to get a full refund on all LESSONS, RENTALS, CAMPS/CLINICS. If you do not give 24-hour notice, fees will be collected for these services at full rate. You will be refunded completely if given over 24-hour notice.