About Us

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Coach David is a USA Baseball Level A, B, and C certified coach as well as Driveline Certified for Youth Programming. He has been coaching youth baseball in the Bay Area for the past 9 years. Prior to that, he has a long history of success in youth and High School sports with a strong focus on player and team development, player programming, and strength and conditioning. 

Coach David has helped players go on to play collegiately and beyond, which is a testament to his commitment to helping players find their highest potential. As a player, his High School team reached the semi-finals of State and was an All-City and All-State selection. He capped it off by winning the 4A Arizona High School State Championship as an Assistant Coach and has since coached his teams to multiple tournament wins including playing up in age. 

Coach David wants to see kids play to their potential in a healthy environment and learn to play the right way. 

We provide elite level training and competition as a development-first travel program keeping player health and arm care at the forefront of everything we do. We help prepare players for both short and long-term success. Multi-sport is encouraged. Our teams will compete at the highest level. We develop total athletes with a winning mind-set. We also track stats and embrace high tech to encourage success based on metrics of improvement and not simply wins and losses. Our player's rapid development has validated our approach and we are excited to see continued success. 

Black Diamonds has been pursued by multiple national level programs such as Top Tier and MVP Hustle. We provide opportunities for the high performing athletes to experience the next level of baseball by selectively collaborating with other programs, without losing our identity and focus on the players development, not trophy chasing.

Our roots are in the Tri-Valley, NorCal, our home turf. We practice locally on a weekly basis. Flexible individualized and small group training is offered by appointment 6-7 days a week with elite coaching staff within the Top Tier NorCal family as well as other trusted coaches and facilities. Our priority is to help kids develop the tools to make it to the next level and reach their highest potential. It all starts at the early ages when building the right foundation will influence future success.

We strive to develop well-rounded multi-sport athletes. While we use periodization training year round, our primary focus in baseball is late Spring through early Fall. We believe in flexibility so kids can shut down and avoid the typical early burn out or overuse injuries with most "win-at-all-costs" travel programs. During the off-season, we will offer appropriate health-focused training year round including total athletic performance, a winter power session and Spring Training without missing out on football, soccer or other activities. Your player's health and happiness is #1. This recipe has proven been proven in science-based studies as well as countless real-world examples and we are proud to provide this level of engagement with our players.