TEMECULA – The Spring Training Baseball Academy in Temecula is brand new to the area as a name, but the infrastructure behind the name has been around for quite some time. The Academy is actually the brain child of Dave Dexheimer and Steve Dolias, both of whom are very prominent coaches from the area.
“We have been training a lot of the kids in this area, really since my son was in youth baseball. he is now in college playing baseball, so needless to say we have been teaching the fundamentals of baseball out on the fields all over town for a long time now,” said Dexheimer.
The two went into planning mode in 2010 and finally after a year of looking for the perfect space (to not only house an exercise room and pitching and batting tunnels, but to also be able to provide parents a space to witness firsthand the instruction that is taking place for their children), the 3100 square foot facility off Winchester and Enterprise circle in Temecula is the “perfect fit,” according to Dolias.
The program is geared for players that range in age from 10 to 14-years-old and for those that have a desire to play at the next level.
“Player development is our primary goal as it is quite obvious that the proper fundamentals aren