PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA
Playing the game the right way.Now every rep has a record.
Thirteen travel teams, four cages, two tunnels and a weight room on Pinehill Road. Every lesson, every assessment and every number a college coach asks for, in one place your family can open.
WHAT CHANGES
The work was always here. Now it is written down.
Every number, kept
Rapsodo, the radar gun and the stopwatch all land on the same athlete record. Nothing stays on a coach’s phone.
Parents see it without asking
A family opens one link and reads the last six months. No Sunday night text, no guessing.
The scouting report writes itself
The written evaluation your staff types by hand comes out of the record, with the percentile and the date beside every reading.
One link to a college coach
A recruiting page with a QR code, current and best readings, the trend on each, and the staff endorsement behind it.
Thirteen rosters, one system
Teams, jersey numbers, coaches and public team pages at the address your families already type.
The building runs on it too
Lessons, cage rentals, memberships, camps, the front counter and the card reader.
Readings shown on this site come from the facility’s own record.
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT AND RECRUITING
The path to the next level
VALD and Rapsodo, on the record
Height, weight, mobility, the 60, force plates and Rapsodo. One session, and all of it lands on the player’s record.
Cage work and strength assigned against what the assessment actually found, not against a guess.
Every re-test lands on the same chart. Improvement is visible instead of claimed.
A verified profile and a recruiting page a college coach opens on a phone, in one tap.
THEN RUN IT BACK.
More than sixty players have committed to college programs since 2022. The record behind each one is the product.
MEMBERSHIP
Facility access until 6pm daily, unlimited cage access and discounted lessons.
Travel roster players receive full facility access six days a week.
THE BUILDING
7,500 square feet on Pinehill Road.
Four full cages
Seventy feet by thirteen. Baseballs, helmets and bats available if you need them.
Two pitching tunnels
Plates set at 46, 50 and 60 feet, so every age group throws off its own distance.
Weight and conditioning room
Seven hundred square feet of free weights and machines for speed, agility and strength.
Recovery suite
Normatec sleeves, red light therapy, infrared sauna, cold plunge, massage guns, cupping and TENS.
Rapsodo hitting and pitching
Full analytics breakdown with video and data review on any session.
Cage rentals
Thirty dollars a half hour, sixty an hour, for individuals and for teams.
OUR TEAMS
Thirteen rosters, 9U through 17U.
9U through 12U
Where it starts. Learning to play the game the right way and preparing for high school baseball.
See the rosters13U and 14U
Three 13U rosters and a 14U. The years the development record starts to matter.
See the rosters16U and 17U
The recruiting years. Back to back 15U and 16U PG national championships sit behind these rosters.
See the rostersEvery roster player is a member
Full facility access six days a week comes with the roster spot.
See the rostersTHE STAFF
Who your player works with.
A major league pitcher, a Red Sox organization arm, a Marine Corps veteran and an NSCA certified strength coach, in one building.
Joe Conti
Owner
Owner of the academy since 2017. Has overseen the development of more than 1,500 travel players and helped guide 150+ athletes to college commitments. Rapsodo Certified in hitting and pitching, Driveline Certified in hitting and pitching. Serves as a 5 Star National Recruiting Director and National Coach.
Patrick Schuster
General Manager
Former professional pitcher, drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 13th round of the 2009 MLB Draft out of Holiday, FL. Pitched in the major leagues for the Oakland Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies. Head coach of the 13U Black.
BJ Leach
Facility Manager / Pitching Instructor
College pitcher at Florida Southern who went on to play professionally, beginning his career in the Boston Red Sox organization before a career in public service with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Returned to the game to develop young athletes.
Paul Coumoulos
Operations Manager
Four-time All-County first team selection at Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School. Head coach of the 13U Gold and the 16U Black.
Teran Whalen
Head of Strength & Conditioning
United States Marine Corps veteran with four years of service. Focused on helping athletes become stronger, faster and more explosive. Pursuing CSCS certification with plans for a Master’s in Strength and Conditioning.
Mike Butler
Assistant Head of Strength & Conditioning
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA with a degree in Exercise Science and Kinesiology from Florida State University. Background spans collegiate strength and conditioning, professional softball, and minor league baseball.
Liana Dimovski
Social Media Manager / Assistant Trainer
Former high school softball player, currently at the University of South Florida studying Biomedical Anthropology. Spent five years working within the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Assistant trainer for athletes 14U and younger.
SINCE 1985
From Chain Baseball to 5 Star National
Buddy Meyer created the first Chain Baseball team in 1985. Our current ownership played for Chain in 1993 and began coaching a Chain team in 2007. The organization grew from San Diego to Winston-Salem, from Forest Park to Tampa, and the original infrastructure was never designed to scale to that. Since 2014 we have recorded back to back 15U and 16U PG National Championships, ranked our freshman group second and our sophomore group third in the country, and sent 32 players to Division I programs in a single year. We retired the Chain name and moved forward as 5 Star National. Nothing changed but the name.
Back to back 15U and 16U PG national titles
32 D1 players in a single year
66+ college commitments since 2022
1,500+ travel players developed
Joe Conti, Owner
FIND US
5910 Pinehill Road.
Phone
(727) 457-8116Hours
- Monday to Friday
- 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM
- Saturday
- 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Sunday
- Closed
Member facility access runs until 6:00 PM daily. Evenings after six are team time.
Come see the place.
Book a lesson, reserve a cage, or ask about a roster spot for your age group.