Meet Northern Baseball Training – Doug, Chris and Brandon. They grew up in Prince George and now coach baseball players in Northern B.C.
Who is your favourite person to spend time with and why?
Our families. We grew up in a very close family so we value time spent with your loved ones.
What is your favourite local store in Prince George and why?
Strike Zone. We love crushing pins.
Describe yourself in one word.
Passionate.
If you could go anywhere in the world right at this moment where would you go and why?
Somewhere where the snow is gone.
What is your favourite activity in Prince George?
Playing baseball.
What is the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you?
Being stuttering Stanley's on CKPG.
What is the most inspiring thing that has happened to you?
At our first Camp, seeing the older, more experienced kids take the younger kids under their wing and make them feel more comfortable.
Tell us your favourite childhood memory.
Us making Chris be our guinea pig/crash test dummy for every stupid idea we had as kids.
Where do you volunteer or give back to in the community?
Coaching youth baseball.
If you could change one thing in the world what would it be?
For every child to have equal opportunity to play sports.
Where would you sneak away to in Prince George to spend some time alone?
The lake.
Where would you like to see positive change in Prince George and why?
To see kids be more active outside live a healthier lifestyle.
What do you think makes Prince George great?
Prince George has amazing support for all its young athletes.
What are 3 things on your bucket list?
1) Take batting practice at an MLB field
2) See one of our athletes play professional baseball
3) Visit every Major League stadium
How do people connect with you, personally, through social media? (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.)
Facebook & Instagram.
What is the name of your business/organization?
Northern Baseball Training.
Why did you get into/start this business?
Baseball has been a huge part of our lives since we were kids. We want to give kids more of an opportunity to train baseball all year round and improve their skills.
What is the goal of your business?
We want to give players in the north the same opportunities as the players in the lower mainland who train all year round. We hope every child in youth baseball looks to us for training.
What has been your biggest struggle either in work or life?
After years and countless hours of talking about it, finally taking the leap and investing our time and money into something we truly believe in not knowing how the baseball community would respond.
If you could start all over again would you do things the same or would things be different?
We would have started Northern Baseball Training years ago.
Tell us your best piece of life advice
Be the hardest worker in the room.
If you could spend one whole day with anyone in the world who is currently alive, who would you select?
Derek Jeter. He's a legend.
Why do you think it is important to shop locally?
We think it's important to support local business.
What has been your proudest accomplishment?
Starting our business and being completely family owned and operated. We put our heart and soul into this.
Give someone you think that deserves it a shout out and explain why!
Kayla Hughes from Kreative Eye Studios. She's the best photographer and graphic designer in town. She takes all of our pictures and does all our design work, from our logo to our website.
My choice for the PrinceGeorgeNow In Focus spotlight is:
Jay Cook at X-Conditioning. Best gym in town.
Some general comments I would like to share are:
Sign up for our weekly training sessions. Also, keep an eye out for our next camp.
We encourage you to leave your comments and words of support below and submit your own nomination by clicking HERE. You are also welcome to submit a form of your own by clicking HERE.
In Focus is our gift to the community. A way for us to help show our recognition of the people, businesses, and organizations that help make our city great. Thank you, Prince George!
