Haymarket, VA

Baseball and Softball Training for Haymarket, VA Athletes

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WHY HAYMARKET FAMILIES TRAIN HERE

HAYMARKET ATHLETES TRAIN IN MANASSAS.

BTD trains athletes from the Haymarket area at our facility on Robertson Drive in Manassas, about 19 minutes down Sudley Road. One facility, and it sits on a road your week already runs through.

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HAYMARKET 20169 BATTLEFIELD GHBL LONG PARK CEDAR RUN DISTRICT PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY

OUR PROCESS

HOW IT WORKS

STEP 1

THE FIRST SESSION

Your athlete hits, throws and moves while we set a baseline, HitTrax numbers included. You get an honest read on where they stand before we change anything.

STEP 2

THE PLAN

That baseline decides what the first four weeks work on, one correction at a time, so your athlete is not handed the same plan as everyone else in the building.

STEP 3

TRACKED PROGRESS

Every session after is measured against that first one. Sessions run an hour, and most athletes add 3 to 5 MPH of exit velo in those four weeks.

HERE’S WHAT YOU GET

WHAT’S INCLUDED

► One-On-One Sessions
► HitTrax Session Tracking
► Blast Motion Metrics
► Win Reality VR Reps
► Exit Velocity Baseline
► Launch Angle Review

► Spray Chart Review
► Position-Specific Footwork
► Rotational Power Work
► Arm Care Work
► Four-Week Baseline Retest
► Session Progress Reports

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The 20169 Baseball and Softball Picture

The town itself is small, under a square mile, but the area it anchors holds about 28,300 people, and the diamond programs here are as strong as any in the state.

Battlefield High School on Graduation Drive won the VHSL Class 6 state baseball championship in 2026, beating Independence 6 to 3 on June 18. It was the first baseball state title in school history. Junior Luke Raflo hit a grand slam in the seventh. Head coach Jay Burkhart was in his 16th season, and the Bobcats had lost the 2025 final to Gainesville, so that one had been sitting a while.

Battlefield softball had its own 2026: Class 6 Region B runner-up and a trip to the state quarterfinals. Both programs are winning at once, which raises what a roster spot costs. Players coming up through Reagan and Bull Run middle schools are competing against kids who watched that standard from the stands, and the ones who make it started preparing a year or two out.

Where Haymarket kids play

Rec ball runs through the Gainesville Haymarket Baseball League, shared with Gainesville, Cal Ripken and Babe Ruth chartered. Home is James S. Long Regional Park on James Madison Highway, 230 acres with four diamonds and batting cages. Everyone here just calls it Long Park.

Softball families have a different map

Softball is structured differently. There is no dedicated rec softball league specific to this area, so most Haymarket softball players go the travel route or train in Manassas. That is why a lot of our softball athletes come from 20169, and it is why softball hitting, fielding and strength work run as their own programs here rather than as baseball with a different ball.

How sessions run

Sessions are one hour and coach led, by owner and head coach Alonso Ruz Vera and Coach Raul Rodriguez. Athletes start at age 8 and train through high school and travel ball. More than 500 athletes have trained here, and 25 or more have gone on to play in college. Bring a bat, a glove and cleats. BTD supplies everything else, and parents are welcome to watch.

HitTrax reads exit velocity, launch angle, distance and spray charts, and the first session sets the baseline every session after is measured against. Blast Motion sits on the bat knob for bat speed, attack angle, time to impact and on-plane efficiency. Win Reality adds VR pitch recognition against sequences your athlete would not see live for years.

In season, with GHBL game nights at Long Park and the Cedar Run District calendar running, most families train once a week and keep the work narrow. Fall ball and the winter weeks before tryouts are when there is room to change something and let it settle.

Programs

Baseball Hitting Training

HitTrax reads exit velocity, launch angle and spray charts from the first swing, and most athletes add 3 to 5 MPH of exit velo in the first four weeks. See baseball hitting training.

Softball Hitting Training

The pitch comes from 43 feet on a rise, not downhill from 60 feet 6 inches, so the attack angle, the reaction window and the bat are all different. See softball hitting training.

Baseball Fielding Training

Longer throws, more range to cover, and footwork that changes by position. See baseball fielding training.

Softball Fielding Training

Shorter base paths, less reaction time, and slap hitters who move the infield. See softball fielding training.

Baseball Strength and Conditioning

Rotational power and arm care built to hold through a long spring. See baseball strength and conditioning.

Softball Strength and Conditioning

The same rotational base with different volume and shoulder demands. See softball strength and conditioning.

Getting Here

It is about 12 miles and roughly 19 minutes on VA-234 Business, the road you know as Sudley Road, and evening traffic can push that a few minutes. Take Sudley Road southeast toward Manassas, stay with it past I-66, then cut across on Wellington Road to Robertson Drive. The facility is near Manassas Regional Airport, on the Haymarket side of the city, so you are not crossing town at the end of the drive.

Sudley Road is already part of the week for most families here. You are on it for shopping and for I-66, so a one hour session on the way back is a different thing than a special trip. There is one BTD facility and this is it. More on training in Manassas and the coaches who run it.

11516 Robertson Dr, Manassas, VA 20109

"You will not find a better facility anywhere in VA. Alonso and Raul are hands down the best trainers. If your player wants to up their game to the next level, this is where you need to go. Your player will have to put in the work, but they will be pushed and shown how to achieve their goals. Not only will they will hard and advance their skills, they will have fun while doing so!"

— Chrissy Fant-Jenkins
Alonso and Raul are great coaches. Incredible knowledge and ability to teach young athletes.

— Kim Abaunza
Impressive group of coaches who truly care for the kids development on and off the baseball field!

— Clifton Cunningham
If you're looking for a knowledgeable, compassionate, and results-driven fitness trainer, I highly recommend choosing their expertise to jump-start your own journey. They have helped me overcome obstacles.

— Megan L.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

About 12 miles, roughly 19 minutes on Sudley Road. Evening traffic can push that a few minutes. Because Robertson Drive is off Wellington Road on the near side of Manassas, you skip the middle of the city entirely.
Yes, along with athletes from the middle schools that feed it. Battlefield is coming off a state baseball title and a Region B softball runner-up finish, so we build offseason work around what those tryouts ask for.
Most come here or play travel. There is no dedicated rec softball league for this area, which means softball players often have fewer structured reps than their brothers do. Softball hitting, fielding and strength are separate programs at BTD, not baseball with a different ball.

Yes. Sessions are one hour, and in season most families train once a week on something specific. We schedule around game nights rather than stacking on top of them.
Your athlete hits, throws and moves while we set a baseline, including HitTrax numbers, and every session after is measured against it. Bring a bat, glove and cleats. BTD supplies the rest, and parents are welcome to watch.