Elevate Your Game
265 Baseball Academy is here
Elevate Your Game
265 Baseball Academy is here
About 265 Baseball Academy
Joe Kalczynski
- 24 Years of Youth Sports Coaching
- 16 Years of Youth Travel Baseball Coaching (Warriors Baseball Club of Michigan)
- 7 Years of training multiple teams at multiple age levels
- Playing Experience:
- Drafted out of High School by Detroit Tigers (32nd Round)
- Drafted out of Michigan State University (31st Round)
- 6 years of Minor League Baseball experience (2000-2005)
- Personal:
- Married for 21 years to Angela Kalczynski
- Daughter: Kate, Senior at Mercy High School (Verbally committed to Penn State for Volleyball)
- Son: Sam, 7th Grade at St. Hugo (multi-sport athlete)
Background
The name “Two-Six-Five” pays tribute to my family’s baseball history:
2 The Catchers: Joe Kal and my younger brother, Tim Kal
6 The Shortstop: my older brother, Brian Kal
5 The Third Basemen: our dad and grandpa, Ron and Leo Kalczynski
This moment has been decades in the making, and the time feels right. By starting my own Academy, I can use the past 18 years of summer baseball experience, along with two decades in the classroom at Brother Rice, to systematically provide a world-class youth baseball experience for families who are interested.
The Mission
- Focusing primarily on Player Development over winning Tournaments.
- Building Baseball I.Q. (an advanced understanding of the game)
- Supporting multi-sport athletes.
- Fostering a healthy balance of family life with sports life.
- Helping create a sense of pride in our son’s baseball identity.
- Creating something bigger than ourselves that each stakeholder can feel proud to be a part of.
- Training parents, coaches, and players to embrace a healthy circle of affirmation during practices and games.
- Giving families, that are fatigued by traditional travel sports, an alternative that brings life to their family.
- Provide unique and priceless family experiences through baseball.
The Routine
- Tryouts in July
- August is off. Enjoy the 2nd half of summer
- September after Labor Day: outdoor training 2-days per week
- October-November: training in the Field House 1-day per week
- December is off: Enjoy your families during the holidays
- January-Mid-March: training in the Field House 2-days per week
- End of March-End of June: outdoor training 2-days per week, Tournament season gets played out.
- Season ends before July 1st. Enjoy your summer activities!!
- Individual lessons throughout the year for hitting, fielding, catching available through BKC, at a mutually agreed upon time.