Matt Holliday

Who he works with
Matt coaches hitters from age 8 through high school, in hour-long lessons and drop-in sessions. Younger players are welcome, and no experience is needed to start.

Playing career
Matt was a four-year starter at Lawrence University and one of the conference’s premier players, earning All-Conference honours every season and Third Team All-Region recognition in 2018. He finished with a career slash line of .312/.405/.485 and helped Lawrence to multiple postseason berths.

International competition
After college he earned a place on the Hong Kong National Team, representing Hong Kong at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and the 2019 Asian Baseball Championship. Facing some of Asia’s best talent broadened his understanding of the game and exposed him to a wide range of coaching philosophies.

Summer league standout
Over three summers in the Mavericks League he split time between the Portland Mavericks and the Volcanoes. He adjusted quickly to wood-bat play, showed gap-to-gap power and earned three Silver Slugger awards. In 2023 he was voted League MVP, for a .298/.412/.537 season and for his leadership in the clubhouse.

Coaching
Matt began instructing at Gradum Baseball in Miami in 2019, working one to one with hitters of all ages on swing-path drills, video analysis and the mental side of hitting. That is where his patient, detail-oriented coaching style took shape. He joined 503 Baseball in 2021 and now runs small-group hitting clinics, builds year-round development plans and mentors travel-team players.

What a first lesson looks like

Matt starts by getting to know the player and the parents. He wants to hear what is frustrating them at the plate, what they want out of this season, and what they are aiming at further down the line. Then he watches them swing before changing anything. The plan comes from that, not from a template.

Booking a session

Hour-long individual lessons, and a drop-in hitting session for anyone who would rather try one before committing to a block. Current openings and prices are on the Camps and Clinics page, and the hitting page has more on the group work.