Jeff Auterson Teaching Philosophy
While playing professional baseball for six years, my career was full of successes and the majority of time, struggles. The mental part of the game is where I learned and benefited the most.  Generally sports start with your heart and mind. First you have to believe that you can play this game … without that, there’s not going to be much progress. Enabling a kid to find his skills is the first step in instructing him. Remember, this is a game of failure. When a child goes onto a baseball field it’s the confident kid who looks to hit or catch that are successful. Whatever the baseball fundamental you’re attending to, you instruct them and teach them how to BELIEVE in their ability. Now with that, there’s a walking sponge ready to learn and compete to be whatever they want to achieve.  

Brett Illig Teaching Philosophy
Playing professional baseball for 8 years for the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets has enabled Brett to not only travel throughout the country, but also grow as a person through his accomplishments and adversities.  Suffering through three major arm operations that ultimately forced his retirement, Brett has learned that sharing his knowledge and experiences with youngsters is very rewarding by giving them the confidence to become successful in anything they want to accomplish in life.

Brian Edmondson Teaching Philosophy
After nearly 25 years of competing as a baseball player, I have had many successes and many failures. I have always believed that if you have the courage to put on the uniform and compete, you also have what it takes to win. Through practice, with attention to detail and a quality effort level, players can develop their skills to approach the game with confidence. This is where I have personally witnessed and experienced the highest levels of on-field success. To bring this out in a player and by working together to maximize realized potential is a privilege above and beyond being a coach.

Matt Neet Teaching Philosophy
My playing and coaching career has included recognitions as a TPX/Baseball Factory High School All-American from 1999-2001. In 2001, I signed a scholarship with Erskine College in South Carolina, and later became Freshman Class President. I later transferred to Gordon College, a Junior College in South Georgia during the 2002 season with aspirations and expectations for a quicker way to the professional level, but injuries and other desires took me on another road: Coaching. That same year I started my coaching career under former Major League Pitcher Greg McMichael, and hitting coaches such as Bobby Holley, Mark Lemke and current Atlanta Braves hitting coach Terry Pendleton. Since then I have had the privilege to train and coach with a number of the top major league players and coaches throughout the Major Leagues. As my coaching career has progressed so has my passion to share with young athletes my knowledge and experience of the game of baseball. I believe each player has been given a purpose, and I believe that it is our job as coaches and instructors to bring out each players maximum human potential, starting with the beginning... BELIEVING! The Fear of Failure grips each of us whether it’s in the realm of sports or within the home, and I believe the way to break that fear is relational. Bringing the highest level of instruction and leading each individual athlete I believe is just the beginning of what Auterson Baseball is all about, and the number one reason I have joined up with Jeff, Brian and Brett. There is a bigger reason and that reason is HOPE.