About Us
About us
Co-founders Robert Shipman and Brad Porter head Genesis Academy.
Shipman is a former professional baseball player and instructor. He currently serves as the Director of Baseball and Softball player development at Valwood School.
He has been blessed to travel around the country evaluating young athletes. Robert’s baseball instructional travels have taken him to 22 states and 4 provinces in Canada to instruct and evaluate players.
As a member of a professional baseball school, Shipman, in a 7 year span, has worked with over 20,000 young athletes.
Brad Porter is also a former player who has over two decades of teaching/coaching baseball on the college and high school levels.
Brad also has a great deal of experience as a professional scout, a college recruiter, a showcase organizer, and a college camp instructor.
Coach Porter has evaluated and developed baseball talent throughout the southeast. He currently serves as the head baseball coach at Tiftarea Academy and as a professional scout.
About Genesis Baseball Academy
Genesis – noun – 1. the origin or mode of formation of
something. 2. the first book of the bible.
Genesis Baseball Academy looks to help educate the baseball
playing youth in a variety of areas.
Using our 4T model, we approach the ability to play baseball by teaching inside the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. We “teach” the relevant information based on reliable practices, “train” the
body for flexibility, strength, and speed, “test” players in universal baseball skill components, and “tune” to maintain participants highest levels of performance.
While we engage in the aforementioned practices, we are determined to impact each individual’s spiritual and moral compass through our examples and fellowship.
While we strive to do well in the game of baseball, we believe our greater call is for the kingdom of God.