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Garage Built Baseball
Wide view of the batter's box on a manicured ballfield
Service area · Pierce County, WA

Baseball
Lessons in
Puyallup.

Puyallup has plenty of facility options, most of them shared, busy, and built around group instruction. We're the opposite: one coach, one player, recorded and walked through after. 15 minutes east.

About 15 minutes east of Puyallup.
Why families from Puyallup

1-on-1, on film, with a plan that comes home.

Puyallup parents make the drive for one reason: every session is 1-on-1, every rep is on film, and a written practice plan lands in your inbox within 48 hours. No turf-rental rates. No coach you've never met.

What you get
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    Film Room

    Every rep recorded. You leave with the footage and a coach's read on it.

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    Home Plan

    Custom practice written for you. Inbox within 48 hours of every session.

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    Two Coaches

    Both ballplayers themselves. 1-on-1 attention from the guys actually running the sessions.

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Meet your coaches
Coach Andy Layman — headshot in the dugout

Coach Andy Layman

Mechanics · HS Prep

Coach Andy played shortstop through Ellensburg High School before moving to center field at Central Washington University (2006–2008). He's been coaching since 2008 — first at Ellensburg HS, then summer ball with the Cle Elum Lumberjacks, and the last three years at Bonney Lake-Sumner Little League.

Andy's coaching philosophy: build confidence, get consistent reps, and meet each kid where they actually are. Mental toughness gets equal weight — in a game where failing 60% of the time still makes you elite, the inside game matters as much as the swing.

At GBB, Andy focuses on hitting mechanics, the mental game, and high-school prep — and can work with any age.

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Coach Dylan Winner — headshot in the stadium

Coach Dylan Winner

Fundamentals · Defensive Foundations

Coach Dylan grew up in Southern California's competitive South Bay scene, playing catcher, pitcher, and first base from 1994 to 2005 — including championship-winning Freshman and JV teams at Narbonne High School. He's been coaching kids ages 4 to 8 for three years, most recently the 2026 Tehaleh Padres.

Dylan's philosophy: watch first, then meet the kid where they are. Every lesson should end with four things — they had fun, they learned something new, they got better, they walked away more confident.

At GBB, Dylan focuses on defensive foundations and a fundamentals-first approach — and can work with any age.

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Pricing

Free first session. Founding 10 rate at $35. Standard $45.

Every player's first 30-minute session is free, recorded, and goes home with a coach analysis. After that, the Founding 10 rate is $35 per 30-minute session, locked for six months. Standard rate is $45.

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Leagues & schools

We see players from South Hill Little League, Puyallup-Sumner Babe Ruth, and Puyallup, Rogers, and Emerald Ridge High School programs.

For Puyallup families

The most crowded training market in Pierce County

Puyallup families can find baseball instruction in every direction — facilities, classes, camps, cage rentals. The question isn't availability; it's attention. Before you commit anywhere, ask one number: during a session, how many uninterrupted minutes does a coach spend watching only your kid? Group formats split that number by design. Our whole model is that number, maximized.

From South Hill Little League to the 4A programs

The Puyallup pipeline is deep: South Hill Little League and Puyallup-Sumner Babe Ruth feeding three big high school programs — Puyallup, Rogers, and Emerald Ridge. Big programs mean big tryout numbers, and big tryout numbers reward the kids whose mechanics were rebuilt in the off-seasons, not patched the week before.

What the 15 minutes east buys

A session here is the inverse of a busy facility: one kid, one coach, thirty minutes, every rep filmed at high speed and reviewed together. Then the footage and a written plan land in your inbox within 48 hours, so the work continues in Puyallup between visits. Plenty of our families pair us with a facility — volume there, direction here.

FAQ · Puyallup

Where do you train Puyallup families?

At our garage gym in Bonney Lake, WA. We share the exact address after you book your first session. About 15 minutes east of Puyallup.

What ages do you coach?

Five through eighteen. Either coach can work with any age — Coach Dylan focuses on defensive foundations and fundamentals, Coach Andy on hitting mechanics, swing decisions, and the inside game.

Is the first session really free?

Yes. The first 30-minute session is on us — recorded, walked through after, and you walk out with a coach analysis. No commitment to book again, no card on file. Whether you book a second session or not, you keep the footage.

Are sessions recorded? Who can see them?

Every session, every rep. Footage gets uploaded to our YouTube as an unlisted video — only people with the link can watch. We send the link to you the same week along with a written practice plan.

What does the practice plan look like?

A coach-written email in your inbox within 48 hours: what your kid worked on, what's going well, the one thing to focus on this week, and 2-4 specific drills to run at home with cues + a video demo for each.

What does it cost after the free session?

Forty-five dollars per 30-minute session at standard rate. Thirty-five dollars if you grab a Founding 10 spot — the first ten families to enroll lock in that rate for six months. We don't push memberships at families who don't want them.

Do you do team clinics or small groups?

Yes — small-group clinics for 4 to 8 players, usually run on weekends. Hit our contact form to put your team on a list and we'll work out a time.

How are you different from the big Puyallup training facilities?

It's an honest trade. Facilities give you volume — cages, machines, group classes, team space — and they're the right call for some kids. We give you the opposite: one coach watching every single rep, high-speed film reviewed with your kid, and a custom plan home after every session. Kids fixing a specific problem usually need the second thing.

Is the drive from Puyallup worth it for a 30-minute session?

The session is 30 minutes; the value is the two weeks after it. You leave with footage, a coach's read, and 2-3 drills matched to your kid — the improvement happens in your backyard between visits. Families who treat sessions as plan-setting checkpoints get the most out of the drive.

From the blog

Baseball training in Puyallup: your real options, compared

Team practice, facility programs like Diamond Sports, private one-on-one coaching — what each actually gives a Puyallup kid, and how to match the option to the player.

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What 11U select baseball actually looks like in Pierce County

Thinking about making the jump from rec to select around age 10–11? Here's the honest picture — time, money, travel, and the questions to ask before you commit.

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Getting ready for select baseball tryouts in the South Sound

Select and travel tryouts across Pierce County happen fast — often one weekend in August. What evaluators actually watch, and how to be ready for it.

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Also serving

Families drive in to the garage from across South Pierce and East King counties. Puyallup is one of the closer trips — these are the others we serve:

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Garage Built Baseball

18404 138th St E
Bonney Lake, WA 98391

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Address shared at booking. By appointment only — no walk-ins.

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First session is free for Puyallup families. Recorded, walked through after, plan home in 48 hours. No commitment.

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