The Blue Ridge Hitting Center is owned by Dwayne and Kim Puryear.   We train the total athlete.  We start each new student with hitting lessons.  Then we provide to our hitting students position-specific lessons (pitching, catching, fielding and throwing)
Other services provided to our hitting students:
-Camps
-Batting cage rental
-Pitching mound rental
-College recruitment assistance 
         
*  Please see LESSONS  pages for rates
*  Ages 8-up 
*  We only accept new students from July - November.  
   We will not be able to start any new students between
   December 2010 and  July 2011.  So make sure you
   complete your starting hitting package before
   December.
 
Call and schedule your lessons today and begin a plan
to develop to your full potential in all areas of the game.


***Winter Lessons:
Due to the high volume of students, December and January lessons need to be booked in September and October. February and March lessons need to be booked in December.
  
      


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BATTING CAGE RENTALS FOR  OUR HITTING STUDENTS:
call for available times during the summer. Please make reservations

 
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Directions:
From I-77, take 58 E towards Hillsville.  Go 3 miles and the building is on the left
From NC:  52 to 58 E, take right at stop light, go 1 mile and building is on left

contact us at brhcenter@embarqmail.com

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About Dwayne:
Dwayne Scouts for the Chicago Cubs and assists several college scouts looking at ball players from this area. He is affiliated with the Virginia Wesleyan College Showcase Expo;  one of the premier events on the East Coast for high school students to gain exposure from Major League Scouts and East Coast College Scouts.  
 He played center field and was a left-handed  pitcher.  While with the Tidewater  Drillers Organization 1987-2006, he  played in many  Roy C. Hobbs World Series held in Fort Myers, Florida.  He was a member of  the 1983 James Madison University College  World Series Team and the 1985-87 Virginia Wesleyan  Baseball Team.  He served as the Asst. Coach for Virginia Wesleyan College Baseball Team  years 1988-1991 / 1993-1997  as well as the Asst. Coach/Hitting Instructor for the Virginia Wesleyan  College Softball Team   from 1990-92.  He made Virginia Collegiate All-State Selection in 1985 and 1986.  He loves teaching hitting and pitching and enjoys passing on his baseball and softball wisdom to his students.   Dwayne also wishes to educate parents and players on long-term arm care for pitchers through proper education and mechanics.  He also enjoys teaching proper and powerful hitting mechanics that will get a player noticed by travel, school and colleges coaches.
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