Coach Nate Trosky

Nate Trosky has scouted professionally for over 20 years. He serves and has served as a baseball clinician at various colleges & universities including Stanford, Santa Clara, Cal Poly, Westmont, San Diego State, Cal State Northridge, USC, Oregon State, Arizona State, University of San Francisco, University of San Diego, Loyola Marymount University, Cal State Monterey Bay, and University of California Santa Barbara. He coaches with Area Code Baseball and has served as the New Balance Area Code Camp Director and with USA Baseball Break Through Series (BTS) Player Development.

He's the founder and CEO of Trosky Baseball, one of the top Travel Baseball and College Showcase organizations in the country. Coach Trosky has contributed to over 10,000 players playing college baseball and over 500 in professional baseball, 40+ first round MLB selections, including some of the game’s best players (e.g. Bobby Witt Jr, Alec Bohm, CJ Abrams , Nico Horner, Nolan Arenado, Hunter Green, Royce Lewis, along with many others. ).

As a Scout

As a scout & coach, Trosky has had the privilege to work with first round draft picks, including some of the world’s best players (i.e. Christian Yelich, Nolan Arenado, Joc Pederson, Giancarlo Stanton, Mike Moustakas, Hunter Greene, and Royce Lewis).

Coach Trosky was the head coach of Monterey Peninsula College and coached with the German, Croatian, and South African National teams. He coached professionally in Europe and in three American Minor Leagues. In the German Bundesliga, he won a National Championship as Head Coach of the Cologne Dodgers and was named Germany’s Baseball Coach of the Year. Annually, Coach Trosky coaches in the Dominican Republic with some of the top baseball academies. Coach Trosky is known as one of the top infield instructors in the world. He is a national speaker and radio analyst, hosting the weekly XM Radio Show "CPD" Complete Player Development, "BTM" Body Tools Makeup; a branch of the Trosky Ranch - 6th Tool Nation! Coach Trosky is the co-owner of the Trosky Ranch, a player development company dedicated to providing navigation to aspiring student athletes and coaches.

Greatness Lies Within Everyone.

Coach Trosky received All-American and Scholar Athlete awards in college and holds a Master’s Degree in Christian Leadership / Youth Family Development. His baseball endeavors have taken him to nearly all 50 states as well as around the world, coaching in South Africa, Japan, China, Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Hawaii, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Croatia, and the Czech Republic.

Coach Trosky believes greatness lies within everyone, and it is our responsibility to bring it out. Let’s GO!

6th Tool Nation (Better Every Day)

Our Mission

Trosky Baseball is the 6th Tool Nation. 6th Tool Nation is about becoming the best you can be. It's a lifestyle, an identity, a spirit of excellence, and self-mastery. It's about developing athletes from the inside out.

It's a culture where players and coaches work together, encouraging each other and holding each other accountable to the 6th Tool Standard. Being a 6th Tool Player has nothing to do with size, strength, age, skill, or physical tools and everything to do with the mental makeup and character of a player—the internal intangibles.

Greatness lies within all players, and the 6th Tool Nation brings it out in everyone.

CPD (Complete Player Development)

Our Vision

CPD takes players to another level! The mission is for every athlete to reach their personal ceiling, both academically and athletically, transforming them internally and externally. Coach Trosky has created learning systems and models that will be used for player transformation through the Trosky Recruiting System, the Trosky 5 Tool Development model, High-Intensity Trosky Boot-Camps, and the Trosky 6th Tool Mental Makeup – Character Development model.