Instruction Disciplines: Baseball Hitting, Baseball Pitching, Softball Hitting
Coach Rau is available by request only and his availability is not listed in the online appointment system.
Coach Rau has been involved with baseball in the Lehigh Valley as a player and coach for over 30 years. A graduate of Emmaus High School and former pitcher at the University of Pittsburgh and Muhlenberg College, he has been teaching the great game of baseball to players and coaches alike since the age of 15 and has surpassed over 10,000 baseball lessons since opening ESA in 2011.
His vast playing experiences and coaching background allow him to provide the athletes of Elite Sports Academy with top-notch advice and guidance to help them get to the next level. Some of his past coaching positions include Avengers Baseball, Nazareth High School, Allen High School, Lehigh Carbon Community College, and the Allentown Diamondbacks of the Blue Mountain League. With two daughters, Coach Rau has worked with and coached a number of softball teams and has transferred his baseball knowledge over to the softball world.
Coach Rau holds a bachelor's degree in Business and also Information Systems, plus a Masters in Instructional Technology. His background in education has been an important ingredient in understanding the needs of todays student athletes, helping them to grow in their individual sports and lives.
He has specialized in baseball/softball video analysis lessons for both hitting and pitching, analyzing several hundred players over the last several years using the Right View Pro Video Analysis System.
As the co-founder of ESA, Coach Rau is 100% dedicated to developing the skills of any athlete that walks through the doors of the academy, in the hopes of taking them to the next level.
