You Go Pro Baseball Owner John Madden Is Our St. Cloud FL Business Spotlight
You Go Pro Baseball Owner John Madden Is The FeaturedSt. Cloud FL Business Spotlight This Month
Kristin asked Jeanine which local business owner in Saint CloudFL she spoke with for this month’s business spotlight andJeanine replied that it is her son, John Madden owner of You Go ProBaseball in Saint Cloud FL.
John Madden is also Kristin Macari’s brother, both areJeanine Corcoran’s children. John will bethe focus of the 38th episode of Discover St. Cloud Florida hostedby Jeanine and Kristin.
Kristin stated that John, her brother is a former professionalbaseball player. She said John created his Youtube channel in 2008and was one of the first baseball instructional channels and wasnumber one on Youtube for a very long time.
Video Podcast Of JeanineInterviewing Her Son John Madden Owner Of You Go Pro Baseball InSt. Cloud FL
Kristin added that her brother was the reason that they createdtheir content creators’ packages. This is where she and herhusband would film a ton of content in one day. They would changeoutfits and backgrounds and end up with months of content from thatone day of filming.
Jeanine started the interview by asking John how he got startedin his business. John replied that he played baseball for a longtime. He went to Auburn University and was drafted by the San DiegoPadres who then traded him to the New York Mets.
John then went on to start a baseball business and startedtraining kids here locally in Saint Cloud Florida. He said thatevolved into him selling baseball training equipment online andthat is what he does now.
Jeanine asked John what his website is, and he replied UGoProBaseball.com. She asked what social mediachannels he is on, and he said he is on Instagram, Facebook,Youtube, and now Tik Tok. John has a large following on hisYoutube channel and has hundreds of instructional baseballvideos for all to view and benefit from.
She then asked John how long he has owned his business. Johnreplied that he started training kids in 2009 and it evolved intowhat he is doing now which is selling baseball training equipmentonline.
John Madden Is A Former Professional Baseball PlayerAnd Now Business Owner In Saint Cloud FL
Jeanine then asked John to let everyone know who John Madden is.He said he is a former professional baseball player and is now alocal business owner here in Saint Cloud, FL. He said he was bornin Osceola County Florida and was raised in Poinciana and has livedin Central Florida since 1987.
Jeanine asked him about his family. John said his mom, Jeanine,his sister Kristin, his 6-year-old son, and his wife. She thenasked her son what his top-selling product or item is on hiswebsite. He replied that he sells these cool mini whiffle ballmachines and they shoot out whiffle balls.
He said you can catch them with the web gloves that he sells, oryou can hit them with a skinny barrel bat. These are great foryoung players who want to work on their hand and eye coordination.He said that even MLB players use these machines for training. Johnsaid it is a fun, safe and effective training tool.
Jeanine then asked John where he would tell a person to go whois new to Saint Cloud. John said to check out The Lakes. He said wehave what’s called the Chain of Lakes. He continued that thelake right behind them, called Center Lake, where they were filmingis connected to 6 other lakes.
The Chain Of Lakes In St. Cloud FL Offers Fishing,Boating, And Swimming
If you like fishing, boating, and hanging out, this is theplace. There is a sand bar and a couple of rope swings to enjoy.John said there are alligators here however, we still swim in thelakes and just keep an eye out for them.
Jeanine asked John if he was involved in Saint Cloud with littleleague baseball. He said he was and currently coaches hissons’ team. His son played a few seasons of tee ball and nowplays coach pitch which caters to 6–8-year old’s. Johnsaid he used to train guys privately but now it is just his son andhis son’s friends. Jeanine asked him where they play, andJohn said in Saint Cloud on 17th Street.
Jeanine then asked John how he got started in his business. Johnsaid way back when he had a Blackberry and it used to blow his mindhow he could get email on his Blackberry. He saw where the internetwas going and remembers seeing a commercial for GoDaddy andwondered what that was all about.
John then bought a domain GoDaddy and started researching how tobuild a website and create an online presence. He then created aYoutube channel and was the instructional baseball guy on Youtube.He said he has over 260K subscribers now and growing. John said hissocial media channels have been a real asset to his business.
How John Madden Got His Major League Baseball CareerStarted
Jeanine then asked him to tell everyone how he got his start inbaseball and eventually was drafted into the major leagues. Johnstated that he started playing tee ball in 1987. He said his momsaid he wasn’t allowed to quit so he kept playing and gettingbetter. Eventually, John got a college scholarship to AuburnUniversity. He was then drafted by the San Diego Padres and tradedto the New York Mets.
John said he had a lot of fun and learned a lot. When he wasfinished with his major league career, he wanted to share hisknowledge and experience with some of the younger players, andamateur players and started training players locally. He said a lotof the kids he was training back then were 9-10 years old and theyare all playing college baseball right now which is cool.
John said he doesn’t do local training anymore, but hedoes coach his son’s little league team in Saint Cloud. Youcan find a wide variety of baseball training machines, tools, andprograms on his website and watch hundreds of Youtube instructionalbaseball training videos on his channel.
We hope you enjoyed Jeanine interviewing You Go Pro BaseballOwner John Madden as our featured St. Cloud FL Business Spotlightthis month. This will continue to be a monthly focus for localbusiness owners in Saint Cloud Florida on our podcast.