Clark Jones, Co-Owner and Coach of “Play Ball Right” has a wealth of knowledge and experience to offer his students. Clark was born and raised in South Haven, Michigan where he was a baseball and football standout at South Haven High School and was later elected to the South Haven Ram Hall of Fame in 2003. Clark played both football and baseball at Central Michigan University where he was fortunate enough to have played on three Mid-American Conference Championships in ’87, ’88, and ’90. After his collegiate playing career, Coach Jones was the hitting coach at Ohio University where the helped lead Bobcats to the Mid-American Conference Championship in ’91.  After coaching at Ohio University, Jones was hired as an Associate Scout for New York Yankees covering West Michigan.  In '93, Jones was hired at Elmhurst College and served as Elmhurst College's Head Coach from '93- '06.  Jones went on to become the all-time leader in coaching victories and was named coach of the year in the CCIW in ’97.In ’06, Jones moved to Rochester, Minnesota to become an Assistant Coach at Rochester Community and Technical College.  Currently, Coach Jones is the Pitching Coach at Rochester Community and Techncial College while also running "Play Ball Right".  Just recently, Coach Jones has embarked on a new business venture called "Sports Motion Academy", a business that specializes in baseball and softball on line lessons, and instructional DVD's.  Jones also serves on the staff of the US Baseball Stars and has been instrumental in recruiting top notch players from all over the US to play in International All-Star Tournaments.  To contact Clark, you can e-mail him at clark@playballright.com or call him at 507-206-3036. 



Kim Jones, co-owner of “Play Ball Right” comes to  Rochester, Minnesota after  building one of the most well known and respected softball academies in the Chicagoland area, “Jonesdugout”.  In Chicago, Coach Jones serviced 104 young ladies ranging in ages from 9 yrs old through the college ranks.  15 of Coach Jones’s pitchers went on to pitch at the collegiate level with four playing Division I Softball at Eastern Michigan, Eastern Illinois, Illinois, and Boston College.  Growing up in Michigan, Coach Jones was a standout pitcher at Marysville High School before pitching at St. Clair Community College.  After playing at St. Clair, Coach Jones attended Eastern Michigan University and received her Bachelors Degree in Education.  Coach Jones’s coaching journey began at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Illinois in the early 90’s.  While coaching at the high school level Coach Jones also gave lessons at Grand Slam, Inc. a baseball academy in Chicago.  After her brief high school stint, Coach Jones was hired as the pitching coach at Elmhurst College where she took a pitching staff that was ranked at the bottom of the CCIW, and turned it into on of the top staffs in the CCIW from ’96- ’98.  After leaving Elmhurst College, she opened up her own softball academy, “Jonesdugout” which was in operation until her move to Minnesota in ’07 where she is currently the pitching coach at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.  During the summer of ‘2000, Coach Jones was chosen as the pitching coach for the Swedish National Softball Team in Sweden and also played internationally in the Netherlands.  Kim specializes in pitching, but also coaches catchers and hitters.   Coach Jones resides in Rochester, with her husband Clark.  To contact Kim you can e-mail her at kim@playballright.com or call her at 630-639-2090.