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Garage Built Baseball
Wide view of the batter's box on a manicured ballfield
Service area · Pierce County, WA

Baseball
Lessons in
Tehaleh.

Garage Built Baseball is based in Tehaleh. The garage is right here on the plateau, a few minutes from any Tehaleh neighborhood. If your player is one of the hundreds of young ballplayers growing up out here, you don't have a drive — you have a walk.

We're right here in Tehaleh — minutes from anywhere in the community.
Why families from Tehaleh

1-on-1, on film, with a plan that comes home.

Tehaleh keeps growing and the fields stay packed, but real training space is thin and most of it means driving off the plateau. We're the opposite: a 1-on-1 garage in your own community, two coaches who grew up around this ball. Every session is filmed. Every player leaves with a written practice plan within 48 hours.

What you get
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    Film Room

    Every rep recorded. You leave with the footage and a coach's read on it.

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    Home Plan

    Custom practice written for you. Inbox within 48 hours of every session.

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    Two Coaches

    Both ballplayers themselves. 1-on-1 attention from the guys actually running the sessions.

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Meet your coaches
Coach Andy Layman — headshot in the dugout

Coach Andy Layman

Mechanics · HS Prep

Coach Andy played shortstop through Ellensburg High School before moving to center field at Central Washington University (2006–2008). He's been coaching since 2008 — first at Ellensburg HS, then summer ball with the Cle Elum Lumberjacks, and the last three years at Bonney Lake-Sumner Little League.

Andy's coaching philosophy: build confidence, get consistent reps, and meet each kid where they actually are. Mental toughness gets equal weight — in a game where failing 60% of the time still makes you elite, the inside game matters as much as the swing.

At GBB, Andy focuses on hitting mechanics, the mental game, and high-school prep — and can work with any age.

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Coach Dylan Winner — headshot in the stadium

Coach Dylan Winner

Fundamentals · Defensive Foundations

Coach Dylan grew up in Southern California's competitive South Bay scene, playing catcher, pitcher, and first base from 1994 to 2005 — including championship-winning Freshman and JV teams at Narbonne High School. He's been coaching kids ages 4 to 8 for three years, most recently the 2026 Tehaleh Padres.

Dylan's philosophy: watch first, then meet the kid where they are. Every lesson should end with four things — they had fun, they learned something new, they got better, they walked away more confident.

At GBB, Dylan focuses on defensive foundations and a fundamentals-first approach — and can work with any age.

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Pricing

Free first session. Founding 10 rate at $35. Standard $45.

Every player's first 30-minute session is free, recorded, and goes home with a coach analysis. After that, the Founding 10 rate is $35 per 30-minute session, locked for six months. Standard rate is $45.

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Leagues & schools

Tehaleh players run with Bonney Lake-Sumner Little League and feed into the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District. The garage is right here on the plateau — the closest 1-on-1 option there is.

For Tehaleh families

Baseball is growing faster than the fields

Tehaleh adds ballplayers every year and the community fields stay packed — team practice time is real but rationed. That's exactly the environment where individual training pays off: your kid's development doesn't have to wait for field availability when the garage is in the neighborhood.

Training as a neighborhood routine

For Tehaleh families this is the easiest logistics in our whole service area: a 30-minute session plus getting there fits well inside an hour, on a school night, year-round. The kids who improve fastest aren't the ones training hardest in February — they're the ones who never stopped in November.

From t-ball to BLSLL All-Stars

Tehaleh kids run with Bonney Lake-Sumner Little League — Coach Dylan coached the 2026 Tehaleh Padres, and Coach Andy spent three seasons coaching in the league. We know the fields, the calendar, and what All-Star evaluators in this district look for, because we've stood on both sides of it.

FAQ · Tehaleh

Where do you train Tehaleh families?

At our garage gym in Bonney Lake, WA. We share the exact address after you book your first session. We're right here in Tehaleh — minutes from anywhere in the community.

What ages do you coach?

Five through eighteen. Either coach can work with any age — Coach Dylan focuses on defensive foundations and fundamentals, Coach Andy on hitting mechanics, swing decisions, and the inside game.

Is the first session really free?

Yes. The first 30-minute session is on us — recorded, walked through after, and you walk out with a coach analysis. No commitment to book again, no card on file. Whether you book a second session or not, you keep the footage.

Are sessions recorded? Who can see them?

Every session, every rep. Footage gets uploaded to our YouTube as an unlisted video — only people with the link can watch. We send the link to you the same week along with a written practice plan.

What does the practice plan look like?

A coach-written email in your inbox within 48 hours: what your kid worked on, what's going well, the one thing to focus on this week, and 2-4 specific drills to run at home with cues + a video demo for each.

What does it cost after the free session?

Forty-five dollars per 30-minute session at standard rate. Thirty-five dollars if you grab a Founding 10 spot — the first ten families to enroll lock in that rate for six months. We don't push memberships at families who don't want them.

Do you do team clinics or small groups?

Yes — small-group clinics for 4 to 8 players, usually run on weekends. Hit our contact form to put your team on a list and we'll work out a time.

How do sessions fit a Tehaleh school-night schedule?

This is the easiest version of the answer anywhere in our service area: you're minutes away, we run evening and weekend slots, and a 30-minute session plus the drive fits inside an hour. Homework drills are sized for a backyard and 15 minutes a day.

From the blog

How to use fall ball in Bonney Lake to get ahead for spring tryouts

Fall ball signups are open around Bonney Lake and Sumner right now. Here's how to use those eight low-pressure weekends to show up to spring tryouts ahead of the pack.

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How to get ready for Little League All-Stars in the Bonney Lake–Sumner area

All-Stars is a different game than the rec season that came before it. What actually changes, and how families around Bonney Lake and Sumner can prepare for next summer.

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Why does my kid keep rolling over to the pull side?

Weak ground balls to shortstop, over and over. Here's what rolling over actually is, why it happens to almost every youth hitter, and the fix we use in the garage.

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Also serving

Families drive in to the garage from across South Pierce and East King counties. Tehaleh is one of the closer trips — these are the others we serve:

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Garage Built Baseball

18404 138th St E
Bonney Lake, WA 98391

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First session is free for Tehaleh families. Recorded, walked through after, plan home in 48 hours. No commitment.

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