Crush player sliding in safe at home plate
Who we are

Built by parents, for players

Helotes Crush is led by volunteer parent head coaches with extensive baseball and coaching backgrounds.

Our mission

Give young players the opportunity to learn fundamental baseball while building confidence in a positive, structured learning environment — and to experience higher-level baseball rules through participation in competitive tournaments.

Head Coach Eric Gonzalez · Co-founder

Head Coach Eric played baseball from age 3 all the way through high school, was recruited to play college ball as a shortstop, and pitched in college. He has more than 10 years of experience coaching youth sports.

Daniel Rodriguez · Co-founder

Daniel co-founded Helotes Crush with Head Coach Eric to build a program where kids grow as players and as people — with coaching rooted in trust, structure and positivity.

Why our fees are lower

Most of our staff are volunteers and every tournament is local. That keeps our fees generally 30–50% less than other programs in the area, without cutting corners on instruction.

Head Coach Eric Gonzalez with a Crush player showing off his championship ring