About us
RBI Baseball Academy of NWA is the Home of RBI BASEBALL! We have travel teams ranging in age from 8U to High School Showcase.
RBI also offers baseball instruction in hitting, defense, pitching and catching; regardless of whether they play on an RBI team.
RBI started in 2015 because there was no indoor facility in northern Benton county for teams to practice. It was started FOR THE KIDS. We continue to grow so we can serve more kids; kids with our same love of the game that want to excel and be successful in both baseball and life.
RBI MISSION STATEMENT:
To provide age appropriate; fun, competitive and safe environment to learn both the mental and physical tools of the game of baseball. The objective of RBI is to instill in our athletes the ideals of good sportsmanship, teamwork, respect for their teammates, coaches and authority figures. These ideals will help produce well adjusted, decent, healthy, and trustworthy citizens.
#respectallfearnone
RBI Baseball Academy of NWA is the Home of RBI BASEBALL! We have travel teams ranging in age from 8U to High School Showcase.
RBI also offers baseball instruction in hitting, defense, pitching and catching; regardless of whether they play on an RBI team.
RBI started in 2015 because there was no indoor facility in northern Benton county for teams to practice. It was started FOR THE KIDS. We continue to grow so we can serve more kids; kids with our same love of the game that want to excel and be successful in both baseball and life.
RBI MISSION STATEMENT:
To provide age appropriate; fun, competitive and safe environment to learn both the mental and physical tools of the game of baseball. The objective of RBI is to instill in our athletes the ideals of good sportsmanship, teamwork, respect for their teammates, coaches and authority figures. These ideals will help produce well adjusted, decent, healthy, and trustworthy citizens.
#respectallfearnone
Letters & comments received regarding RBI teams and Coaches
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"AWESOME and knowledgeable instructors with a lot of experience. Great teachers of character and perseverance as well as the sport...highly recommend." ~ Suzanne Fields-Berry
"Great coaches, very knowledgeable and work wonderfully with kids!" |
"Great coaches who truly do care and devote their time to each individual who walks in the door at their facility. Home away from Home!!" ~ Angel Rosado |
"I appreciate the time and consideration shown to my son. Haven't seen that in a while." ~ Deb Helms |
Meet our Team: Ron Barnes, Brandt Barnes, Gunner Barnes, Brian Elkins, Eric Harrington
Ron is Founder and Co-owner of RBI and specializes in hitting and pitching. He played baseball for Bentonville in High School and Legion, and college baseball. He has been coaching baseball for more than 20 years. Ron has coached 2 teams to 2 different USSSA World Series Championships!
Ron has been married to Tracy for over 30 years. They have 3 grown children; Crissy, Brandt and Gunner and 6 grand children and 2 great-grandbabies.
Ron has been married to Tracy for over 30 years. They have 3 grown children; Crissy, Brandt and Gunner and 6 grand children and 2 great-grandbabies.
Brandt is Co-owner of RBI. He played baseball for Bentonville in High School. He played college baseball at Rogers State University and independent professional baseball. In high school he was pitcher of the year, All-Conference and All-State. His senior year of college he was an All-American and set 7 school records. He still holds 2 All-time single season records for RSU with 39 Stolen Bases and 65 Runs Scored. Brandt is married to Katie and they have a beautiful son Maverick and daughter Kenzie.
Gunner specializes in training catchers. He was a catcher for Bentonville High School. He was a member of the 2015 7A ARKANSAS STATE CHAMPION team. His Sr. year he was given the Tiger Award. Gunner spent 3 summers training with Doyle Baseball in Florida. Gunner is also a certified Fire Fighter and EMT and is married to Ashlyn, they have a precious daughter Maisyn.
Brian has been with RBI since our 2015 start. He is the head coach our 2030 RBI team and asst. coach on the HS Showcase team. He is a seasoned private lessons RBI instructor. He and his wife Amy have 2 sons. Hunter is on the HS Showcase team and Brock is on the 14U team.
Eric played college baseball at Lamar University where he was an All-American and Southland Conference Pitcher of the Year. He previously coached baseball at Heritage High School and is currently a teacher and Asst. Football Coach at Oakdale Jr. High. Eric coaches our 2033 RBI team and is a seasoned private lesson instructor at RBI specializing in pitching. He and his wife Keira have 1 son, Ryder that plays on the RBI 2033 team.
Indoor Batting Cages |
2 Outdoor Infield Areas |
Open Indoor Turf Area |
5- 70' Batting Cages with 2 artificial pitching mounds
Hours of operationWhen School is In Session
Monday-Friday 3:30-8:30pm Saturday Call for an appointment Sunday Call for an appointment |
Bases and Pitching Mound for infield drills and a bullpen
When School is Out
Monday-Friday 10:00am-8:00pm Saturday Call for an appointment Sunday Call for an appointment |
Batting cages retract for open indoor workout area
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