Testimonials

“I just wanted to say my daughter has been softball pitching for two seasons and I wanted to bring her to the next level. We met Michelle in a clinic over the winter were she was teaching girls the fundamentals of pitching. I then realized how wrong my daughter was pitching. Michelle corrected her pitching form and showed her the proper techniques.  Now, my daughter has done a complete 180 turn around in just a short amount of time and is improving every week we see Michelle. We have been training with Michelle for 7 weeks (4 weeks in a clinic and 3 weeks one on one) and its awesome! Michelle is motivating, enthusiastic and brings winning attitude during her training sessions. She provides a personal interaction with the girls and she is fun to be around. I highly recommend Michelle and give her a 5 star rating out of 5 stars.”

“I have had the pleasure of working with Michelle for the past two softball seasons. We hired Michelle to provide a Strength & Conditioning program for our 18u Travel Softball Team. Michelle coordinates and administers strength and conditioning program for our girls during our weekly winter workouts. This has proved to be hugely beneficial to our team. The girls have commented that they feel much stronger and physically ready to play softball. Not only has this helped them physically. But, they have much more confidence that they will always be the better team physically.
Michelle works extremely well with athletes across a wide range of ages. I have observed her with our 14u and 16u teams as well. She is always prepared for her time with the girls. Her routines are carefully planned out. Michelle utilizes every minute of the time that she has with the girls. There is no standing around. She engages the group and motivates them to work hard. She is always pushing them to achieve more; while praising them as a group and individually for their hard work.”

“Michelle has worked with my travel softball teams for the last 2 years and has demonstrated a high level of success in my team with pitching, hitting, fielding and strength and conditioning.  Her work ethic is second to none and she has been able to instill that same work ethic into my teams.  Michelle’s outgoing personality enables her to get the most out of every girl on my team.  Michelle is a key to the success for any individual or team.”

“When my daughter first started pitching lessons, she was learning how to throw her fast balls “down the middle”.  After a year and a half of lessons and four additional pitches, she is able to “avoid throwing it down the middle” in order to keep skilled hitters off of the bases.  Without these lessons she wouldn’t be able to continue to pitch at the travel ball level.  Well worth the time and money!”

“I have three daughters and all three have been getting lessons from Michelle at some point over the past 8 years. She makes it fun for the girls to learn and they never look at going to their lesson as a chore, in fact, they look forward to it. All three of my daughters have shown great improvements in all aspects of the game. I would highly recommend Michelle to anyone who has a daughter that wants to get to that next level. She certainly helped my three get to the next level. I have also used Michelle to train an entire team to an entire little league. Afterwards, I always get requests for Michelle’s information so they can setup lessons with her. She just does such a great job with the girls and you can tell she genuinely cares about every kid she works with which is reciprocated by the kids.”

“Michelle Bivona Sawka is a person that value’s family first and this has been like this since I first stepped into the Bivona and Lady Fireball family 16 years ago when my daughter started playing on the Lady Fireball 10U team. Michelle was also playing on Lady Fireballs with her father Mike, Founder and Coach Lady Fireballs. What Michelle has learned over the years of travel softball, school softball, and college softball is that no matter what FAMILY is always #1!! Michelle’s welcoming heart is a testament to what her mother Laura has instilled in her. If you are fortunate enough to be part of MJB Performance you are now part of that family!! So proud of what Michelle has become with her tireless work ethic. Michelle understands what it takes to balance softball and personal life with being a former college softball player and now her growing family with husband Cory, son and daughter on the way!!  Michelle will bring her years of softball experience into every lesson with the young ladies that come into the gym. Be ready to put the work in when you come to a lesson or clinic!!”

“I have had the opportunity to work with Michelle for the past 7 years in a variety of capacities.  Michelle is equally adept at providing team instruction to a 12U Little League team all the way through 18U travel seniors well into their college recruiting process.   Whether you are a coach, a parent or most importantly a player, I highly recommend that you work with Michelle.  You will not find anyone who can provide the breadth or depth of training – and to do it with Michelle’s level of professionalism, integrity and in a fun way – there simply isn’t anyone out there who is her peer.   I say this based on my opportunities to bring 7 years of travel teams to Michelle – ranging from 12U “first year” travel players to a team full of high school seniors who are looking to refine their game and enhance their conditioning.  Along the way I have seen Michelle work with pitchers, batters, position players working on mechanics and players (and non-players) working hard to improve their conditioning.   Regardless of the player’s age Michelle has the ability to not only help develop physical skills but also to be a “positive coach” and role model.   When your daughter or your player is in the cage working with Michelle it’s nice to know that she is working with a teacher who has “been there and done that” and with someone you would be proud for your daughter or player to emulate as a role model.”