Just 10 short years ago, players were flying in from all over the country to get a lesson with him. He lived in Texas, and he had just changed the swing of one of the most improved Major League Baseball players in the country, Ben Zobrist. The writers suspected steroids, but when Zobrist mentioned Jaime Cevallos in a postgame interview, reporters went scrambling. “The Swing Mechanic” moniker was born.
The improvement was substantial. Before working with Jaime, Zobrist hit a home run every 93 at-bats, with a .200 average. After working with him, he hit one every 34 at bats with a .270 average. In 2009, a year after their first lesson, Zobrist was 8th in the Major League MVP voting, with a batting average of .297, with 27 home runs. Jaime’s business was doing well. He was giving talks, and selling books and training aids.
Jaime has been credited with being the first independent swing coach to make substantial changes to MLB players’ swings. Andrew Friedman, president of the Dodgers, in the book Swing Kings, called Jaime’s work, “instrumental and influential” in showing MLB teams what can be done when hiring from outside the system. Tim Ferriss wrote a chapter about Jaime’s work in the NYT bestseller, The Four Hour Body, and Jonah Keri also wrote about Jaime’s work in the NYT bestseller, The Extra 2%, about the rise of the Tampa Bay Rays.
Jaime also worked with Raul Ibanez starting in 2011, who went on to have one of the best postseason performances of all time for the Yankees in 2012, when he hit two home runs as a substitute for Alex Rodriguez late in the game; his second home run was the game-winning walk off. Ibanez would later say that he felt the positions that he and Jaime worked on in those swings. Zobrist would also go on to be a postseason star, winning the World Series MVP for the Cubs in 2016, their first title in 99 years.
He’s not just a teacher of the baseball swing. Jaime has also worked with professional golfers. Ted Purdy, who won the Byron Nelson Classic in 2005, had high praise of Jaime: “Jaime has created the highest form of intelligence with the golf swing — simple.” MMA fighters have even sought out his advice for the punching motion.
Jaime is true to his craft. Just when his business was going so well in 2015, he removed himself from teaching and took his book, Positional Hitting, off the market. He wanted time to reflect and make his approach even better. The timing was right. He and his wife had just had their first two kids and Jaime was able to stay at home with them.
In 2022, the kids were in school and Jaime had developed a new and improved understanding of the swing. By this time, he and his family of four had moved to Carson City. He continued writing books and selling his training aids online. This spring he has finally taken the leap to open his own facility, and is excited to share his experience and expertise with Carson City. He gives swing lessons to baseball and softball players and golfers, ages 8 and up. He also runs group fitness classes for strengthening the body and healing the joints.
Jaime has written five books on the baseball swing, three on the golf swing, and one book on the punch in MMA.
His training facility is located at 5801 Sheep Drive, Unit 6, just off Deer Run Road. Individual and group classes are available. See his website here.
What makes Jaime Cevallos’ story so compelling is that it didn’t start with easy success, it started with frustration. As a young baseball player, he struggled with consistency. Instead of walking away, he got curious. He studied the swing, experimented, and kept working until things began to click. That process of figuring it out became the foundation for everything he does today.
Now, Cevallos works with elite athletes, including Major League Baseball players. His coaching is rooted in the small detail and subtle mechanical adjustments that can completely change performance. Using video analysis and a sharp eye for movement, he helps athletes unlock more power, more consistency, and more confidence in the game.
And here’s the part that matters for Carson City — he’s right here.
Families, student-athletes, and local programs have access to a level of coaching that most communities would have to travel hours, or even states, to find. That’s something special. Whether it’s a young player just getting started or a serious athlete looking to compete at the next level, having someone like Jaime in our community is a real advantage.
His story is also a reminder of what entrepreneurship looks like in real life. He took his own challenges, turned them into insight, and built something unique and something that now impacts athletes at every level.
As Carson City continues to grow, it’s people like Jaime Cevallos who quietly raise the bar. The opportunity isn’t just that he’s here, it’s that we recognize it and take advantage of it.
We’re truly lucky to have him in our backyard.
His training facility is located at 5801 Sheep Drive, Unit 6, just off Deer Run Road. Individual and group classes are available.
