Matt Diesel opened his sports performance facility off Route 19 in Cranberry Township to try and fix something he believed had gone sideways in youth sports.

He said in recent years, he’s seen a culture shift that prioritizes games and tournaments more than the training and development he deems are necessary for young athletes.

“We’re living in a culture where people want to play 80% of the time and train 20% of the time,” said Diesel, a Hampton native and former collegiate baseball player at Duquesne University. “It’s backward. At the Division I level or higher, it’s actually the opposite. You train about 75% to 80% of the time and play 20% to 25% of the time. So much of that balance has flipped.”

His business, Diesel Sports Complex, now serves as a multi-purpose facility that bends to

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