Full Circuit Athletics, LLC.

Full Circuit Athletics, LLC. Instructors

Charlie Karstedt (Owner, and Head Instructor of Full Circuit Athletics, LLC. High School: Charlie was a four-year letter winner and two-year captain for head coach Eric Cooper. He batted .423 and had a .773 slugging percentage as a senior en route to being named to the Buffalo News All-Western New York team. Charlie set the school’s career record for hits

with 133. Karstedt was a four-time divisional all-star and a three-time all-league first team selection. He was also a second-team All-Western New York All-Star as a junior. As a member of the raiders he led the Raiders to four division championships and one Section VI title. As a junior he was selected to play on the Empire State Games “Western Team” which went on to win the gold medal. Aside from baseball he was also an all-star football quarterback and basketball guard. College: Charlie received a scholarship to play Division 1 Baseball in the MAC Conference at the University at Buffalo after graduating high school in 2005. Here he played outfield for four years, after red-shirting his freshmen year in order to get bigger, faster, and stronger, while learning the system. He received his bachelors degree in Sociology and continued to pursue a Graduate Certificate in “Teaching and Leading for Diversity” in the University at Buffalo’s Graduate School of Education. Charlie was sent to numerous collegiate wood bat summer leagues in his career at UB including the Palm Springs Power in the Southern California Collegiate Baseball League. There, he led the Power to a league championship in 2009. Charlie left UB in the top 10 in multiple hitting categories including, Single Season Home Runs, Doubles, Triples, and 2nd All time in Single Season RBI’s. Current: Upon graduating from UB, Charlie decided to combine his love of teaching children, and the game of baseball by creating Full Circuit Athletics, LLC. In this business he is able to instruct boys and girls of all ages and skill levels to help them reach their full athletic potential.
“I make it a priority to assess and instruct each player as an individual. Every player has strengths and weaknesses that must be enhanced and corrected in order to maximize their abilities as an athlete. I do not attempt to make players fit into any one mold. I address the issues that are most critical to each individual player in order to make them the best player they can be while providing a fun and exciting atmosphere.”