Registration Name: Rates Pre-registered At the door First Time Attendee Dinger Fungo CEUs Teach PE Hours Professional Development Available! Single Coach rates $50.00 $60.00 School / Team: Kevin Wheeler “Turtle” Thomas “Turtle” Staff rate (4-6 coaches $175.00 $220.00 from same staff) Email: Per coach rate for 7 or $30.00 $30.00 more from same staff Phone: (314) 345-9446 YOUR TEAM CAN PLAY AT CAN PLAY Game Program Players (age 13-22) $30.00 $30.00 Cardinals Amateur BUSCH STADIUM! Contact Jesse Blackstock Additional Coaches: [email protected] Bring multiple coaches and save!! • All pre-registrations must be included with this form Name: • Email confirmation will be sent when registration is received First Time Attendee Dinger Fungo CEUs Teach PE sponsored by • No Refunds after Wednesday, January 7 • Make checks payable to BCCF/Comets Sports Boosters Name: I-70 Check the “Dinger Fungo” box under First Time Attendee Dinger Fungo CEUs Teach PE your name if you would like to pre-order Name: Greenville, Illinois Greenville, a Dinger fungo bat for a special show price of $40 First Time Attendee Dinger Fungo CEUs Teach PE Send payment to: Other contact info: Monday, January 19, 2015 Monday, Name: Greenville High School Auditorium High School Greenville Joe Alstat [email protected] 618.664.5580 First Time Attendee Dinger Fungo CEUs Teach PE Mike Pinto Leo Mazzone 1000 E. State Rte 140 Annual www.i70clinic.com attach additional names on another sheet of paper 12th Baseball Coaches Clinic Greenville, IL 62246 @i70clinic Include first time attendee, fungo, CEU and PE information for each NONPROFIT ORG I-70 Greenville Unit #2 Schools Directions to I-70 Clinic Message from the Staff US POSTAGE PAID Greenville High School Baseball 1000 East State Rte 140 GREENVILLE, IL 1100 N. Hena St., Greenville, IL Dear Coaches - Coaches Greenville, IL 62246 PERMIT NO. 23 Local Directions (from the north) Clinic 618.664.5580 We are excited to have planned our 12th year of the I-70 Baseball Coaches Clinic From Route 127, take Route 140 east approx. 5 miles here in Greenville, IL. Year in and year out, we work diligently to bring in the best School complex is on right speakers that we can to help improve your knowledge as a baseball coach. We sponsored by Turn right (south) into school complex are thrilled to bring in such top clinicians such as Leo Mazzone, “Turtle” Thomas, Turn right (west), auditorium is at far west end of HS Mike Pinto and Kevin Wheeler as this year’s speakers. Local Directions (from the west, east, Every year we try to upgrade our I-70 Clinic to be second to none. You probably south, or southeast) noticed our larger brochure, which is hopefully easier to read. Teachers - profes- Turn right (north) off of Route 127 onto Idler Lane sional development hours/CEUs are now offered at the I-70 Clinic. If you are Take Idler Lane to the fifth left-hand turn from out of state, please check with your district to see if hours from our clinic Turn left (west) will be accepted. Also, Lee’s Sports (Nashville, IL) will be handing out free I-70 After 2 stop signs, auditorium is at far west end of HS Clinic t-shirts to the first 200 coaches to stop by their exhibitor table. Super 8 Motel We think our Clinic has great value for every coach in attendance. For the $50 I-70 & Route 127 fee, coaches get: 8 quality speaker sessions, a catered lunch, terrific door prize Greenville, IL 62246 possibilities, the opportunity to earn CEUs, and the chance to take home a clinic 618.664.0800 t-shirt. The I-70 Clinic is housed in the Greenville High School Auditorium, with 660 movie theater style seats along with a huge stage and projector screen. We rooms starting at $50.00 will once again have a $250 cash door prize (along with 100 other door prizes) Restaurant & bar across the street at the end of the day. We hope the speakers and these “extras” help to set our Teachers: Clinic apart from all the rest and make it a bargain at the registration price. Attention: Baseball Coaches Professional Comfort Inn & Suites Development I-70 & Route 127 If you have questions about anything associated with our clinic, please give us a call or an email. We hope to see you and your staff here in January. www.i70clinic.com @i70clinic Hours Offered! Greenville, IL 62246 618.664.9700 Sincerely, clinic rate $71.99 + tax Greenville High School Baseball Staff includes a full hot breakfast Speaker Profiles Clinic Schedule Scheduled to Appear January 20, 2014 Leo Mazzone Turtle Thomas 8:00 - 8:55 Registration / Donuts provided by 12:50 - 1:35 New Approaches and Ideas for Hitters Former Pitching Coach - Atlanta Braves Head Coach - Florida International University 8:55 - 9:00 Announcements Turtle Thomas Professional baseball coach for 32 years Over 30 years coaching college baseball 1:40 - 2:45 Fastball, Breaking Ball, Change and Major league pitching coach for 17 years Entering his 8th year as head coach at 9:00 - 9:45 My Pitching Philosophy Split - Proper Ways to Teach These His pitching staffs anchored 14 division Florida International Leo Mazzone winners in Atlanta over 15 seasons Coached in 14 College World Series Pitches Leo Mazzone #1 in total MLB postseason games as a Recruited 19 consecutive Top 10 classes 9:50 - 10:25 101 Hitting Drills, Part 1 pitching coach In 2010, led FIU to first Sun Belt Conference Turtle Thomas 2:25 - 2:35 Break / Visit Exhibits sponsored by #1 on ESPN’s list of the Top 10 Assistant sponsored by title since 1999 2:35 - 3:20 Coaches of All-Time Improved FIU’s team batting average by 33 10:25 - 10:35 Break / Visit Exhibits Developing a Winning Culture for Your Coached an MLB 20-game winner 9 times points over his first three seasons Team and Classroom 10:35 - 11:10 Coached 6 Cy Young Award winners Former assistant coach at Miami, LSU, 101 Hitting Drills, Part 2 Mike Pinto www.lfpnfp.com www.dingerbats.com Clemson, Georgia Tech & Arizona State Turtle Thomas Coached 4 pitchers to ERA titles @DINGERBATS 3:25 - 4:10 Catching: Building a Weapon Behind along with Recruited and coached over 60 players who Scott & Gayla Has had only 1 starting pitcher in his career along with 11:15 - 12:00 Mechanics of a Healthy Pitcher Home Plate Moore as a pitching coach sustain an arm injury Shelly Childerson & Assoc. eventually played in the major leagues and Leo Mazzone Kevin Wheeler www.643dp.net/instruction/mazzone [email protected] fiusports.com (select Baseball) Frank & Susan (618) @FIUBaseball 4:10 Door Prizes - Over 100 prizes, Watson @LeoMazzone54 664.3781 12:00 - 12:50 50-50 / Visit Exhibits / Catered Lunch Ham, Fried Chicken, Chicken & Noodles, including a $250 Grand Prize! Mike Pinto Kevin Wheeler Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Manager - Southern Illinois Miners Baseball Instructor / Sports Radio Host Homemade Cookies Grand Prize Mike & Joanne Suess Sponsored by: Greenville, IL Only manager in Miners history Collegiate catcher with the Miami Named by the Pitch and Hit Club as the Hurricanes in the early 90’s Minor League Manager of the Year in 2012 Coaches the St. Louis Gamers Our Past Speakers Has led the Miners to 5 playoff appearances, Hitting/Throwing Mechanics/Catching 2003 2005 Lindsay Meggs Dennis Conley 2011 2013 2 division titles and 1 league championship Instructor for All-Star Performance Baseball Gordie Gillespie Daron Schoenrock Chris Hawkins Lynn Carlson Mark Johnson Brad Mills 2nd on the Frontier League all-time wins Camps and Clinics Brian Shoop Arnie Beyeler Fred Corral John Cohen 2007 2009 Seminar sponsored by list with over 500 wins sponsored by Has been playing or coaching baseball for “Itch” Jones Ed Servais Mike Pinto Darin Hendrickson nearly 30 years Dan McDonnell John Mabry Miners reached 400 wins faster than any Dave Altopp Jay Thompson Scott Terry Mike Matheny Bill Findley Scott Bird other team in Frontier League history Has his own daily radio show on ESPN 101 Bryan Eversgerd 2006 Seminar Butch Thompson Tony La Russa Justin Fleener Jake Wells Has sent 38 players to MLB affiliates, sports radio in St. Louis www.masa.com 2004 Gordie Gillespie Perry Roth 2012 2014 including Nationals SP Tanner Roark (800) 382-5287 “Minor League Baseball Expert” for the 2010 Named by the Pitch and Hit Club as the www.tjspizza.com Sporting News from 2001-2005 Keith Guttin Tony La Russa Tim Funkhouser Ron Polk Perry Hill Pat Murphy @TJSPIZZA1 Jr. College Coach of the Year in 2005 collegebaseballcamps.com/ASP/coaches John Cohen 2006 2008 Derek Johnson Tim Jamieson Gary Henderson www.southernillinoisminers.com @KevinWheeler94 Sam Riggleman Keith Madison Andy Haines Jason Selk Andy Haines “Itch” Jones @MikePinto3 Bob Warn Bruce Brown Bob Morgan Joel Hawkins Justin Dehmer Rick Carpenter Fred Blumberg Mike Anderson Mark Kingston What Others Are Saying Primary Sponsor Thank You to Our Sponsors “You guys always get the best speakers, no doubt, and I would call the I-70 Clinic the best one day clinic in the country!” Nate Metzger, Head Coach, Heartland CC @Metz180 Greenville Tourism BRADFORD NATIONAL BANK Commission “First-class all around...The speaker lineup is outstanding annually...Well organized, great seating and sound. A can’t miss.” Greenville - Highland - Marine Toll Free - 888-862-8201 Tim Funkhouser, Head Coach, Edwardsville HS @TimFunkhouser1 www.bradfordbank.com www.GreenvilleIllinois.com www.lenzfield.com “I had a fabulous time speaking at your clinic. It’s so impressive that a small town like Greenville can garner more coaches than I had spoken in front of for three years.