THUNDER ACADEMY 2ND ANNUAL BASEBALL - SOFTBALL COACHES CLINIC JANUARY 24TH & 25TH, 2015 THE THUNDER PERSPECTIVE TESTIMONIAL The goal of our clinic is to allow each attendee the “The Thunder Coaches Clinic opportunity to learn and expand his or her coaching was a great learning opportu- knowledge through a fun filled weekend gathering of nity for me. It provided a very coaches. Come leverage the years of knowledge and “hands-on” atmosphere while experience of our coaches, and help shorten your learning providing a lot of valuable curve. Leave energized and more comfortable coaching youth baseball and softball skills to your team! insight about baseball fundamentals and simple 14 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION ways to teach them. I not only walked away with an increased • Developing young hitters - the simple approach • Teaching the short game knowledge of the game, but • Throwing techniques and injury prevention left with a system I could teach • Pitching Accuracy and Identification more confidently.” • Teaching Aggressive Base-running - Doug Eich • Understanding and Developing the Middle Infield (Thunder Baseball Coach) • The “ABC’s” of Catching • Practicing Team Defense • The “123’s” of Developing Solid Outfielders • Mental Toughness in Young Players • Creating Positive Team Character • Developing Practice Plans • Much More! DETAILS AND INFORMATION WHEN: Saturday, January 24th (8:00AM - 5:00PM) Sunday, January 25th (10:00AM - 4:00PM) WHERE: Denver Marriott Westminster 7000 Church Ranch Road Westminster, CO 80021 Click for Property Info SPECIAL: Hotel Room Rates for out of town guests: Standard Guest Room $111.00 per Night. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE THUNDER RATE NOW

COST: $495.00 per Team (Any Combination of 3 Coaches) CONTACT: Robert Devera 720-474-0915 [email protected] FEATURED SPEAKERS FEATURED SPEAKERS Dr. Tom Hanson - Sports Psychologist Tyler Johnson - Positive Coaching Alliance Tom is one of the top mental coaches in baseball. He was the full-time Tyler was born on the campus of LSU in Baton Rouge and grew up primarily in director of Performance Enhancement with the New York Yankees on 2001, Iowa. As a child, Tyler participated in football, basketball, baseball, soccer, track and also consulted with the Texas Rangers, Anaheim Angels, and Minnesota & field, golf, swimming and taekwondo, when he wasn’t building forts in the Twins. Hanson helps develop mental skills in athletes and teams from a variety woods. He received a scholarship to play football at the University of Northern of other sports including golf, tennis, swimming, soccer and track and field. Tom Iowa, where he served as captain and helped the Panthers to two conference is the co-author of “Heads –up Baseball: Playing the Game One Pitch at a Time, titles. Tyler then worked for Mike Ditka’s Chicago Rush AFL team and in busi- and author of Play Big: Mental Toughness Secrets that Take Baseball Players to ness development for the Chicago White Sox for more than four years. He also the Next Level. worked for the Denver Nuggets before joining PCA.

Tom Dedin Sr. - Former Collegiate Baseball Coach (30 years) Nicole Fox, PT, DPT - Owner/Director of SYNAPSE PT Nicole Fox has been a practicing Orthopedic Physical Therapist for over 5 years. Tom Dedin Sr. former Lewis University, University of Illinois, Regis University She is originally from Ohio and graduated from the University of Toledo in 2006 with Head Baseball Coach, and 1988 USA Baseball Assistant Coach. Coach Dedin a Masters in Physical Therapy. Due to her commitment to learning, she is a brilliant teacher of the game. Over 50 of his former player moved on to obtained her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2012 from Rosalind Franklin professional baseball with 7 players playing in the Major Leagues. As, Illinois University In North Chicago, Illinois while continuing to work full-time in a leading High School Hall of Fame coach, Coach Dedin continues working one-on-one orthopedic practice. Nicole is an advocate of using evidence-based practice in with Denver local players instructing them fundamentals in the areas of pitching, order to deliver the highest level of patient care. She specializes in treating a catching and hitting. variety of orthopedic conditions, including but not limited to: post-surgical, athletic, and overuse injuries. Nicole places an emphasis on manual therapy techniques including Dry Needling, coupled with individualized exercise programs and patient education to ensure long-term success. Marc Johnson –Cherry Creek High School Baseball Coach Marc has been the Head Baseball Coach at Cherry Creek High School since 1972. In the time he has amassed over 700 wins and 8 State Titles. He also had Darron Cox—Former MLB Player and Coach Darron played in the Major Leagues for the Montreal Expos and coached in the the opportunity to coach to the 1988 U.S. Olympic 18U squad that defeated minor leagues within the Colorado Rockies organization. During his 14 year Cuba in international Junior competition. Marc has coached many players who professional playing career, Darron was a catcher who amassed 5 Minor League have moved on to the collegiate and professional ranks. Notably five of his kids All-Star appearances and won a MVP award, while hitting over .300 multiple advanced to play in the Major Leagues. Marc was elected to the Colorado High years. During his NCAA career at Oklahoma University, he was the Big 8 Player School Hall of Fame in 2010. of the year, and was named to the Freshman All-American Team. Darron is the founder of Thunder Academy and has been involved with changing the lives of other ballplayers through quality baseball instruction, camps, and coaching competitive teams. Dawn Gaffin – Legacy High School Softball Coach Dawn started coaching softball in1987, the year Colorado started fastpitch softball. She coached for 2 years Northglenn H.S., 5 years at Thornton and 7 Tom Dedin Jr. - Former Collegiate Baseball Coach years at Horizon H.S. where her team took 1st in the Front Range League and Tom has spent over 30 years coaching at either the high school, collegiate, and made it to the state tournament in 1992. Dawn coached the CCGS All State team youth levels. He has had a broad spectrum of experience coaching at the Divi- in 1989, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2007, and 2011. During her coaching career, she has sion I and II levels as an Assistant coach , and was a Head Coach at the Junior had over 27 athletes participate in these All-State games. Legacy has made 11 College level. Tom brings much experience in teaching many parts of the game. appearances in the CHSAA State Tournament and has had 8 league He served 9 years as a hitting coach and over 10 years working as a pitching championships since the programs inception and 6 state championships at the 5A coach. Many of Toms players moved on to play professionally with one player level. Dawn also coached competitive softball in the summer for over 20 years. making it to the Major Leagues. Tom continues working and instructing players in the Thunder Baseball Academy.