32 - Tom Held, Defiance High School (OH), ”Creating velo and throwing hammers!”

Bio

• 21st Season as Head Coach of Defiance High School (OH) 
  • 526-94
  • 3 state championships
  • 5 state appearances
  • 9 players drafted
    • 3 big league players in (Jon Niese, Chad Billingsley, Justin Hancock)
• 8 years at Bryan High School (164-44)
• 2012 Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee
• 2014 Defiance College Hall of Fame inductee
• Knows how to teach velo!
• Knows how to teach a curveball!
• A great guy

Show Notes

• 3 ball system - tennis ball, softball, baseball into a net
•  Throwing progression 3 days a week
• No matter what you do, you will be judged
• Every kid may think they are throwing with intent, but until you put the radar gun up they always have more
• Correlation is the most athletic guys are throwing the hardest
• Youtube Defiance throwing 
• Curveball progression everyday
  • 45 feet just spinning it