55 - Tanner Vesely: Corona Del Sol & USA Baseball

Bio

• Coconino High School Assistant (with his dad) 
• Assistant Coach Corona Del Sol (AZ)
  • 2006 - Present (15 years)
  • Team achievements - 1 state championship, 1 state runner up
• USA Baseball National Team coach
  • Team achievements in your time there - since 2006 4 gold, 1 silver, manager of 2015 team, USA Olympic Committee Developmental Coach of the Year 2015
• Grower of the game
• Selfless coach, no ego!
• Example to his players 
• DUDE!

NOTES

• Guys that you can trust, get along with, and want to go to battle with
• If everyone is not pulling the rope in the same direction in order for you to accomplish your goals and do things the right way
• Provide honest feedback, don’t want yes guys as assistants. 
• Stepping into the box, and not hoping you are going to get a hit, knowing you will get a hit
• Approach in the box and on the mound (I want the ball)
• Real vs feel - knowing what I am feeling or thinking might not be actually what I doing
• Positive self talk - having the approach in practice, and taking it into games
• We would rather lose with winners, than win with losers
• Community service work - feed the homeless, entire program, miracle league whiffle ball with special needs
• We get to use baseball to teach them about life. 
• We live what we preach. Walking the walk
• Selfless and uncommon are huge words in our program
• Get a group of coaches that you can bounce ideas of each other, get things from, just learn from, and talk to is invaluable
• Pro step vs crow hop - teach them both and let the speed of the ball, and the player choose their own way to throw it
• Keep learning and bettering yourself each and everyday 
• @tves_23
• tvesely@tempeunion.org
• Love to share and pay it forward since those who have shared before me