HECTOR NELO, RHP, High School Senior, Florida
“I’m really thankful and I appreciate the help that you gave me in just
two hours
over the phone with the steps you walked me through. It
made a huge difference in
my performance. I can’t thank you enough.”
Emailed January 27, 2004:
“Dr. Richard Crowley, to tell you the truth my real problem, or my biggest
problem
that I see is the one that is affecting my performance is not being able to bounce
back after an error, or after a walk. or just some kind of failure in the game. It’s
also the pressure of wanting to do good and the pressure of the people who want me
to do good.
You know, I was thinking the other day what maybe caused this problem. It
was after
my sophomore year when it really started. I was able to control it for the first
half of the season of my junior year, but then after spring break, it just hit me
again. Even though I finished the year with the best ERA of the team, 1.96, I had
too many walks, and too many in a row.
What might have caused the problem was that at the end of my sophomore
year was when
we were eliminated in the regional semi-
relieve. There was one
out Man on first. And there were a lot of people (I’m
not gonna lie to you, I was
pretty nervous) and we were winning 5-
walked the first batter. Then I walked
the second, and I was taken out.
I had just come from throwing a no hitter in Tennessee
on a tournament of
spring break that year and it was my second time that I was going
to pitch in varsity Then we lost and that kind of stuck with me. . . that chance
that we could have won the game. Well, this is my thing. I’ll be waiting for your
response
Dr. Crowley
Take care.” Hector
February 1st and 15th: Dr. Crowley worked with me for about two
hours on the phone.
We went after my problem of being unable to
bounce back after a mistake; angry and
disappointed with myself when I walk a hitter; pressure to do good; and how my confidence
was effected following being removed from a varsity game after giving up two walks.
As we finished the first session of Dr. Crowley’s work using my
imagination to make
me feel better I wanted to play right away. I told
him “I feel like I can do anything
now and that I feel like a Super
Hero.”
Emailed February 28, 2004:
“Hi, How are you doing Dr. I got good news. The work I did with you
worked. I’m sorry
I didn’t tell you before on Thursday because I was schedule to pitch on Wednesday
but it got moved up to Saturday, and I did too.
Well, it went great. It was a big improvement. I threw 2 wallcs, but I was able to
bounce back and make quality pitches to get out the innings. I threw three innings
with no hits. They scored three runs on me because of errors from the infield. And
once again I was able to keep my focus and keep doing good. So I’m very happy with
the results. (By the way the walks weren’t consecutives; they were with good pitches
that the batter was able to lay off).
Now, the velocity was good, but I’m kind of concerned with it because before I used
to top 90mph and consistent 86-
Emailed April 11, 2004:
“Hi. It’s me again I just wanted to tell you that I’m really thankful and I
appreciate
the help that you gave me in just two hours over the phone with the steps you walked
me through. It made a huge difference in my performance. I can’t thank you enough.
My season has been great even though my team is not that good. Our record is 8-
Thanks again. Will be in touch. Bye.” Hector
Emailed April 12, 2004:
“Hi Dr. To answer your question about the Mizuno Classic, it’s just a spring
break
tournament we always have here in Miami where top ten always join.
You asked about my velocity too. I don’t really know where I’m at but for sure it’s
been back. I’ve been blowing guys away and it feels good. I’ll send you a picture
as soon as I get one ok. My game came back and has been there so far. Well we’ll
be in touch!!”
Bye, Hector
Full Transcript and Testimonial of
Hector Nelo
RHP, High School Senior, Florida
