Defense Instructors

Catchers - Jason Clymore
Corner Infielders - Joe Mack
Middle Infielders - Nick Spence
Outfielders - Nick Spence and John Reel

Adrian Panko - Adrian Panko is a Certified Personal Trainer and Performance Enhancement Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).  He is a 2001 graduate of Avon High School where he was an Indiana Football Coaches Association Class 4A All-State offensive lineman and a 2001 state qualifier at 275 lbs in wrestling.  After two years of small college football, he developed a passion for performance training and Strongman.  Adrian graduated from IUPUI in 2005 with a BS in Exercise Science.  Three years of competing in Strongman culminated in an 8th place finish at the North American Strongman, Inc. Nationals in 2005 in the 300 lb weight class.

Adrian worked for three years as a training director for a national performance training chain.  In early 2010, PANKO Strength & Speed started training its first athletes, at its newly acquired 2400 sq ft facility at IN-267 and I-70 in Plainfield.  PANKO Strength & Speed has steadily grown and is one of the most recognizable training brands in the Metro Area. Since 2007, Adrian has trained 21 athletes to college scholarships, 12 athletes have been All-State, five athletes have been Indiana All-Stars, and 4 of his athletes and teams have won IHSAA State Championships. 

From 2005-2009 Adrian was the private performance coach for San Diego Padres pitcher Joe Thatcher.  In just three seasons, Joe progressed from an undrafted free agent playing independent Class A Rookie ball to being the most relied on left-hander in the Padres bullpen.  More can be found on PANKO Strength & Speed at www.pankostrengthandspeed.com.

Jason Clymore - Jason graduated from Perry Meridian High School in 1993. He played on the 1991 Semi-State team at Perry Meridian and the Sectional Championship team in 1992. Jason was also selected to the All-Conference (CSAC) and All-County (Marion) teams in 1993. Jason played one year of college baseball at the University of Indianapolis in 1994.

Jason coached the Perry Meridian Middle School 8th grade team in 2005. He has over 250 wins and a winning percentage of over .700 in 6 years of coaching travel baseball. Jason has been a hitting instructor at Extra Innings on the southside of Indianapolis for three years where he's worked with more than 50 kids a year, ranging from 8 to 17 in age, to help them become better hitters.

Jason's success as a coach and instructor comes from an unrivaled passion for the game, an unlimited desire to learn more about it everyday and the great fortune to have worked with a lot of kids with good character and good work ethics.

Jason is married (Jennifer) with 18 month old twins DJ (boy) and Karsyn (girl).

Paul Butcher - Paul grew up on the Northside of Indianapolis where he attended Broad Ripple High School.  Paul had a very successful high school career at Broad Ripple where he pitched Varsity for (3) years.

After graduating from Broad Ripple in 1977, Paul attended and pitched at Marian College (University), where he graduated with a Business Degree in 1981.

Paul has been active in coaching youth baseball since 1986, and coached at the High School level as a pitching coach for Broad Ripple and Pike High School. His passion for pitching has prompted Paul to research and invest his own resources in order to provide the most up-to-date information to his students. He received his pitching certification from the National Pitching Association in November, 2007 and continues to further his education in the latest training techniques in the foundations of pitching.  Paul has been an instructor at Extra Innings Southside since 2007.

Paul enjoys cycling, playing drums and collecting model trains in his free time.

Nick Spence - Nick Spence was born on the south side of Chicago where he lived and played little league until 7th grade when he moved to Brownsburg.  He attended Brownsburg High School and graduated in 2001.  During his high school tenure, he was a pitcher and a two year Varsity letter winner for baseball.  Nick also played for the Indiana Bulls from 1998-2000.

After high school, Nick attended Olney Central College on a baseball scholarship for two years.  He then attended Danville Area Community College where he continued to pitch and earned another scholarship to play at Indiana University Southeast.

When his college career was over, Nick decided to begin coaching and mentoring young talent.  He became the head coach of the U-13 Indiana Prospects in 2003.  Nick worked as in instructor at Round Tripper Baseball Academy and LTD Baseball Academy over a span of 3 years.  Nick was the head JV baseball coach for his alma mater, Brownsburg High School, for two seasons from 2006-2007.  Nick then went on to coach college baseball for nationally ranked Clarendon College in Texas for the 2008 season.  As a result of his efforts there, Nick received the pitching coach job for Indiana Tech University in Fort Wayne, IN.  While coaching at Indiana Tech, Nick traveled all around the Midwest to work the Creighton University “College Skills Coaching Camps”.

Nick has coached some players that have been drafted by Major League Baseball.  These players include:  Drew Storen (drafted 1st round – 10th overall), Lance Lynn (drafted 1st round – 39th overall) and Tucker Barnhart (drafted 10th round). 

Nick now resides in Brownsburg, IN with his wife and two children ages 5 and 2.  He works for Monarch Beverage.  He will be coaching the 13U Indiana Irish for the 2011 season.  In his free time, he enjoys playing/watching sports, golf and spending time with his children.