HP Pro Tour Profile Division: 40 foot Pitches: 3/4 reverse turn, right handed, from left approach Hometown: Defiance, OH Association: NHPA Tour Member Since: 2010 Tour Status: Active	Alan Francis

• Starting pitching in 1979...have been an active member each year since.
• 6 time Missouri Junior Boy's State Champion - 1980-1985
• 4 time junior boys World Champion - 1982-1985
• 10 time Missouri Men's State Champion - 1986-1995
• 13 time Ohio Men's State Champion 1996-2000, 2002-2009
• 16 time Men's World Champion 1989, 1993, 1995-1999, 2001, 2003-2010
• Inducted into the Ohio Horseshoe Pitchers Association Hall of Fame in 1996
• Inducted into the Missouri State Horseshoe Pitchers Association Hall of Fame in 1999
• Inducted into the NHPA Hall of Fame in 1996

Advice to New Pitchers:

Get involved in a local club;
Carefully study the best pitchers and key in on the things they have in common & apply those things to your own game;
Build a court at your home so you can practice daily;
Don't be afraid to experiment with different turns, stances, shoes, etc...
But Don't deviate far from what comes naturally.

Photos courtesy of Joe Kucharski - OHPA Webmaster.
www.horseshoesohio.com