Perfect Technique Sports Analysis is a company dedicated to teaching athletes and coaches in the community and around the world the proper techniques for athletic success.  We use the best technology available to teach athletes by allowing them to see themselves in action and then giving them a plan on how to improve.  We promote healthy competition and believe in teaching life skills as well as athletic skills.

Coach Don Roney founded Perfect Technique in 2007 for the singular purpose of helping athletes of all ages and skill levels improve athletic performance through proper mechanics and fundamentals. Don combines sophisticated software and slow-motion video analysis with his own coaching experience and expertise to develop a personalized winning path for each athlete.

Here’s Perfect Technique’s winning roster:

Don Roney
Coach Roney has coached in college for 25 years.  He’s been a head football coach at the University of St. Thomas and North Hennepin Community College, both in Minnesota.  He also was the pitching coach at St. Thomas and North Hennepin, helping both institutions’ baseball programs reach their respective World Series.

While at North Hennepin, Don coached with Steve Cohen, a renowned baseball coach who headed the USA Baseball program and is now a scout for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Don also coached at St. Thomas with Dennis Denning, the winningest coach in all of Division III baseball and National Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2009.

In his 10 years as head football coach at St. Thomas, Don became—and remains—second on the school’s all-time win list.

Admittedly, Don’s been extremely fortunate to coach with some of the best sports minds in the country.  He’s found that those mentors have a clear and concise way of teaching skills to athletes, as well as an understanding of what it takes to succeed in competition. Don incorporates their winning philosophies into his own strategies and programs for teaching the perfect technique.

Coaching Consultants:

Dennis Denning
In 2010 Coach Denning will start his 33rd season as a head baseball coach and his 16th year at St. Thomas. He's earned a national reputation for excellence as a coach and teacher of young players.

In 2001 and 2009, Denning guided his Tommie team to the NCAA Division III national championship and was named the ABCA/Rawlings Division III National Coach of the Year.

Under Denning, the Toms are 522-157 overall (.786 win %) and 234-46 in MIAC regular-season games (.836 win %). St. Thomas has made the NCAA playoffs in 14 of Denning’s 15 seasons, highlighted by the 2001 and 2009 NCAA Division III national championships, and second-place national finishes in both 1999 and 2000.

In Denning’s first 15 seasons, the Tommies' won-loss record ranks first in Division III. The Toms have won the MIAC post-season tournament seven of the nine years it's been held. They have 11 firsts, two seconds and two thirds in the conference regular-season standings during Denning’s tenure.

Lost in the celebration of the May 26, 2009 NCAA championship was another milestone for Denning. The clinching 3-2 win over Wooster was Denning’s 900th victory in his 32-year head-coaching career in prep sports (at Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul, MN, 378-76, .833%) and college athletics (St. Thomas).

 

John Tschida
Coach Tschida is regarded among the elite coaches in all of college softball. In 2004 he became the first softball coach to win NCAA championships at two different schools. He's been named NFCA Division III National Coach of the Year twice in the last six seasons.

He guided St. Mary's University in Winona, MN to the 2000 NCAA Division III championship in his sixth season at his alma mater, and then took the 2004 Tommies to NCAA gold in his fourth season at St. Thomas. Tschida's 2005 team won 32 of its last 33 games to close 43-6 and repeat as NCAA champion. He was again awarded national Coach of the Year honors.

In 15 years of college coaching, Tschida has won three national championships and became the winningest Division III coach, active or retired (winning percentage, .853), with a 573-98 record.

Tschida has been named MIAC Coach of the Year nine of the last 15 years. His teams have been nationally ranked each year.

As a player, Coach Tschida is a three-time ASA Class "A" All-American. He has competed in several ISC World Tournaments, ASA National Tournaments and NAFA World Series. In 1998, Tschida was the leadoff hitter for the ASA Class "A" National Champion DMS Knights. In 2001, his IS Knights finished 10th in the World Championships.

Tschida is a nationally renowned clinician, who coaches and players seek out when looking for the best way to coach and play.

 

John Tauer
Coach Tauer is the assistant basketball coach at the University of St. Thomas.  Tauer was inducted into the St. Thomas Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001. He was an All-MIAC player, and as a senior led the 1994-95 Toms to a school-record 27-0 start, including an MIAC championship with an unprecedented 20-0 record. Tauer ranks 14th in career scoring (1,219 points) and 15th in career rebounding (482) at St. Thomas, and was the school’s 3-point leader until 1999-2000. He ranks sixth on the all-time MIAC 3-point list. He also helped the 1993-94 Toms to a berth in the Division III Final Four.

As an assistant coach, he helped guide the 2009 Toms to a 30-1 record, losing in the regional final to Washington University, two-time defending National Champs.

Tauer joined the St. Thomas faculty in 2000. He’s now a tenured member of the faculty, and an Associate Professor of Psychology. An NCAA Postgraduate Scholar and Academic All-American, Tauer earned masters and PhD degrees in Social Psychology at UW-Madison. The last 15 summers he’s run the Johnny Tauer Championship Basketball Camp at St. Thomas.

Tauer is currently finishing a book on youth sports, kids, parents and intrinsic motivation.   He’s helped countless athletes with their mental approach to the game.

 

Jake Mauer
Jake Mauer was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 23rd round of the Major League Baseball’s 2001 draft. He starred at Cretin-Derham Hall High School, and then led the University of St. Thomas to the NCAA Division III National Championship in 2001 and runner-up in 1999 and 2000. He batted .449 with a school record 84 hits and a team-best 58 RBIs in 2001, which earned him MIAC Player of the Year and MVP. After advancing through the Twins system to their AA Minor League affiliate New Britain Rock Cats, an elbow injury prevented him from playing up to his own expectations. Mauer is now a Twins minor league coach, managing the Fort Myers Miracle in the Golf Coast League.

Mauer has a passion and an understanding of the game that is beyond his years.  He’s an excellent communicator, mentor, tactician, motivator and strategist. A true student of America’s Pastime.

Mauer was inducted into the St. Thomas Hall of Fame in 2007.

 

Randy Muetzel
Coach Muetzel was an All-American in tennis and football at the University of St. Thomas. He was inducted into the school’s athletic Hall of Fame in 2002. For the past 26 years, Muetzel has been the head tennis coach and physical education instructor at Cretin-Derham Hall High School. 

Muetzel was a teaching pro at Lilydale Tennis Club in St. Paul, MN, and currently runs the Cretin-Derham Hall Summer Tennis Camp. Randy is a well-known tennis instructor who is constantly searching for the latest techniques and teaching progressions.  His passion is teaching others to perform at their highest ability.  He’s traveled throughout the USA conducting clinics and exchange coaching techniques with some of the most respected tennis instructors in the world.