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My son just started catching and i am brushing up on fundamentals and coaching cues. Great video with great explanation and demonstration. Very well spoken.
2.1-2.2 is a good time for your age. You want to keep lifting and getting stronger; strength is the number one thing that is going to increase your throwing velo. Find a good training program.
Honestly I do all types of blocking drills too including that and I'm improving in phenomenally, but how do you improve arm strength because I lack only in that with catching and haven't really been taught that much for improving in arm strength and pop time quickly
Nice for low pitchs but never get around the inside or outside ones in time to catch it while moving back into the zone...so ya will get stabby and jerky! Good catcher can get under it and work up WITHOUT starting on the dirt! Plus most ibsee try this come up then back down anyway and dont get the call...passed balls are up 20% in collage and minors since this came around!
so because other guys can't do it right no one should do it? Not sure where you pulled 20% from either. Receiving has a statistically higher value than blocking or throwing, so emphasizing receiving in your skill set is a must if you want to play at the next level. You can be a successful receiver and still block and throw if you know what you're doing.
I have tryouts on the 26th of march and it’s march 21st I will edit this comment to tell anyone who reads this if I made the team or not Edit I made the team
Still blockable and doesn’t matter if it’s a WP or PB, our mindset as catchers should be to limit base runners moving 90 ft. A team first mindset cares more about the effect on the team than who gets the blame.
Ty I have my first every baseball tryout in may let’s hope I get in (probably not since everyone is better than me) My 3rd year playing baseball I really enjoyed it the first season
My son is on a 12U team and the catchers have started throwing back to 3rd very frequently. And also to First. Probably once or twice at least per inning. It is clear that the payoff is not near enough compared to the detriment it is causing of runs scored or runners easily going to 2nd base or maybe even 3rd base. The coaches never say anything to the catchers because it seems like they are helping the team get an out but it is not practical. At 3rd, the third baseman can never play a fielding position because he is always worried about the catcher throwing the ball. No signals as you describe. Often the catcher throws the ball down the line so that the runner is in the way of the 3rd baseman catching the ball. Throwing to third is hard with a right handed batter because the catcher has to go behind then throw across the base bath and not hit the runner. Or, the 3rd baseball has to go from a fielding position and quickly move over to foul territory and take the catch from a throw down the line in foul territory. Could you show the best way for a catcher and third baseman executing a Back Pick?
That would be a great video… I’ll see what I can do. Catchers should never throw to a base if they haven’t communicated with the infielders in some way. One of the most important things for a catcher is to keep runners at the base they are at. Giving up extra bases is no bueno.
A lot of that decision making you get thru repetition. You want to pay attention to where pitchers release the ball, that can give you a head start on deciding if you need to block or receive the pitch.
Hey i got a question im new to catching and i see some catchers walk into their secondary and others like sorta jump into it and i was wondering can u just jump into it anytime or do u have to jump into it during a specific time like maybe when theres people on base? Hopefully u can answer my question sorry if I wasn’t clear enough
Thanks for the question Nick... typically we want to be in a secondary stance with runners on base or 2 strikes on the hitter. These are the situations we need to be in a better blocking/throwing position. Secondary stances can look different for each catcher but we want to set ourselves up to succeed for blocking/throwing.
That "one ball off the plate" pitch IS a strike by rule. Any part of the ball that goes over the plate is a strike. But in high school and below, most good umpires will give one full ball further. That is actually taught to high school umpires. The rest of your video is great.
This is very important. IMAO, I’ve seen to much talk on pop times affecting young catcher’s footwork, sequencing and loading, creating pushy, weak throws. Learn how first, improve next, then enhance with quickness. Pop times can wait till you need them.
@@RCT_PestControl hmm, I'm not sure I fully understand what you're asking. There's no way to really tell where a pitch will end up but as we catch better pitchers who hit their spots we can generally expect pitches to do certain things. in that case we might set our glove up a little more to one side in anticipation of certain pitches. Like a curveball is going to move a certain way so I can approach that pitch from the side it is moving towards so I catch it coming back to the zone. Hope that was the answer. If not shoot me an email and we can discuss more. catchingiq@gmail.com
Yeah that makes sense, it may seem like a silly question but I’ve only been catching for a few months, baseball isn’t a massive sport here in the uk. I appreciate you taking the time to reply. Many thanks
@@RCT_PestControl No problem, glad I can help the game overseas. I played overseas for a few seasons so I love continuing to be a part of that community!
@@CatchingIQ As a practicing umpire, I can tell you that where the catcher sets up to catch a pitch (inside or outside for example) makes a huge difference in how that pitch looks to me and whether I can call it a strike or not. If a catcher calls for an inside pitch and then shifts his body inside to receive that pitch, even before the pitcher throws the ball, I already know to expect the ball to be inside. When in fact the ball actually arrives inside, the catcher can very easily be on time and stick the strike right in the middle of his body and I will have an easy time calling it a strike. And it'll look like a strike to all the coaches and spectators even if it was technically off the plate inside. On the other hand, if the ball actually arrives at the outside edge of the plate, the catcher will have to move his mitt a long ways and will have difficulty being on time, let alone sticking it. Even if in fact the pitch was technically a strike, it simply looks awful as it's being caught and if I call it the strike that it is, I'll likely get an ear full from the batting team's coaches (if not the spectators too!!). So I will probably "ball" that pitch. All this I've written so far only applies to higher level HS pitching and above. Lower than JV and travel ball and middle school ball, the pitching is so atrocious that it's irrelevant where the catcher sets up. Just catch the thing and keep me from getting hit!! LOL
