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Glad it helped! You're most welcome! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball

@Lorfop Tedkdoem Jeez man

You can definitely do it that way, yet the issue I've found with that is that if the runner steals and you start to bring your hand from behind your calf in anticipation of throwing, your hand will be exposed long enough for a foul ball to hit your hand... with the hand always behind your glove and fingers held correctly, you minimize the exposure of your hand as long as you train to keep your hand behind glove when you move to receive. You can do it both ways, but it's always good to test your pop times as well with both methods... Hope this helps! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball

@@ProSpeedBaseball From what ive learned is that to tuck your thumb into your hand and tuck into your lap

Park Fam You're welcome!! Thanks for the comment! If the hand is held properly behind the glove there is a very small window if at all for the hand to be exposed. The reason I teach it this way is because if the catcher has his hand behind his back, in anticipation of the transfer, he will bring his hand out early in effort to get the ball off quickly. When the hand comes around the back, as soon as it becomes visible face on, the hand is exposed for a relatively long time compared to the hand being behind the glove. Unfortunately the arms are always exposed so to minimize possible injury we have to protect the hand as much as possible. As far as quickness, one of the best to have played (Ivan Rodriguez) kept his hand exposed the entire time and he had excellent pop times. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_c5LUIY9HGY.html So definitely agree that there isn't any definitive proof that hand position behind glove or back is any quicker than the other. All we can do is our best to keep our hands from getting banged up :) Thanks again for the comment and for watching!!! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball

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ya its called lose weight. hit the tread mill my guy

@@dubb9020 damn

Use the one knee down tactic for less than 2 strikes, but you need to watch your intake cuz as a catcher you need to be fast on your feet

provide a good low target, but more comfortable than the secondary stance

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@@aidantroygomez5670 exactly what I was thinking!!

YADI #4 MOLINA for fast balls and sliders, and secondary for curves because it’s easier to move with

Practice practice practice, try catching from the bottom, like have your glove low so not only can you frame but just in case of a low pitch

richgamerxr I usually put one knee down and put one leg almost straight. Only if no one is on base though because you can't pop up

When you're in primary, there aren't any runners on base, so even though you should block everything up, it's not nearly as critical to block if there aren't any runners on. That being said, you should be in secondary whenever there are runners on or if there's a 2 strike count. To block from primary, you simple would fall forward slightly on your knees and bock up the 5 hole with the glove. In primary, you're knees are very close to the ground already, so it's a quick way to get down there. Hope this helps out! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball

Pro Speed Baseball Thank you it did help

2 strike counts and when runners are on base. In secondary, we are much more mobile to throw out runners and block pitches. ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball

We sure can! We will have more videos coming out on defense in the near future! Thank you for the request! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball

Minesh Patel

You will get used to it. I got used to it after 2 practices. Also knee savers help a ton.

Try one foot all the way down and the other can be on your toes

+TheRainbowFlyingCOW If you are referring to which stance to be in when there is a potential for the runner to steal, you will want to be in the secondary stance. Whenever there are runners on base, the catcher will be in the secondary stance and will always have to be ready for a steal. It also helps if your teammates yell "runner!". :) ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball

Check out the one knee down or modified kickstand method...a lot of mlb catchers are switching to it

hey alex, one thing that will help you for sure is getting better hip mobility. The one knee down stance is a great option but not in place of getting more flexible. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AglCmx1s_V8.html

Then catching becomes much more uncomfortable :P ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball

Haha, I know right! Catching is no joke! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball