www.Catching-101.com Catching drills for throwing to bases. Demonstrated by University of Louisville catching coach Xan Barksdale. For more videos please visit www.catching-101.com
@Catching101 Thanks Coach. You provide a great deal ofvery good information to share with my young catchers. I think until the boys get a little more advanced, I will keep their throwing hand protected behind the back or right leg and just stress the importance of keeping the ball transfer higher. Best of luck to you and your team. (except when they play IU).
@Bennetttyoung1422 check you facts, there haven't been many but there have been lefthanded catchers in the majors: Benny Distefano, 1989 Mike Squires, 1980 Dale Long, 1958 Homer Hillebrand, 1905 Jiggs Donahue, 1902 Joe Wall, 1902 Jiggs Donahue, 1901 Fred Tenney, 1901 Joe Wall, 1901
@pwdubya putting your hand behind your mitt is what i have been taught. I always get hit in the wrist or the thumb though because i don't always get all of my hand behind my mitt.
appreciate the video. im a great catcher and i have a very strong arm. glad to learn this first technique with the throwing to 1st on just your knees. before i had to standup because i didnt know the proper way to slide and throw to 1st
@nerfandfootball Knee savers also help. They're pads worn behind the shin guards on the back of your legs. But catching101 is correct. A catcher really has to develop his leg muscles.
Could you comment on a few questions. What is the current philosophy on catcher's protecting their throwing hand from foul balls? Hands together definitely make for a quicker release but doesn't that make the hand more vulnerable to injury from foul balls? The other concern I had in the demonstration was how high the catcher set up before the throw. In my experience, unless you have an outstanding umpire behind the plate, it will take strikes away from the pitcher. Thanks for vid
hi im a kid with a little truble when i trow to second im 13 and i dont trow over my arm i yust cant avoid to trow below my arm. how can I do to correct this?
i'm a catcher, but i'm left handed so would this first trick, throwing to first be the same?? or easy, i guess to actually get it there and trick them?
Aside from developing leg muscles, is there any other way to hold the stance longer? The reason why I'm asking is because I don't play in a league, I just play with my parents. Also, how do join Little League?
sit in a squat with weight over you, and to join a LL you have ti wait till spring or fall then go to the little league all of your info ( birth certificate, report card ext.) and that's it
Thejuansrg I can help u with ur problem so if u throw sidearm take ur arm and spin it forward like when u pitch but spin like a windmill and do it for a minute a week and u won't throw sidearm im 10 and I throw bullets to second
well if hes in the batters box then the batter is where he should be. thats why you must step out just like in the video. However, if your throwing down and he goes out of the batter box and gets in your way then the batter is out, basically batters interference
@rampageriley99 lol don't think that gonna happen, all the coaches love me at catcher. it's usually the reason every coach wants me. just because I'm left handed doesn't mean I'm automatically gonna suck. take Jack Clements for example he was a well know left handed catcher. play six seasons and caught 800 games. :)
