Youth Catcher: Throwing to Second Base
No matter how well we pitch and no matter how well we play defense, runners get on base. We may walk them, accidentally hit them, or they may hit the ball really...
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Youth Catcher, Passed Ball Part 2
Sometimes, no matter how good our catcher is, the ball will still get past him. In a previous post we covered how the pitcher should communicate with the catcher so that the...
Youth Catcher, Passed Ball Part 1
In previous posts we have covered blocking the baseball. Sometimes even if we are skilled at blocking the baseball will still get past us. This post and the next one will cover...
Youth Catcher: Blocking, part 2
In a previous post we covered blocking and the youth catcher. In that post we described how to block balls that are in the middle of the plate. Here’s the problem, the...
Youth Catcher: Blocking, Part 1
Our previous posts have dealt with telling the pitcher what to throw and then setting up to receive that pitch. Sometimes the pitcher doesn’t throw a good pitch. Sometimes the pitch goes...