Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Footwork Tips for League Catchers
Catchers!
It is just a few months away however the spring baseball season will be here before you know it.
Here are a few tips for those who are going to be catching this next season..
Catchers are able to use a couple of different stances. The first one is used when there are no runners on base, [...]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Wasted Practice time by a Catcher
Just about all players and managers realize that little time is spent during practice by their catchers on the catching skills. Blocking, exchange drills, pickoff throws and proper handling of wild pitches and passed balls throwing to the pitcher covering home plate.
The catcher should be working on these skills instead of taking infield practice.
It may [...]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Handling Passed Balls
It is certain that no matter how good a catcher is, balls will get past him and roll to the backstop. You can call them wild pitches or passed balls, but it doesn’t make any difference at the time of the play. The important thing is that the catcher knows how to make the play [...]