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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Friday, August 1st, 2008

Baseball Catcher Guide

One area in baseball that receives little attention from coaches is teaching proper catching techniques. In general, there is not enough practice time devoted to it and the result is a lack of quality catchers at all levels. The reasons for this can be attributed to a number of things, but mainly, the blame falls [...]

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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Don’t Ever Let Your Catchers Frame a Pitch!

I suspect the title of this article might have got your attention. It would seem that I am advocating having catchers stop doing something that catchers have always been told and taught to do.
Actually I am advocating having them use proper receiving techniques, and avoid some of the techniques that have become common place [...]

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