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How Does Your Catcher Stack Up?
Higher Ready Position – with runners on base the catcher should get into a slightly higher ready position to be better prepared to throw runners out.* This means her hips should be slightly higher and her chest just a little bit more forward to help her start her throw faster once she receives the pitch
Expect Runner to Run – don’t be caught by surprise! Expect every runner to run so get into a slightly higher ready position just in case they do.
Catch First, Throw Second – throwing a runner out is great, but it’s impossible if you didn’t catch the ball, so make sure your catcher catches the ball first and throws the ball second.
Throwing Speed’s in the Feet *- it might seem like catchers throw with their arms but catchers improve the speed of their throws with their feet. The faster a catcher’s feet the faster a catcher’s throw.
Feet Explode Into Throw – since the speed of a catcher’s throw is actually in the speed of her feet then catchers will want to explode their feet into their throws.
Pop Out, Stay Low – as catcher’s begin their throw they should focus on staying low while they pop out forward instead of just standing straight up to throw. Standing straight up will almost eliminate a catcher’s feet in her throw which will greatly reduce the speed of her release and her throw.
Catch, Split, Explode – this is a common statement among catchers and it means to first catch the ball, then split the hands (while staying shoulder high or higher) and then explode the hand and body forward into the throw.
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