radness
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- Dec 13, 2019
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Appreciate you bringing conversation to this . As to strikes/receiving pitches.I don’t have the desire to start another thread and don’t know the other mechanics you mention. I’ll finish it with this and then see myself out - in MLB 2020 catchers in conventional catching stances accounted for almost identical passed balls and caught stealing when compared to one knee down setups. They did however, convert way more strikes on close pitches than conventional. As always, depends on the individual catcher to utilize what they feel best helps them given their skill sets.
There is far too much detail on how the catchers are receiving pitches that can account for strikes.
Arm angle and glove,
that is left out of that conversation.
Which has nothing to do with two legged crouch or one knee down.
Also find it very hard to only use a comparison of professional men's pitching/catchers (which is highly controlled and technically refined) vs all of the catchers and levels of softball here on discuss fastpitch.
Would like to see the statistics on flingers, dirt pitches & wild pitches of all age levels in fastpitch...
That could be telling how differentiates role of catchers.
Seriously without a doubt little kids for decades and decades would start catching with one knee down and came to a point where they realized it was limiting Mobility some stayed with it others realized it was limiting and even little kids would move on from one knee down. It is not a New Concept
Think there is also another factor in Fastpitch
is how much more speed in the game. Catcher is responsible for holding Runners to their bases.
Bring on the catchers throwing from their knees video...ZAP
* want to add this i support the catcher starting on two legs, then reading a thrown pitch to then deciding to put a knee down.( if it's a low pitch that could be necessary)
and good for transition into mechanic for throwing.
However start with the knee down, no pitch yet, not even knowing the trajectory of the ball yet,
I would Not do.
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