when my dd was younger she did go to catching lessons for her catcher. It built trust and a great relationship. there were games where one or the other had a bad day and they were able to pick each other up.
So true. Only thing you can do is try not to let her know your feelings about the situation. My DD would say it was fine and it was more my problem than hers. In college there are several catchers, she definitely knows which one catches her best, but not her call if she gets her. when a...
My point was: great attitude, pumps up pitchers and a willingness to get better will go a long way. As these pitchers get older they know exactly which catchers they want behind the plate with them. It is a Battery, it takes both of them to be successful.
The catcher was very negative and would verbally berate the pitchers during warmups when they were trying to get their headspace ready to pitch in games. She Wasn’t the best catcher with framing, but final straw was in tournament play and during some plays didn’t even try to make the plays and...
DD in college now but in 14u all 3 pitchers ended up refusing to pitch to one catcher. Very quickly that catcher didn’t catch anymore, not even warm ups. The girls were the ones to lead this and made it happen. That catcher does catch in college now too.