Often I wish there was a sarcasm emoji.
Thanks, I will show my DD your post.
Did my DD catcher make the wrong play?
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Often I wish there was a sarcasm emoji.
Thanks, I will show my DD your post.
I always told my young catchers, "You make the throw. If they don't cover the bag I'll find a new (insert position."
Your catcher can't hesitate to see if the receiver is doing their job.
Your catcher can't hesitate to see if the receiver is doing their job.
Throw the ball to the base. It's SS's job to get there. An example from the WCWS...https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1003774021689724929
Still, catcher does their job. 3rd better do her job. If third doesn't do her job that's not on the catcher.
If there's a runner at 2B, F5 needs to be expecting that there might be a throw if the runner goes. F5 needs to get there.
Pickoffs are a little different then stealing. Baserunner running throw the ball.
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As a catcher, we're taught to make the throw if the runner is going and let the fielder get to it. Also, the Shortstop is taught to be the first one to catch the ball, second is supposed to back up and if that fails, then the center fielder backs both of them.
If that happened on the team I play for in either travel or high school, I'm not going to be the one catching flack from the coach for botching that play (unless the error is my fault for throwing the ball into the dirt for example)...it's going to be either the shortstop or second because they should have been there to make the play.
Throw the ball.
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