- Nov 29, 2009
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One of the things I do with young ones to re-enforce the correct hand position to catch a ball it this.Any tips to get my daughter catching on her glove side? Currently, on glove side, she keeps her fingers down and elbow in her ribs. On the other side, her fingers are up and the glove is extended out and away from her body. I throw to her glove side to practice, and explain she needs to catch away from her body. Is it just that I’m dad and she’s not going to hear me? Thanks for the help.
Place her in front of a smooth wall far enough away from the wall so she can comfortably reach the wall while standing and squatting with her feet shoulder width apart. With her bare hand have her "wipe" the wall with the palm of her hand. Make sure she has her fingers spread apart. She can not lifter her hand off of the wall. Have her go from the ground to as high as she can reach and to the sides in all directions. Again, the key to the drill is she can not lift her hand from the wall as she moves her hand up/down/left/right it puts the palm in the correct position to catch a ball. Have her do it slowly. If you have her do it with her eyes closed she'll get a better "feel" for the correct hand position.
After that have her face you and softly toss tennis/wiffle balls at her bare-handed as suggested in a few other posts to let her gain confidence and familiarity with the correct hand position.
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