We get many inquiries on how should the left handed softball catchers make the tag at the plate. This clip shows a left handed softball catcher practicing tag plays at home-plate. Some of the tags are made with the ball already in her glove so she can focus just on the mechanics of the tag. Others have the ball being thrown to her. The last couple show her making the tag and then making a throw to another base.
The base runner changes the angle she approaches home to give the catcher the different looks she will see during game situations.
Note: she tags the runner with the back side of the glove, and sets up off the line. At no time is she trying to BLOCK the plate. This can put your catcher in a position where she can get hurt and there is no reason to do it to make an effective tag.
Also note that as a lefty she has an advantage making a tag and throw as she is already facing the correct way to make a throw to another base.
Thanks to Chaz Wood of Advanced Catching Concepts in Liberty Mo for the filming of the clip.
The base runner changes the angle she approaches home to give the catcher the different looks she will see during game situations.
Note: she tags the runner with the back side of the glove, and sets up off the line. At no time is she trying to BLOCK the plate. This can put your catcher in a position where she can get hurt and there is no reason to do it to make an effective tag.
Also note that as a lefty she has an advantage making a tag and throw as she is already facing the correct way to make a throw to another base.
Thanks to Chaz Wood of Advanced Catching Concepts in Liberty Mo for the filming of the clip.
