I coach an 8U rec team and many of my girls are coming out of t-ball and have no real experience. I am having trouble teaching them the proper way to catch the ball and was hoping you guys had some ideas for me. I'll try to explain what they are doing.
Several of them try to catch everything with the back of their hand pointed down, like a bread-basket catch. They even do this on balls that are above the waist. I show them how to hold the glove upright and to use two hands, but a lot of them just won't turn their glove over.
I'm really afraid that one of them is going to have a ball bounce off their glove and hit them in the face.
Is there a drill that I can do to make them hold the glove the right way?
Several of them try to catch everything with the back of their hand pointed down, like a bread-basket catch. They even do this on balls that are above the waist. I show them how to hold the glove upright and to use two hands, but a lot of them just won't turn their glove over.
I'm really afraid that one of them is going to have a ball bounce off their glove and hit them in the face.
Is there a drill that I can do to make them hold the glove the right way?
