- Nov 29, 2009
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One of the things I did with my DD was I never sat on a bucket. I would always kneel when catching her. Wore out the knees in many pairs of jeans and kneeling pads. Once the DD got to the point where she had command of her pitches I would kneel with the tip of the plate between my knees. That way the DD knew exactly were the ball crossed the plate at when it was caught. The silhouette of my frame acted as the hitter's strike zone. If she put the ball around me she was working the corners of the strike zone. Made for fewer arguments about the location of the pitches when they crossed the plate and it gave her instant feedback.
Another advantage of doing that. It helped with drop balls that were thrown short. You could get them on the short-hop without getting beat up by them.
Another advantage of doing that. It helped with drop balls that were thrown short. You could get them on the short-hop without getting beat up by them.