7 Ways To Improve As a Catcher in Baseball

[@DanBlewett]

What are some other important practice habits a catcher needs? Leave a comment below 👇

[@cwj9202]

Simulating a blocked pitch in the dirt, jumping up from that blocking position to retrieve the ball without putting hands on the ground to assist getting up. The latter wastes too much time.

[@apagoogoo]

i used to watch the local team (barrie baycats) with my son and when our team was up we'd chat about which pitches the visiting catcher should call for, and where he and the short stop should advise the fielders to position themselves.

[@valeriedietrich2466]

Yes, please more catcher videos. My 9 year old son catches and your mound visit video has done wonders for his team. Hes implamented having 1st and 3rd help pay attention to the pitcher as well!

[@DanBlewett]

Glad its helped - I've got two more already complete, due out in the next month, plus some collaboration with a catching instructor 🚀

[@Ninjaa320]

Your 3rd tip reminds me of a kid I frequently see hanging out at the baseball facility I go to. He is always looking for pitchers to throw at him. I'm a pitcher in a competitive adult rec league, and he caught for me multiple times over the winter while I was working on my splitter. Splitter was perfect because he wanted to work on his blocking.

[@DanBlewett]

those kids grow up to become darned good catchers. Just like anyone in any career who wants to show up early and stay late.

[@stuffthatworks7867]

Absolutely agree with this one. I too am in an adult rec league. We never have enough bull pen catchers. (a lot of older guys have bad knees... ;-) I had an opportunity to work with a young man who is a minor league catcher just getting some practice in. He got his practice and I felt like my pitching improved just from that one session. And when I'm pitching you get a lot of opportunity for practicing wild pitches and stuff in the dirt.

[@mmichaelsmith619]

Good stuff as usual. Working in front of the Mirror never occurred to me until now. 💪

[@DanBlewett]

the more boring blocking drills a player does...the better he'll be. Mirror work is HUGE!

[@c0nnect-bricks]

Thank you so much for this video it has helped me a lot !

[@ronjones3157]

Hey, Coach, Sure wish I would have had this in the late 60’s when I started to catch. Mighty fine! My influence was #5 on tv watching with my grandpa!

[@davidnix5211]

Great advice!!

[@jofar]

Love your videos:)

[@DanBlewett]

Thank you so much!

[@ericriddell6060]

Hey coach, My daughter is a catcher and was wondering if you had any videos for softball catchers. Thank you in advance

[@DanBlewett]

kzbin.info is my softball channel - head over there. I have some catching videos and more planned.

[@ericriddell6060]

Thank you coach!!!

[@Ninjaa320]

Video topic idea for you: Any tips for pitching on a mound with loose sand/dirt? A huge divot forms from the other pitcher, and your foot is landing near that spot but not exactly on it, so the ankle has to do a lot of work to stabilize everything. You can kick dirt in the hole, but it just gets moved aside again after a few pitches. I've always just shortened my stride in this situation (by a lot, the catcher notices the shorter stride) so that I can block and stabilize consistently. Logic being that blocking, stabilizing, and rotating is more critical to success than a longer stride; and even leg drive. That's just what I've done; Don't actually know if it's the best approach. What are your thoughts?

[@jamesgardner4252]

Thanks!

[@DanBlewett]

thank you for the support! Appreciate it!

[@TristenSmith-fo5mo]

As a beginner catcher TYSM🙏🙏🙏

[@tammywolverton5747]

I’m a ten year old catcher. Thank u for the tips

[@DanBlewett]

You bet!

[@RCT_PestControl]

Hey coach, new subscriber, love your catching vids, really helpful, thank you

[@DontWorryBeHappyManny]

Alejandro Kirk is 5’ 8” and 245 pounds this means I have to gain weight up to 70 pounds to be like him lol just joking but he does weight that much and he’s pretty good

[@smoceany9478]

i have made my whole baseball career about never hitting, im a catcher, pitcher, and fielder

[@DanBlewett]

i dont understand

[@smoceany9478]

@@DanBlewett i will never hit a baseball, i have made sure of it, i have played every position which does not hit

[@smoceany9478]

@@ThekiBoran i have made a deal with my coach where every time im supposed to hit he just gets a pinch hitter, ive never picked up a bat since teeball

[@smoceany9478]

@@ThekiBoran i just dont want to

[@smoceany9478]

@@ThekiBoran im fine with being hit, ive been hit multiple times