My DD has been catching only thus fall on her rec league team. Volunteered because they had no one else. We worked on her stance (runner on and no runner), blocking, retrieving passed balls and popping up to throw down. She's a good player and has done rather well.
She earned a spot on a travel team about 7 weeks ago. No fall tournaments, just training for next summer. She was accepted for her speed and outfielding skills.
She told her travel coach she was catching in rec league so he tried her out for a back up catchers position. I'm not a catching coach so I want some advice on how it went.
Coach gave her the signs and then instructed her on the stance for the different pitches. Basically moving her left or right and up and down for whatever pitch was called. Is this normal? Seems to me it's giving away the pitch and, sometimes, getting her out of position to throw down when he calls a low pitch or a change up.
She earned a spot on a travel team about 7 weeks ago. No fall tournaments, just training for next summer. She was accepted for her speed and outfielding skills.
She told her travel coach she was catching in rec league so he tried her out for a back up catchers position. I'm not a catching coach so I want some advice on how it went.
Coach gave her the signs and then instructed her on the stance for the different pitches. Basically moving her left or right and up and down for whatever pitch was called. Is this normal? Seems to me it's giving away the pitch and, sometimes, getting her out of position to throw down when he calls a low pitch or a change up.