My stepdaughter is a catcher for 14-18U travel team. We are looking for exercises for her to do to get ready for the season and also for the days that they are not practicing. Any ideas?
I would suggest a moderate weight training regime especially squats .....footwork footwork and more footwork..upper and lower body endurance..(treadmill.spinning etc..) BLOCKING....and technique..IMO that got really good reults with our team,,and it actually made our catcher more confident and had a bit of "spice" in her attitude at the position..LOL
Sprints, sprints from a laying position, sprints with resistance, wall sits, squats, rocker quads, lunges (walking, reverse, sideways), one legged bridges, push-ups, burpees, medicine ball slams, medicine ball rotation throws, skater jumps, and up downs is a short list. I don't think anything but the up downs is catcher specific. We used to do duck walks but too many were getting shin pain.
For throwing lots of long catch, band work, and one knee work.
And then most catching drills have an element of excersise,building of stamina to them.