How to give signs (including tips to prevent another team from stealing that information)
How to set-up and receive (framing doesn’t mean taking balls and moving them back into the strike zone, but taking strikes and keeping them in the strike zone)!
Blocking balls in the dirt
Throwing to all bases (with the emphasis and a quick, strong, and accurate release) – including many simple throwing drills you can do in warm-ups to work on this
Catching foul pop-ups
Back-up responsibilities, along with which play you are responsible for covering 3rd base
When to throw “trail” runner on a double steal, and how to communicate that with your middle infielders so they know to cover 2nd base
ECU catcher Clayton McCullough in 2001 game vs Houston
Hitting
Catchers will learn critical skills including:
