Coaching Academy: Catcher Defense

Catcher Defense Characteristics

In this video, Steve Nicollerat shares some ideas on what characteristics a catcher should have and what a coach should look for when choosing a player to play catcher.

Free Catcher Drills

Catcher Drills

Get these free catcher drills that every catcher needs to be doing during practice. Here are the drills:

  • Agility Drill
  • Catching a Pop-up
  • Pitchout
  • Throw Footwork to 3B

Get these free drills here.


What do Catcher Defense Drills look like at baseball practice?

A lot of coaches have asked us online or at our clinics, what do these drills look like in practice? How are they structured and setup? How do you execute these drills? So on and so forth.

The videos below should give a general idea of how our drills look like at baseball practice.

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