Baseball Positions & Roles : How to Play Catcher

Learn about the catcher who calls for pitches, receives them, and acts as the field general with expert tips and advice on baseball positions and roles in this free online baseball video clip.

Expert: Richard Davis
Bio: Richard Davis has played baseball at various levels for more than fifteen years. He has played at the Amateur Athletics Union and the National Collegiate Athletic Association levels.
Filmmaker: Reel Media LLC

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• positions
• baseball
• players
• teams
• roles
• pitchers
• catchers
• infielders
• outfielders
• hitters
• batters

[tshulmire]

what a fruit cake. never trust someone trying to give catching instructions with a fielders glove. This guy has no clue what he's even talking about. Please kids, don't listen to him.

[008Ovechkin]

catching came naturally to me i just kinda was good

[Veroscooterteam]

0:33 i was sitting not standing.....

[jacob12721]

i can see your sign from a mile away from thrid or first. or id get someone to look behind the backstop...... keep your signs in your cup and high.... and glove on the ground next to your leg open....

[jayss10]

Protecting the plate is something kids have to be very aware of and read the rulebook for their league. Most leagues and high schools it is illegal to run over the catcher period. In alot of leagues you have to leave 1/2 the bag available for the runner to reach if you have the ball. So in this situation a catch should protect the side away from his glove hand so the runner. At no time to you impede a runners path to the base if you do not have the ball.

[dnaz12345]

You people r douche bag's quit making him sad he can make as much video's as he can and he is right u r wrong my friend tshulmire!

[rockervondudeman]

@donkeyphobic dang never thought of that, that makes sense now

[antiboy551]

well on my pitch location i do like this. Example for Fastball down to the right (I stick out 1 finger then i just tap my right thigh 2 times and tap the ground with my glove

[donkeyphobic]

@rockervondudeman this is probley because it's for beginners without metal cleats. Also, lets hope you are wearings a cup.

[TheCABDRIVER3]

0:55 u dont set up like that for any pitch ever

if u do u will be hit n the ribs if it is a bad pitch or crappy foul tip

and if its a dirt ball u r gonna hve a hard time gettin to it

[ALairborneairsoft]

@008Ovechkin me too... my coach said in my first year of kid pitch i want to try you at catcher and now im my middle school baseball catcher!!!

[rockervondudeman]

Dude's stupid catcher is the only position I've ever known so tell me this dude: runners coming off third and you're stupid and get on two knees, what's gonna happen? The runners gonna say "hey, somewhere exposed!" and dig his spikes right in you. Hate to be coached by him