Coaching Youth Baseball Catching Drills & Skills Pt 1

How to teach a young player how to catch through safe, repetitive drills that build player confidence. The video shows the development of a 5 yr old player catching pretty well and learning a little bit about baseball.

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[cheesecakeman45]

is this in katy

[youthbaseball]

Yes, I shot it at the Bear Creek Little League Complex.

[lilhyperfingers]

About how far away from your son are you?

[youthbaseball]

I stand about 15 to 20 feet away so that he has time to track the ball to his hand/glove

[youthbaseball]

Please add comments/questions as I prepare new videos to help coaches and dads work with new & young players. Your input is valued.

[jdrhi]

Coach.....you sould be teaching the kids to use TWO hands when catching a ball. One handed catching is a poor habit, and one that is hard to break as the children get older.

[mdlloyd2010]

great info and ideas... you addressed the "dads and coaches"... don't forget about the moms out there!

[wulfpack97]

@phills234 Sometimes we teach techniques to win games and not to make a better player. Teaching the fundamentals of catching is easy and necessary for later years. You speak of confidence because they can stop a grounder but imagine the joy when they caught their first ball. I have coached for almost 20 years at all stages and have seen coaches sacrifice technique just to win a little league trophy. One coach put his fastest player at center and he would chase all runners trying to get to second

[renukaboo]

We want to get our son ready for t ball. here in CO, children as young as four can join. Our son is three, but he has so much energy and is so hyper and energetic. Would he be fine going into t ball or is his energy level an issue?

[rossy2512]

In 1988 I used to Chalk the Bear Creek Little League Fields as an after school job while attending Watkins Junior High

[frederikeithb]

@ the two handed catcher and the under armer. I believe two handed catching is encouraged mostly for grounders. And although the kid in this video is beyond his year at what they are doing, I believe he said this is for beginners. Great video. Hope to see more.

[therealjohnnyjohnson]

yeh do you have any tips on how to control what that kid is doing at 3:19 because thats what alot of kids in my league do. SPACESHOTS! should of edited that out. And I like the part before that when you throw the baseball and then you see a hacky sack nice editing. Overall great video ,I did learn a little. And thats All I wanted.

[sfrick81]

This is really helpful! THANK YOU!

[MrDanandy]

Excellent Video Thanks for putting it out here for everyone to learn.

[toddhkennedy]

Great video. I' going to try this with my daughter today. The hard ball to the noggin a few times, didn't go over so well. Thanks!

[MamasChoice]

Made me smile I L-O-V-E baseball.

[phills234]

Well...seems nice that a linebacker's son can catch a soft toss at 5 years old...but its not a realistic game scenario. My 5 year old can rip a 35 mph ball at the batting cages and there is not a kid who can catch it, not even himself in the field. Why teach a drill now, when its more realistic for 7 year olds. I teach my t-ballers to throw low to first base, so it can be scooped up. Mom is happy, the kid is happy and the dad is proud. Bet your son picks weeds in the outfield too. Be nice!