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OK, so I have a new catcher who is a very solid hitter and has a very strong arm, but while I am tempted to instruct her on the skills of her craft, I don't want to teach her something 'wrong.' So, I ask you all, to help answer the following questions for me:
(1) What is a good "glove-to-glove" time for a H.S. catcher from home to 2nd base and home to 3rd base?
(2) This girl holds her mitt vertically over the plate with the tip of the mitt pointing up toward the sky, and her elbow pointing down toward the plate. I am tempted to get her to change this so her glove and arm are a bit more horizontal over the plate. To me, it seems having a mitt positioned horizontally over the plate would give the umpire a broader target to visualize as far as where the pitch is travelling, and perhaps give the pitcher a better chance of having pitches called for strikes than the norrower vertical mitt position.
Your thoughts?
Thanks!
(1) What is a good "glove-to-glove" time for a H.S. catcher from home to 2nd base and home to 3rd base?
(2) This girl holds her mitt vertically over the plate with the tip of the mitt pointing up toward the sky, and her elbow pointing down toward the plate. I am tempted to get her to change this so her glove and arm are a bit more horizontal over the plate. To me, it seems having a mitt positioned horizontally over the plate would give the umpire a broader target to visualize as far as where the pitch is travelling, and perhaps give the pitcher a better chance of having pitches called for strikes than the norrower vertical mitt position.
Your thoughts?
Thanks!