Teaching your Child the Fundamentals of Catching Baseballs.?
Question:My son just turned 5 yrs. and we missed Tee Ball sign up. He's really good at hitting even without the Tee but I want to work on his catching.
What are some tips I can get to help teaching the fundamentals of catching, without him getting hit in the head and tramatising him.
Answers:
Should I call the softball coach?
Here are some interesting articles about how to teach catching. I especially like the last one's suggestions:http://www.hsbaseballweb.com/baseball_ba...
http://www.recreate.com/pages/articles/s...
http://www.stayinthezone.com/news/186.ht...
http://www.qcbaseball.com/skills/playing...
A nice, brief video that I like:
http://sports.expertvillage.com/videos/b...
My father told me, as I tell my son - Watch the ball go into your glove.
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well fear is a big part of it. so maybe start with some simple under hand catch first..meaning you throw him the ball underhand until he can catch is consistanly that way-then throw him a few pop flys..nothing to big just a slight fly so he can learn to get under it.also make sure you teach him to keep both hands on the mit when catching the pop ups (most pro's don't do this anymore such a shame) and to always watch it go into the glove.
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Start playing catch with a tennis ball. Also, have him field ground balls with a tennis ball and no glove. This will keep his hands together when he uses a glove. I would also have him keep hitting off a tee. This will keep his head down and also prepare him for using a tee during t-ball.WATCH THE BALL! and watch the ball some more. get in front of the ball. do not fear the ball, even after you get popped right in the nose with a bad hop grounder. practice practice practice. then practice some more.
more advanced; on a ball below the waist, turn your glove hand down. above the waist turn glove up. play the ball, do not let the ball play you! some times you will charge a grounder to get an easy hop, sometimes a step back. but try and avoid the in-between hop, (see hit in nose). finally, and this goes with turning glove up or down make certain he gets a GOOD understanding of backhand cath vs forhand catch.
much more advanced; judge the depth of a fly ball quickly and learn to turn and run with back to the plate. players just get eaten up running backwards or back tracking. learn to run and make the over the shoulder catch...takes a lot of practice!
I am the full time taxi driver/fan club of my 12 year old son who currently plays on 2 baseball teams (1 Travel and 1 Recreational). We have tons of "on the job training" in this area. Start slow ( maybe even using a tennis ball or some sort of "softer" ball) tossing the ball to each other from a short distance. Gradually move out further from each other as he becomes more confident. You can eventually move on to a real baseball. One really important thing to remember is to remind him to use 2 hands when catching a ball. It reminds some kids of an alligator mouth when one had closes over the ball in the glove. This will keep him from dropping it and also help prevent it from popping up on him.
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My boyfrind and I have been teaching his nephews how to catch. The thing that we try to tell them time and time again, step and throw, watch the ball come into your mit, and use 2 hands. the main thing is\pratice pratice pratice. good luck, and have fun!the best way to start your son is to toss a bean bag to him and have him catch it with his bare hand, while keeping throwing arm behind his back, then have him cup his catch with his free hand.
1. point out how his hand is positioned everytime he catches the bean bag when it is thrown to him at different spots.
above his head, below his waist, to his left, to his right.
2. get him used to the fact that he has to close his hand.
3. then get a softee ball, and practice what he learned.
4. when tossing ball with your son, constantly remind him of using two hands.
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