helping your team win by having an effective field presence
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Helping Your Team Win By
Having An Effective Field Presence
There Are Three Types of Catchers
Catchers Who Can Cause you to Lose Games
Catchers Who DoNot Cause you to
Lose Games
Catchers Who Help You Win You Games
Catchers That Do Not Cause You To Lose Games Can Do The Following
• Catch Balls that should be caught and keep strikes-strikes.
• Block balls that should be blocked and minimize bases on balls in the dirt.
• Make quick accurate throws to bases.
An Effective Field Presence
It Is Like Having a Coach On The Field
Catchers That Help You Win Games Have That Fourth Dimension
Five beliefs your catcher needs to have
I am here to make the pitcher look good.
The team is moreimportant than me.
I will outwork teammates and opponents.
I make the team betterwhen I am on the field.
I bring energy, enthusiasm And encouragement to the team.
Five Levels of Catchers Who Help You Win Games
1. Hustle and bring energy to the field.
2. They make good decisions and are vocal when needed.
3. They anticipate situations.
4. They know how to get hitters out.
5. They can call and run the game.
Confident in Himself
Confidence of His Teammates
Respect of Teammates
How Do We Build Respect?
Hustle
Effort
During Games
EnergyIn Pre-seasonAnd Practice
The Hardest Worker
Having a “Team First” Attitude Helps
Respect ofThe Team
The Trust ofThe Team
It is n
ot just b
eing
Tough!
Possums are tough!
Confidence does not come in a bottle. It does not come from a seminar.
Confidence comes from doing certain things over and over again that are foundational skills.
Brian Tracy
Build Confidence by:
Experience
Knowledge Competence
Knowledge
Confidence of
Teammates
Competence
Competence
A good leader needs to be able to
get it done himself
Throughconsistent Skill Work
Build Experience
Make Practices a Pressure Cooker
Visualize Situations
Work on Being Decisive
Knowledgeof the Pitcher
Knowledge of how to throw Hitters
Strengthsand
WeaknessesKnow how to work
with Umpires
Overall savvy of the game
How to talk to pitchers
What to say to pitchers
When to talk to Pitchers
Teach Your Catchers:
When can we work on knowledge?
• Lunchtime meetings once a week.
• Bullpens.
• Hitting cages.
• Scrimmages.
• Bus rides to away games.
• Games.
How do we work on knowledge?
• Have a set of basic rules.• Ask questions. What do
you think is Johnny’s best pitch?
• Sit behind the screen during bullpens.
• Have a screen to the side of the plate during scrimmages.
• Ask “why” questions.
• Have your catchers next to the cage during BP and ask them how they would throw the hitter in the cage.
• Video a pro game. Watch footage with the catchers.
You do not need to do this for an hour a day.
Because you probably don’t have it.
Demonstrate Respect fo
r the Umpire
Build Rapport with the Umpire
Take Care of The Umpire
Motivation Tips
• Chart bullpens on catchers. • Affirm and call attention to good energy. • Call attention to those actions or attitudes
that promote the fourth dimension. • Have catchers run the bullpen. Ask them to
report information on pens. Empower them.• Have goals for the catchers to achieve in the
pen.