Dave,
Poorly written. Allow me to rewrite and I will send to your web site.
I am a big believer in first improving a young catchers ability to:
- receiving the baseball
- splitting
- transitioning
I have seen a young catcher's arm strength take care of itself (and improve over time).
I was trying to discuss what can be done to improve a catcher pop times, and to do that discuss:
- arm strength vs the above.
- IMHO, after several years of discussions, observations, and digital cameras, a catcher's split times are the area where TT&P improves pop times, thus yielding the most improvement (i.e. 20%). Thus pop times can be reduced from 2.3 sec (nominal 16 y/o) to (in rare cases 20%) 1.84 sec with Tactics, Techniques & Procedures.
I wish I had a catcher (at 16 y/o) throwing 87
(and since dreaming this morning, how about a left handed hitting catcher.....(better yet, equally well on both sides of plate!).
emme for details
cheers
Bear
Thanks for double check.