Reply to "lower half closed or open on throws to 2nd?"

catchaprospect100+ posts

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Originally posted by dutch2.2:
I completely agree that the front side should stay slightly open in the "power position"....
Most big league catchers, especially Pudge, transfer out in front of their bodies giving them the ability to keep their front side open.

The front side has to be closed, otherwise kids will go side to side with arm action and the ball will tail.. the lower half is slightly open but the front side (lat, glove arm and front shoulder) are closed.

Transfer is about timing, if you transfer out in front the arm will drag.. if you transfer close and allow the front side to come with it, then the point of exchange will take place off the throwing shoulder.. if feet go first then the timing is off... when the front foot lands, it basically means throw now.

3/15/108:34 AM

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