Over the winter it is a little tough to focus on pop times when you are indoors and working with limited space. One thing I have been stressing to my students is the importance of having a quick transfer and focusing on getting it and getting rid of it. I started to get some transfer times down in Jupiter last Oct and have found that it says a lot about the catcher. I've seen a lot of kids with very strong arms who still hover at 2.00 in a game. From the time the ball hits the glove to the time releasing was in the .70-.85 range. I also saw kids that were in the .60-.70 range with average arms who threw out a lot of runners. During the winter, I have them ranging from .48 - .65 range. I am excited to see them outside to see how this might translate to over all times in a game. I do it for all bases as well. I think too much emphasis is on the overall pop time in showcases when its real easy to jump in front of home plate while crow hopping to get a low time... when you cant do that in a game... I saw Domingo Ayala do this with us last year in East Cobb when he hung out with us for a couple of days....
interested to hear your thoughts and opinions