My son is a catcher. When he was younger playing AAU he had a coach that wanted him to just lob the ball back to the pitcher. Several times during the game he would lob the ball either over the pitchers head or out in front of him. Then he would start thinking about it and he would be so nervous. Finally I just told him to pop up and throw a seed back to the pitcher and if he threw the ball in centerfield so what. It has worked for him. Now he just pops up and throws a nice hard shot back to the pitcher every time. He recently went to a camp and he was the only catcher that popped up after every pitch and threw back a seed. The head coach at the camp came over and said "Now thats what I like to see, a kid thats not lazy sitting there on his knees". I dont know if he has tried this but what can it hurt.