Load and Throw

Involves a lot more arm strength.

I will teach this method on pitches to the extreme outside where catcher has to reach across body.

Along with requiring a lot of arm strength we see many players shift all their weight to that back leg and never get their center of mass transitioned to the front side. This results in high throws.

Personal opinion: it is slower.

I do not have any empirical data to back this opinion up, however. It would be easy enough to confirm using video.

My reasoning is that a kid with good quick feet can bring his right foot to the base of the inverted T very fast, because the center mass does not shift.

But the pivot involves shifting the center of mass to a position over the right foot. Moving that much mass, it seems to me, simply HAS to be slower.

I agree with CatchingCoach05 that this foot work technique is best for outside pitches and most good catching coaches teach it to include in the arsenal of foot work techniques.

If standard throwing mechanics and follow through is used, the method is much quicker and will be accurate.

Saw Wieters from Baltimore make a strong throw today getting a tough low, outside pitch and simply pivoting on right foot, squaring up with left foot and getting throw off quickly with no right foot move towards second.