Proper Arm Action

Never, ever take the ball down by the hip / waist area because you will be wasting too much time.

Arm action starts with where you catch the ball. If your glove arm is extended out then that means it takes more time to get the ball to the throwing hand. So in that case catch the ball deep, near the body - remember you are not trying to stick a pitch for the ump to see it. The ump can see where it crosses the plate or not and good umps don't need a catcher to frame it.

Let's say you catch the ball in the middle of the body. As you are coming out of the crouch you should take the glove / ball to your throwing hand in the area close to your right cheek to make the transfer. Elbows should be high and your arms should seperate with the ball going up and outish. They used to teach to turn the ball all the way around facing the other direction but really get it to where it's comfortable but make sure you aren't doing the "make a muscle" hold.

With the ball out and up now you can take the throwing arm and throw "downhill". Your glove side there are two ways of doing this. You can extend it out front to the target like a pitcher is in their "power position" and bring the cheast to the glove OR keep the glove around the face and throw the elbow to help with the rotation being quicker. I support the second method myself.

Overall the motion has to be really quick and short movements.

If the pitch is caught on the throwing arm side then turn your body a little sooner to get into the throwing motion just before transfer.

If the pitch is on the glove side then you slightly lean on your left foot and catch the ball a little farther in front than the other two. But the catch needs to be in a sweeping motion to the transfer.

Hope that makes sense. Obviously I could show you easier than I can explain it but I hope you can get an idea of what I am talking about.

Also saw where you posted this at 2 am. Go to sleep because it's a school night. You need your rest.

I'm in college now, no AM classes today...

Well still need to be in bed. I NEEEEVER stayed up late when I was in college

Seriously though did you understand what I tried to explain?

Yea, I understood. I think the key is that during transfer, which is done by the face, keep the elbows up. Thanks again.