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I'd be greatful if anyone could offer me insight on what catching skills a college coach would be concerned with so that we might record the demonstration of such on video. What do coaches look for in a catcher? What, if any, skills deficits may cause a coach to lose interest? Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks
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Strike, I know that when there is filming of catchers at PG events, they film the throw to 2nd from behind 2nd base. That gives you a good view of the catcher's arm action as well as whether he goes too much to one side or the other as he throws. I did some video for my son and had game footage of him, which I edited to show him blocking balls, throwing to 2nd, throwing to 1st on a bunt, catching a foul pop, etc.

As for the rest of your question, you might want to ask a couple of the coaches on here...I can tell you that I have been told that they are looking for soft hands behind the plate, a guy who receives well, and has good mechanics on his blocking and on his throws. Kentucky's coach told me once that a college catcher might catch 150 pitches in a 9 inning game, and only throw to 2nd twice...they want to know how a guy handles those 150 pitches, not just how fast he throws to 2nd.
Thanks guys,

I got in touch with Skillshow and talked to them about it. He told me they were going to be in Fishkill, NY this weekend for a PG showcase. Too late for us to make that one, but they're going to get back to us about other PG showcases. I failed to mention we're going to be in Binghamton for the college select showcase, I overlooked that part of TRhit's reply. I'll be sure and bring it up in our next conversation.

They were kind of excited at skillshow when I called because ESPN was airing one of there videos of a kid who was drafted by MLB. They were thrilled about the coverage.

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