Workout for catchers

A few more specifics on what you are trying to achieve would be good, but as a catcher you cannot overlook working the legs hard as they take a beating over the course of the season. Squats and lunges are essential. Another thing thats very important for catchers is flexibility especially in the hips and hamstrings to be able to squat down and sway to the baseball when receiving. Flexibility is also very important when you need to quickly react and block the ball.

Thanks EK6 , i do do alot of leg exercises and i also play football and hockey so im sure i get enough through those, although im not the most flexable, so i will work on that forsure

go and buy a book called Complete Conditioning for Baseball Players by Human Kenetics, It's great it gives you every type of workout drills possible

I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation

HEY Doctor K, you aint even close to touchin Doctor A, why u gotta copy me, man my name aint free, hahah jokes guy
why dont u just lemmie borrow the **** book so i dont have to buy it, seein as u live close enough to me

Doc A ,
Make sure that you do plenty of work for your
Hamstrings , this includes both strength and
flexibility training . One of the biggest areas
of concern is a catchers knees . With the Quad
work that you do in the weightroom , and the
repetitive squatting done on the field , you
must protect your knees . Most knee pain that
you see can be avoided by a good lowerbody
stretching program , combined with a well
devised Leg Curl workout for the Hamstrings .
You must maintain good muscle balance . I
would also follow the same shoulder program
that the pitchers follow . Also , make sure
that you do some extra rear-delt work .
GOOD LUCK ,
WEIGHT COACH

Kerry
Thanks for the advice. I sent my son the info.
He is at a juco and they are on a weight program but thought He could add( if not already doing) what you suggest.

03parent ,
Please forward my personal e-mail to your
son at school . That way , if he ever has any
questions , I can get right back to him .
Best Wishes ,
Kerry
(WEIGHT COACH)
kerryr@cox.net

Catchers Page

Check this out, plenty of outstanding info for catchers.

CV

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Thanks Kerry for the info, although i have another question, my rotor cuff isnt in the best of shape, and i was wondering what i could do for that to increase the strength in it

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Thanks Kerry for the info, although i have another question, my rotor cuff isnt in the best of shape, and i was wondering what i could do for that to increase the strength in it

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Thanks Kerry for the info, although i have another question, my rotor cuff isnt in the best of shape, and i was wondering what i could do for that to increase the strength in it

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sorry about that! You can do the band workouts or with a 2lb weight and also their are the JOBE work out as well ( Good work out is the ABSOLUTE PERFORMANCE by Tom House )Video tapes you can get over the net.

Thanks homerun, although i have heard about using bands but a little curious as to what i should do with them, any pinters to help my rotor cuff?