Helping Your Team Win By

Having An Effective Field Presence

There Are Three Types of Catchers

Catchers Who Can Cause you to Lose Games

Catchers Who DoNot Cause you to

Lose Games

Catchers Who Help You Win You Games

Catchers That Do Not Cause You To Lose Games Can Do The Following

• Catch Balls that should be caught and keep strikes-strikes.

• Block balls that should be blocked and minimize bases on balls in the dirt.

• Make quick accurate throws to bases.

An Effective Field Presence

It Is Like Having a Coach On The Field

Catchers That Help You Win Games Have That Fourth Dimension

Five beliefs your catcher needs to have

I am here to make the pitcher look good.

The team is moreimportant than me.

I will outwork teammates and opponents.

I make the team betterwhen I am on the field.

I bring energy, enthusiasm And encouragement to the team.

Five Levels of Catchers Who Help You Win Games

1. Hustle and bring energy to the field.

2. They make good decisions and are vocal when needed.

3. They anticipate situations.

4. They know how to get hitters out.

5. They can call and run the game.

Confident in Himself

Confidence of His Teammates

Respect of Teammates

How Do We Build Respect?

Hustle

Effort

During Games

EnergyIn Pre-seasonAnd Practice

The Hardest Worker

Having a “Team First” Attitude Helps

Respect ofThe Team

The Trust ofThe Team

It is n

ot just b

eing

Tough!

Possums are tough!

Confidence does not come in a bottle. It does not come from a seminar.

Confidence comes from doing certain things over and over again that are foundational skills.

Brian Tracy

Build Confidence by:

Experience

Knowledge Competence

Knowledge

Confidence of

Teammates

Competence

Competence

A good leader needs to be able to

get it done himself

Throughconsistent Skill Work

Build Experience

Make Practices a Pressure Cooker

Visualize Situations

Work on Being Decisive

Knowledgeof the Pitcher

Knowledge of how to throw Hitters

Strengthsand

WeaknessesKnow how to work

with Umpires

Overall savvy of the game

How to talk to pitchers

What to say to pitchers

When to talk to Pitchers

Teach Your Catchers:

When can we work on knowledge?

• Lunchtime meetings once a week.

• Bullpens.

• Hitting cages.

• Scrimmages.

• Bus rides to away games.

• Games.

How do we work on knowledge?

• Have a set of basic rules.• Ask questions. What do

you think is Johnny’s best pitch?

• Sit behind the screen during bullpens.

• Have a screen to the side of the plate during scrimmages.

• Ask “why” questions.

• Have your catchers next to the cage during BP and ask them how they would throw the hitter in the cage.

• Video a pro game. Watch footage with the catchers.

You do not need to do this for an hour a day.

Because you probably don’t have it.

Demonstrate Respect fo

r the Umpire

Build Rapport with the Umpire

Take Care of The Umpire

Motivation Tips

• Chart bullpens on catchers. • Affirm and call attention to good energy. • Call attention to those actions or attitudes

that promote the fourth dimension. • Have catchers run the bullpen. Ask them to

report information on pens. Empower them.• Have goals for the catchers to achieve in the

pen.