Teaching The Mechanics Of The Major League Catcher DVD by Tom Emanski

Learn the fundamentals of receiving pitches, throwing techniques, blocking techniques, and footwork drills. In this DVD, 7 excellent points are covered by a catching instructor at Baseball World and a former pupil who now catches in the major leagues. The seven areas include: Signal position, distance from batter and splitting home plate, stance with no one on base, receiving the pitch, positioning with runners on base, how to grip the ball, and blocking pitches. Demonstrates proper weight distribution in the catching position, arm and hand positioning, framing pitches, plus fielding the pop-up and bunt. Also discusses the proper throwing techniques for gunning down base stealers. Learn the fundamentals of catching/receiving pitches, throwing techniques, blocking techniques, and footwork drills. Drills are also found in the video which are essential in achieving proper mechanics. This DVD provides a complete catcher's training program based on the same drills featured at the Youth AAU Baseball World Training Center. This is a complete training program based on the same techniques featured at Baseball World's Training Center in Orlando, Florida. Baseball World's school trained teams have won back to back to back AAU National Championship tournaments, setting many offensive and defensive records . . . These same techniques helped the 16 year old U.S.A. Pan Am team capture gold ! Discover the secrets of America's finest Baseball School! Published: 1996 Length : 32 minutes. To order the Mechanics Of The Major League Catcher in VHS format, click here . To order the Tom Emanski 6 Tape Video Series click here .