There are many talented coaches on this site. However, this is geared more towards the high school Varsity group, or catching instructors. Like all other high school Varsity teams we have lost our starting catcher to graduation. Last year's JV team played with a Freshman catcher. This means we will not be receiving a Junior catcher. In addition, we do not feel the Sophomore catcher is developed (Hasn't hit his growth spurt yet, and not a good enough pop time) enough to be our everyday starter. Our team is currently in a non high school affiliated winter camp right now. So, there is a possibility of creating (The best we can) a catcher. Here are a few questions that I have for the group.
1. Is the first step asking who has caught before?
2. Do we we eliminate our everyday starters in other positions, and look at the backups in each position to work as a catcher?
3. We know a catcher is important in high school Varsity, do we take a great athlete (at a single position) that has a decent backup, and work him as a catcher?
4. What other questions should we ask ourselves?
We understand that catchers need to be brought up through the years to be effective. However, in this situation we do not have that luxury. Please add you insight on this situation.
1. Is the first step asking who has caught before?
2. Do we we eliminate our everyday starters in other positions, and look at the backups in each position to work as a catcher?
3. We know a catcher is important in high school Varsity, do we take a great athlete (at a single position) that has a decent backup, and work him as a catcher?
4. What other questions should we ask ourselves?
We understand that catchers need to be brought up through the years to be effective. However, in this situation we do not have that luxury. Please add you insight on this situation.
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