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Baseball


Hands Blocking Drill



The catcher should start in the down position with a ball placed in front of them.

When the coach says go, the catcher fires their hands out to the side and away from the ball, gets to their feet quickly, rakes in the ball and gets their body in a position to throw the baseball.


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