INFT Podcast Project: The Iron Backstop Podcast

To be a successful catcher, it's important to have a strong work ethic and be prepared. Going to the gym is crucial, especially for knee strengthening to endure the strain of catching. Catchers also put a lot of wear and tear on their arms from throwing back to the pitcher, so arm care and strengthening is vital. These are the key aspects of training like a catcher. Welcome back to the Ironbackshot Podcast, I'm your host Danny DeMoss and today we're going to be talking about not only how to train like a successful catcher, but overall what does it look like to be a catcher that has a strong work ethic and is able to really be prepared for what the game has in store. So a big thing is obviously you've got to go to the gym and you've got to make sure that you're doing the proper things so that you're going to be strong enough to endure what catching throws at you. And so a big thing that you cannot miss, no matter whatever you do in the gym, you have to make sure that you're doing knee strengthening and certain exercises that will make sure that after spending hours and hours behind the plate, it wears your knees out. And so by doing knee strengthening, it really does help a lot with that. And also another thing that people don't realize as much is the amount of use that catchers have on their arm and the wear and tear that it goes into that because pitchers are throwing maybe, collectively in a game, maybe 120, 130 or so pitches in a game, but you've got to keep in mind, so is the catcher. The catcher is also throwing the same amount back to the pitcher. Now it may not be with as much intensity, but it is still overall wear and tear as there are throw downs and others. So making sure that you're doing arm care and arm strengthening is also very vital key when it comes to being a successful catcher. So those are two really crucial aspects of what it looks like to train like a catcher. With that said, thank you for listening. I'm your host, Danny DeMoss. I'll see you in the next one.