Catcher drills — by age group
Receiving, blocking, throwing-to-bases, exchange, and situational drills for catchers from 8U through varsity.
Catcher drilling is built on two daily pillars: receiving and blocking. Everything else — throwing, game-calling, situational work — layers on top. Athletes who do not drill receiving and blocking every practice are athletes who do not get better at the position, regardless of how athletic they are. The catcher who frames a strike under fatigue in the seventh inning is the catcher who drilled receiving in March when no one was watching.
How to use this library
Find your age group below. Receiving drills should appear in every practice, every age, no exceptions. Blocking drills should appear three or four times a week minimum at every level. Throwing-to-bases drills layer in starting at 12U as a daily skill, with pop times measured. Situational and game-calling drills appear at middle school and above.
Each drill page includes the demo, the developmental notes for the age, the coaching points, and the most common mistakes. Catcher drilling rewards volume more than most positions because the skills are physical and rep-based — but the volume has to come with intent. A hundred mindless receiving reps will turn into mindless receiving in games. Drill with targets, with counts, with intent — every rep.