Train Like an Elite Catcher at Home

The Drill Vault

The Catcher’s Drill Vault is a complete at-home training library for receiving, blocking, and throwing. This course gives catchers progressive drills they can use year-round to build consistency, confidence, and game-ready skills—no guessing, no wast

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A Complete At-Home Training System for Catchers

40+ skill-specific training videos plus at-home routines and habits designed to build receiving, blocking, throwing, plays at the plate, and every physical skill she'll perform behind the plate into muscle memory.

1. Welcome to the Gear Up Catching Drill Vault
2. Elements of an Elite Catcher
3. Tips for Successful At Home Training
4. Truth Bomb: This won't work unless YOU do
5. The 4 Core Pillars: understanding training in the 4 major skill areas
6. The 4 Main Phases of Catching Development (and how we train each level)
1. The 4 Core Habits of a Gear Up Catcher
2. Footwork Routine for Throwing Mechanics
3. Knee Throw Mechanics Routine
4. Arm Warm Up Routine
5. Arm Strengthening Routine
6. Arm Stretching Routine
7. Leg Strengthening Routine
8. Boost Your Endurance: 60-45-30-15 Conditioning Routine
1. Framing for Beginners Explained
2. Framing for Intermediates Explained
3. Framing for Advanced & Elite Catchers
4. How to Frame all 6 Pitch Locations
5. Knee Up vs. Knee Down
6. Picking the Ball vs Blocking
7. Drill #1: Wiffle Ball Frames
8. Drill #2: Double Ball Frames
9. Drill #3: Balance Disks Frames
10. Drill #4: Bosu Ball Star Frames
11. Drill #5: The Framing Progression Routine
12. Drill #6: Picks + Knee Drive
1. Blocking is a Cognitive Process - the stages our catchers go through
2. Blocking for Beginner Catchers Explained
3. Blocking for Intermediate Catchers Explained
4. Blocking for Advanced & Elite Catchers
5. Blocking Mechanics Explained
6. Advanced & Elite Catchers: Knee Down Blocking to all 3 locations
7. Block & Recovers Explained
8. Drill #1: The Blocking Warmup (blocks to all 3 locations)
9. Drill #2: Block & Recovers
10. Drill #3: Blocking "On Me"
11. Drill #4: Blocks Around the World
12. Drill #5: The Blocking Progression
1. Throwing for Beginner Catchers Explained
2. Throwing for Intermediate Catchers Explained
3. Throwing for Advanced & Elite Catchers Explained
4. 5 Steps to the Throw Explained
5. The Footwork Routine: mechanics for throws from your feet
6. 3 Steps to the Knee Throw Explained
7. The Knee Throw Routine: mechanics for throws from your knees
8. Throwdowns to 2nd Base
9. Pickoff Throws to 1st Base
10. Pickoff Throws to 3rd Base
11. Steal Throws to 3rd Base
12. Drill #1: The Footwork Progression
13. Drill #2: Quick Transfers with Flat Glove
14. Drill #3: Quick Releases with Flat Glove
15. Drill #4: Quick Short Toss
16. Drill #5: Throwing Progression for Beginner & Intermediate Catchers
17. Drill #6: Throwing Progression for Advanced & Elite Catchers
1. Plays at the Plate Explained
2. Communicating the Play at 4
3. Types of Hops You'll Receive at Home: the perfect 1-hop, the short hop, and the slow hop
4. How to Tag the Runner Explained
5. Defending Against the Slide By
6. Drill #1: Short Hops
7. Drill #2: Long & Slow Hops
8. Drill #3: Back Hand Hops
9. Drill #4: Tags Only
10. Drill #5: Throws from all 3 throw locations (center field, left field & right field)
11. Drill #6: Last Man Standing
12. Drill #7: The Plays at the Plate Progression
1. Pop Ups to Catchers Explained
2. 5 Steps to Successfully Catching a Pop Up
3. Pop Ups for Beginner & Intermediate Catchers
4. Pop Ups for Advanced & Elite Catchers
5. Drill #1: Locate, Call It, and Get Your Nose Under it
6. Drill #2: Balls Right Above You / Right in Front of Home Plate
7. Drill #3: Balls in Foul Territory
8. Drill #4: Balls to the Backstop Fence
1. Passed Balls Explained (yes, they sometimes happen!)
2. The 2 Types of Tosses Back to Your Pitcher @ Home Plate
3. The Passed Balls Pit Drill
1. Bunt Defense Explained
2. Commanding the Bunt Situation Like a BOSS
3. The 3 Zones of Bunt Defense: Proper Footwork
4. The Double Play Zone
5. Drill #1: Bunts in Zones 1-3
6. Drill #2: Bunts in Zone 4
7. Drill #3: The Live Bunt D Mixup
8. Drill #4: Covering 3rd Base with Runner on 1st
9. Drill $5: Live Scenarios + Zones Mixup
1. When Catchers Turn into 1st Basemen
2. Double Play Footwork Explained
3. Defending the Bad Throw to Home on a Force Play
4. Drill #1: Double Play Balls (with an easy throw to catch)
5. Drill #2: Double Play Balls (with a BAD throw - short hops, one hops, balls that take you away from home plate)
1. A Note from the Gear Up Catching Team
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