EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR A FASTER POP TIME! [Baseball Catcher Pop Time Drills]

In today's video we have MLB veteran catcher Wil Nieves and he is sharing many tips on how to have a faster pop time for catching. If you're looking to improve catching pop time, these baseball catching tips are for you! Catcher pop time is important because if your pop time is too slow, then base runners will steal bases all over you. But if you have a faster pop time, then you will be able to shut down the running game, in return winning more baseball games! Listen to Wil's baseball catcher tips because he has played at the highest level and he knows about MLB pop times. So if you're interested in how to improve catching pop time, watch the full video now!

0:45 How to give a target for catching
3:15 Catching Drill #1 - The finger tip framing drill
4:33 Catching Drill #2 - The 2 ball receiving drill
5:07 Catching Drill #3 - The chopstick finger tips drill

If you liked this video and want to see more catching tips videos with Wil Nieves, leave a comment down below and let us know! Also, if you have any questions for Wil or I, leave it down below and we'll do our best to answer them.

[gberinger]

Love that this is a defensive skills video and the opening highlight reel is all offense.

[Gbpsfitness]

Nieves is catcher, so I would've liked to see him throwing runners out

[jacktheengineer]

56 years old and still catching, and always learning. Wil's tips are the best because they WORK! Thanks for keeping me in the game Wil! I may not be as fast as i used to be, but the proper techniques and mechanics (particula footwork) that Wil teaches keeps me competitivly quick.

[elizabethcasteneda]

I really like how he explains why he is instructing a certain movement. This is especially good for new/young catchers.

[rileyhansen]

Had him as a coach for a couple of months, hes amazing with words and taught more about the mental approach to being a catcher, presentation and receiving is #1. Great Guy!

[andrewdilo]

I am a youth baseball player in 13u, I won the state championship when I was 11, I am a catcher. This video really helped me, thank you so much keep it up

[tvanderwerken]

You know me... love all the catching videos, well really all your videos. Could you and Wil do a video on catchers pre-game routine? Of maybe stretching, arm work, throwing, pitcher prep...stuff like that.

[clayman]

Nice info....this is exactly what i tell my softball catcher that doesnt have great arm strength is to pretend they're throwing to a person between the pitcher amd 2nd base. Itll be a quicker throw if they one hop it rather than rainbow it.

[stormin]

Thanks bro I'm a catcher and this will improve for sure

[thunderbugcreative]

This is my favorite catching skills video on youtube. Will breaks down pop time in such simple pieces from preparing for the catch to transferring the ball to footwork. A plus Will!

[allianttitleescrow]

I was a catcher in HS and college but that was 20 years ago and now I am coaching. So good to hear on new and improved techniques and some easy finer points to learn. Will be passing these along to my kids! Thanks much!

[javajeffs]

Loved the tip on reading a catcher on a breaking ball and what not to show - thanks for the video

[torrencesims]

Great Information. I forwarded it to my son (14) & I hear him calling out everything you said about your stance, & footwork when I get in the house.
Thanks

[dfighternelams]

Great instruction! My 10 yr old is a catcher, we’re definitely going to be applying these drills to our current drills. Looking forward to seeing more catchers drills

[CollegeRecruitsNW]

Excellent! Baseball players must press the glove to the throwing ear. Also, yes! Directly over the mound, get the visual release point depending on the spin of the baseball out of your hand.

[Gbpsfitness]

Hola Madden cómo estás amigo? Excellent video hermano. I used to be a catcher and this is one of the best if not the best I've seen about catching. I love the tips about not putting your hand behind the glove. It's what I was taught coming up in the Dominican and it took for the ball to hit my knuckles, a couple of times, almost breaking them for me to learn. Nieves is 100% right: your brain is not wired for your throwing hand to follow the glove, so you risk having to knock the door with your elbow rather than with your knuckles if that ball hits them dead on - when you separate them. Excelente vídeo.

[johndenver]

Good info here young guys. I went to several catching clinics growing up and this video beats that experience hands down.

[vettevet]

one of the best videos i’ve ever seen on baseball, ever;

thank you;

[johnnysalter]

Amazing, thanks for making this it is very interesting. I played catcher in American Legion until I was 20 or 21 back in the late 60's and I 'don't recall them teaching any of this. However, I kind of figured it myself how to make the move to 2nd, similar to what he showed, but defiantly without the details. But the thing that puzzled me was how to make the throw to 3rd with a right handed batter.

[josecasillas]

Thanks so much John, Wil Nieves is the Man! He simplified the pop and throw to the nth power! Stance, footwork, glovework, ball grip, landmarks, etc. Gonna work with my Son on all of these points you so unselfishly shared with us. So Grateful.