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            Pitching                                            Catching                                           Skills               

1. Confidence – awareness of one’s cultivated talents.
2. Poise – being able to perform under pressure.
3. Aggressiveness – wanting to attack the ball.
4. Self-control and discipline – being able to wait for an appropriate pitch.
5. Desire to excel – keeping one’s individual goals high.
6. Alertness – being able to identify the speed and spin of pitches.
7. Enthusiasm – always being ready to perform with maximum effort.
8. Observant – able to notice movements in the pitcher’s motion which tip off different pitches.
9. Positive outlook – able to keep discouragement to a minimum.
10. Competitiveness – able to accept a challenge on every pitch.
11. Consistency – able to fulfill the responsibility of a steady performer.

10 Things A Catcher Is…

1. A catcher is the leader of the team.

2. The most disciplined player on the team.

3. The most respectful player on the field

4. The player with the loudest encouragement from the dugout.

5. The first player out of the dugout when it’s time to take the field.

6. The first player out of the dugout to congratulate a teammate coming back from his/her at bat..regardless of the outcome.

7. The last player to leave the dugout after the game only when he/she is sure the dugout is spotless.

8. The one player on the team who will never complain to a coach.

9. The one player who will never complain about an umpire’s call.

10. And lastly……The catcher is the toughest player on the field.

If you are a pitcher:

You are the inspirational centerpiece of your team. You, of all the players, are in control of the ball more than any other member of your team.

When you control the ball, you control the game. Your team looks to you, more than anyone else, for their confidence during the game. They feed off of the confidence level you display. When you are fired up, so are they. When you hustle and show it, so will they.

If the pitcher has a defeated look or attitude, the whole team tends to give up. The team's hustle starts gasping to try and stay alive. The other team senses this and it makes them hustle even more. While you have the ball in your hand, all eyes are on you, including your own team's.

When the other team sees you dragging, they get fired up, their confidence level rises and they get much more aggressive, on the bags and with the bats.

When you are fired up, excited and show your determination, the rest of your team will be just as determined to win as you are. Once in a while, when you strike someone out, turn to your 2nd baseman, make a fist, pump your arm and yell "YEAH". Do that a few times and watch how fired up your team gets. They will want to win for YOU because they know you are trying your absolute best to win for all of THEM.

A pitcher that is fired up, with a team that is fired up behind that pitcher, is the most intimidating thing the other team will ever face. It takes away their confidence level and when that happens, their level of hustle drops like a rock. The team that hustle's the best is always the team that wins the big trophy.

Stay fired up, always hustle and show it. The pitcher in the circle is from where the team's hustle breathes its breath of life during the game. Don't let it be the place where the team's hustle dies too.

When a team's hustle dies, the pitcher is the only one that can give it immediate CPR with the very next pitch. Not even your coach can do that! Stay fired up, show it, be vocal about it and your team will definitely respond. You have a responsibility to your team to do everything you can do to win the game. No other player has more responsibility for their own team's performance than the pitcher.

The pitcher is held more accountable for the final outcome of the game than any other player. Have you ever wondered why the pitcher is the only individual team player that has a win/loss record for their position? Maybe now you understand why just a little bit better.