Brian Whatley (DNA Catching)

Been awhile since I’ve been on here. New Org and my son Cooper has grown up. He’s now a soph and taller than me. Kept him out of showcases and PG events to just go and train. Pulled him out of last semester of 8th grade to train in the DR and travel our Org catching our pitchers.

@CarsonSodestrom @NorCalU1 @Go_DCAAthletics That a boy Carson!

Couple of throw downs against Casa. Super encouraging to see some work payoff and numbers getting better! AG2G @NorCalU1 @Go_DCAAthletics @dnacatching

C’s often want to funnel their mitt up on a block leaving the 5 hole open. Cooper had this issue and talked about feeling the mitt below the chest protector and deep. Sandy Alomar Jr here talks about deep and the knees acting as side rails. Mitt out front you have no side rails.

RH sliders to your extension side when sitting middle. Pre pitch movement matches location and shape. Think more up than horizontal across the umpires eye line. Your posture and natural shoulder blade movement will gradually work ball back towards the plate. Wait w/ one movement.

Haven’t seen my son Cooper in weeks and always hard being away from home during Spring Training. Got here over the weekend and back to work.

If you have a catcher that struggles to receive pitches to his extension side, here are some things to consider (1.) Check his scapular abduction (Tightness causes reduced reach) (2.) Check T spine rotation (Needs >45 deg) (3.) Use LKD set up (provides greater ext side reach)

Transition to traditional with linear set up and direction. Short jab step with back foot.

My son Cooper with some transfer work.

@NorCalU1 @NorCalBaseball @brentjones2235 @henrybolte2 @SStormCoach12 I had a front row seat from the other dugout.

Doesn’t get any better when one of our @NorCalBaseball guys @brentjones2235 is visiting another one of our @NorCalBaseball guys @henrybolte2 at spring training and he hits a double! Proud of those guys as young men! #OKG @SStormCoach12

Unreal program and the best decision I made for my career out of HS. The tradition and baseball culture is special here!

Special Org Special Group

Eric Junge is the best!!! No nonsense developer of talent. Highly respect him and his program works.

Stud!

Amazing leaders!

Happy National Catchers Day Feb 2 (2/2)

I love this hire. Seth has a bright future in coaching and one of the brightest guys I was around last year. Follow through, care for players and love for the game becomes very apparent quickly. 👊🏼

You know those ⁦@progressive⁩ commercials about turning into your parents? Well the mug says it all and couldn’t be more proud of my daughter. Academic Honors Society and full scholarship. She will be off to ⁦@gcu⁩ this Aug. Proud of you Kaci! Love you

Posted about traditional set ups and changing up receiving techniques to add more tools in the tool box for adjustments. Here is the front view of that video of my son in traditional w/ extension to flexion technique.

Slide from a game management presentation. Runners have tells…be observant early and look for trends. Off catcher in dugout should work as a team with the starter to pick up tells.

The art of storytelling.

Game Management as a catcher is a chess match and you need to think. This is a slide from one of my game management education discussions. Situational catching and having the ability to process information quickly will serve you well.