Top Gun Catching

🚨 Bobby Witt Jr.'s Reset Process - Take a step out - Find a small spot on your bat - Take a deep breath - Tell yourself something positive - Get back to work ⭐️ So what you missed your pitch? How well can you refocus so you don't miss the next one?

Aaron Judge was the best hitter in baseball last year. He still had bad at bats. 
Chases. 
Strikeouts looking. 
Whiffs on fastballs right down the middle. The difference? He doesn’t let one bad at-bat become two. Elite hitters don’t avoid failure, they recover from it faster than everyone else. Here are some tips that have worked for our hitters: 1️⃣ Reset
Step out. Breathe. Slow the game down. One breath in. One breath out. Flush it. 2️⃣ Refocus
Pick a focal point. The logo on your bat. The foul pole. Focus on it. Take a deep breath. Get back to the present. 3️⃣ Visualize
See your best swing. Drive a double in to the gap in your mind. Everything happens twice. Once in your mind, once on the field. 4️⃣ Prepare
Confidence isn’t magic. It’s built in practice. Trust your training. 5️⃣ Believe
You have to believe you’re one swing away, because you are. Do the work. Have a system for when you aren’t feeling your best. Prepare relentlessly. Baseball is a game of failure. The players who go the furthest aren’t the ones who never struggle. They’re the ones who bounce back the fastest.

“There are no 3–0 take signs on my 9-year-old team,” - @CoachValli  Coach Valli breaks down why it’s so important to coach hitters to compete with confidence and swing without fear 🫡

Luis Arraez off season work. Amazing drill. You must be short to the baseball to even hit this pitch. @HittersUniv

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CALLING ALL 10u to 14u CATCHERS!!! 4 Day Catching Camp Where: @marmionacademy Regole Field House 1000 Butterfield Rd, Aurora, IL 60502 When: Fri 1/30, Thurs 2/5, Thurs 2/12, Fri 2/20 Time: 6-7:30PM Cost: $150 Register: register.ryzer.com/camp.cfm?sport… @TopGunCatching @championcraft24

@JackQuerry13 getting some OFF DAY work in at @championcraft24 2027 grad for @sehssports 17u for @BrendanNordberg with @Usaprimeni If this is the off day, you can only image what an ON DAY is. Great work Jack!

Motivational Monday #Catcher #catcherlife #baseball #baseballlife #TopGunCatching

10 weeks with @il_hawks CATCHING CLINICS ARE COMPLETE!!! We miss you already. We look forward to hearing and seeing your successes on and off the field. See you all soon. topguncatching.com #catching #catcherlife #baseball #baseballlife @NukesNotes

Week 8 of catcher training complete. BLOCKING -Glove leads direction -Drive your hips with opposite knee landing 1st -Track with your eyes -Tuck the chin -Catch the ball with the LOGO on the chest guard -Remember to exhale upon block topguncatching.com #catching #baseball

Week 6 of @il_hawks catcher training complete. BLOCKING -Glove leads direction -Drive your hips -Track with your eyes -Tuck the chin -Remember to exhale upon block topguncatching.com #catching #catcherlife #BaseBall @Mission3_sixty

Happy Halloween!!!

Half way point with Illinois Hawks Baseball/ Hawks Fastpitch catcher training complete. topguncatching.com #catcher #catcherlife #pitchersbestfriend #baseball #baseballlife

Thank you @championcraft24 for the use of the facility. @JackQuerry13 class of '27 continues to put in the extra time. AWESOME work Q. This video emphasizes precise receiving mechanics for pitches low in the zone. topguncatching.com @Mission3_sixty @NukesNotes

Catchers expect pitches in the zone, but need to anticipate bad balls. When those moments happen, fluid movements and athleticism are keys to success. Thank you @championcraft24 for the use of the facility. Great work @JackQuerry13 ! @Mission3_sixty @NukesNotes

Week 4 of Illinois Hawks Baseball/ Hawks Fastpitch catcher training complete. topguncatching.com #catching #catcherlife #pitchersbestfriend #baseball #BaseballLife @NukesNotes @_ceres44_ @Mission3_sixty @il_hawks

Ding… 🛎️ Ding 🛎️ Ding 🛎️ !!! The Tigers struck out the least as a team in June (of all season) and they had the best offense in baseball that month. ** So nice to see a MLB Team finally Make that significant connection! See video… Striking out hurts your offense and loses games… I’ll stand on that mountain forever. Got to put the ball in play with 2 strikes. Hard preferably, yea of course, but even softer hit contact and miss hits find holes and can be tough plays for D. But Hard “right turns” and “left turns” with a K don’t do that. No pressure put on opponents. Develop a solid 2 strike approach and fight tooth and nail to survive! Move the lineup, pass it down. Frustrate the pitcher and defense. Run up pitch counts of opponents starters. Put up crooked numbers in multiple innings. All of it… why? Because it wins. And it’s beautiful baseball to watch! @DirtBroUSA @CoachTaberM

Week 3 of Illinois Hawks Baseball/ Hawks Fastpitch catcher training in the books. Thank you to @marmionacademy for hosting another beautiful day outside. Receiving 101 & Stance Review topguncatching.com #catching #catchers #BaseBall @NukesNotes @_ceres44_ @ConnorMannis