Pro Point Catching

250+ catchers. 60+ college committed alumni from the program. And that was when I initially made this video and didn't re-count... Looks to be over 100+ current or committed catchers at this point.

An average pop time drop of .17 seconds.

Jackson put up a 1.94 at a Yale showcase.

Cruz broke sub-2.0 for the first time from the Philippines.

Jax PR'd at a 1.86 and committed to Arizona State shortly after.

None of these guys were outliers. They were already solid catchers who understood one thing, effort without the right system only gets you so far.

This is exactly what happens when a catcher who is willing to put in the work finally has the right system to put the work into.
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If you’re a high school catcher (or the parent of one) who wants to build a throw that helps you get recruited and perform once you get there,

DM me ‘POPTIME’ and we’ll ask you a few questions to see if the program is a good fit for you.
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Drop Your PopTime Program Focuses:

✅ Decrease pop time .10 or more
✅ Increase throwing velo 2-5 mph
✅ Build a throw that helps you get recruited and perform once you get there

Every problem in your throw traces back to something that broke down earlier in the sequence.

Slow exchange. Low velocity. Inconsistent pop times.

All of it is compensation for something previous.

The throw to second base is five phases.

Each one sets up the next.

Phase 1 is the lower half before the ball arrives.

Phase 2 is the transfer and back foot plant.

Phase 3 is separation, the biggest phase for velocity.

Phase 4 is rotating through the front hip and spiraling the arm into release.

Master one before moving to the next. That is the whole system.

Let’s get to work.

Nick took his poptime from a 1.96 PR where he was averaging 2.00-2.10,

Down to a 1.89 PR with a 1.90-2.00 average in the

‘Drop Your PopTime’ Program
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If you’re a high school catcher (or the parent of one) who wants to build a throw that helps you get recruited and perform once you get there,

DM me ‘POPTIME’ and we’ll ask you a few questions to see if the program is a good fit for you.
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Drop Your PopTime Program Focuses:

✅ Decrease pop time .10 or more
✅ Increase throwing velo 2-5 mph
✅ Build a throw that helps you get recruited and perform once you get there

Something feels off and you cannot figure out what it is.

The velocity is not where it should be.

The ball is not carrying the way it does on your best throws.

And when you slow it down on film everything looks loose... Disconnected.

Most of the time the answer is our connection to our backside.

Pushing too far past the back hip before the throw fires means the backside "hinge" never fully engages.

In this catcher's case, he was "running away" from his back hip, and never fully engaging it.

Regardless of how it shows up, you keep leaving velocity on the table without knowing exactly why.

Stay connected to the backside. Let it be the foundation everything fires off of. That is where velo, backspin, carry, etc. comes from.
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If you're a high school catcher (or the parent of one) who wants to build a throw that helps you get recruited and perform once you get there,

DM me 'POPTIME' and we'll ask you a few questions to see if the program is a good fit for you.
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Drop Your PopTime Program Focuses:

✅ Decrease pop time .10 or more
✅ Increase throwing velo 2-5 mph
✅ Build a throw that helps you get recruited and perform once you get there

All that is real is rn

Most catchers who throw rotationally have no idea WHERE it is stremming from.

Maybe they've heard they are "spinny" or "fly open"...

Here is what rotational actually means and where it comes from.

Our front knee sets our line to second back and the front hip follows it.

When the front foot hits the ground, if the front side is closed...

We have to fight ACROSS or AROUND the front hip which leads to us "flying open" and ultimatley results in less time behind the baseball which equals less velocity, tailing throws, etc...
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If you're a high school catcher (or the parent of one) who wants to build a throw that helps you get recruited and perform once you get there,

DM me 'POPTIME' and we'll ask you a few questions to see if the program is a good fit for you.
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Drop Your PopTime Program Focuses:

✅ Decrease pop time .10 or more
✅ Increase throwing velo 2-5 mph
✅ Build a throw that helps you get recruited and perform once you get there

Looking good at a showcase and actually performing in a game are two completely different things.

Most catchers train for the showcase. They get their pop time down in a controlled environment with a good feed and a clean setup.

And then the game comes, runner takes off, ball in the dirt, pitcher with a slow delivery, and everything falls apart.

That is not a mechanics problem. That is a rhythm and timing problem. A sequencing problem.

Phase 5 (of the 'Drop Your PopTime Program...) is where we tie everything together.

The five phases of the throw have to work as one fluid sequence, not five separate things you are thinking about one at a time.

Rhythm and timing is what makes the sequence automatic.

It is what gives a catcher the killer instinct in game.

The ability to fire without thinking because the movement is so deeply ingrained it just happens.
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If you're a high school catcher (or the parent of one) who wants to build a throw that helps you get recruited and perform once you get there,

DM me 'POPTIME' and we'll ask you a few questions to see if the program is a good fit for you.
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Drop Your PopTime Program Focuses:

✅ Decrease pop time .10 or more
✅ Increase throwing velo 2-5 mph
✅ Build a throw that helps you get recruited and perform once you get there