High school
Throwing
All positions
Beginner
Antonelli Improve Throwing and Catching Routine
Daily throwing-and-catching routine that treats warm-up throws as skill work for arm strength, accuracy, footwork, and transfer.
- Equipment:
- Ball only
- Duration:
- About 12 min
- Setting:
- Outdoor
- Players:
- Partner
Coaching notes
Players work a structured routine emphasizing footwork into every throw, clean transfers, and purposeful accuracy rather than simply 'warming up the arm.'
Objectives
Turn every throw into deliberate practice of mechanics, accuracy, footwork, and catching/transfer skills.
Coaching cues
We warm up the throw, we don't throw to warm up; use the feet on every throw; clean transfer; finish through the target.
Common errors
Lazy feet; one-handed catches; aiming instead of throwing with intent; incomplete follow-through.
Steps
- 1. Structured partner throws with footwork emphasis
- 2. Clean transfer focus on every catch
- 3. Accuracy and finish through target
- 4. Progress distance while maintaining quality
Source:
Antonelli Baseball
