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When Mark Banks signed his son Bubba up for Coach Bougie's program, he was just hoping to give his son a little more experience on the field. But what he got was so much more than that.
Bubba had just started playing baseball and was eager to learn. With Coach Bougie's guidance, he quickly...
If you're a high school catcher looking for ways to improve your strength, endurance, and throwing power, then consider incorporating medicine ball workouts into your training routine. Medicine balls are a simple and effective tool for building core strength, improving coordination, and...
Are you a catcher looking to improve your skills? Or perhaps a coach looking to teach your catchers how to get better? Look no further than the Catching Made Simple Method.
In episode four of the Catching Made Simple Podcast, we breaks down the five levels of learning that make up the CMS Method....
What’s the most important skill for catchers?
It’s likely not what you think it is…
When we look at the number of times things happen in a game, we’ll know what is really most important.
In the third episode of the Catching Made Simple Podcast, we’re diving into...
Baseball is a complex and strategic game that relies on every position to contribute to the success of the team. However, one position stands out in terms of overall impact: the catcher.
Despite being the most important position on the field, catchers are often overlooked, under-coached, and...
If you can't block, you won't play as a catcher.
Blocking is one of the most important skills you can have. If your catcher isn't blocking consistently, you'll give up extra bases and lose more games.
If you don’t know who I am, my name is Anj Bourgeois and I’m the founder of Catching...
The Catching Made Simple Podcast is a new resource for catchers, parents of catchers, and coaches of catchers who want to improve their skills and understanding of the position.
In this first episode, founder Anj Bourgeois shares his personal story of converting to a catcher in college and how it...
Working with a catching coach can lead to many benefits for you and your son, such as increased skill level, more playing time, and so much more.
If you don’t know who I am, my name is Anj Bourgeois and I’m the founder of Catching Made Simple. I transitioned from infield to catcher my...
Catching is the most important position on the field, yet it is the least understood and least coached. Quality catching instruction is hard to come by.
Generally, anyone who offers coaching can help a beginner increase their fundamentals. But if you want top-notch coaching for your son so he has...
A bad stance makes everything harder. And a good stance makes everything easier.
If you don’t know who I am, my name is Anj Bourgeois and I’ve helped hundreds of catchers fix their stance and learn the fundamentals of the position.
I transitioned from an infielder to a catcher my...
Finding a good catching coach is hard. It’s even harder to know if they’re actually helping your son.
A good catching coach will speed up their process of learning. Basically, you can pay money to shortcut time and skill by working on the right things.
If you don’t know who I...
Since I don't do camps at Catching Made Simple, people will often ask me, “What are the best catching camps to go to?”
After coaching at catching camps myself, I know a thing or two about what makes a good camp, but I have to say I have not personally experienced many of these camps.
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