re: Why don’t college outfielders use TWO HANDS to catch a fly ball!?!

Two hands has nothing to do with securing the catch. Think about how ineffective that would be. You're not gonna save a catch with your 2nd hand. It's all about being able to get the throw out quickly

Great pictures…
It’s mainly about preference. Especially on a ball like the one Dugas dropped where he has make a run for the ball.
90% of the time you see a player use both hands it’s on an easy fly ball that they are camped out under.

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You aren’t catching it with two hands though you are catching it with the glove and the glove and the throwing hand come together to exchange the ball and make a throw quickly.It’s all in one motion when there is runners on the bags.That’s how I was always taught,never was taught to stick my hand by the glove and use my hand to trap the ball or some shite in my glove.To each their own I guess

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We ran drills where we would catch fly balls on the outside of our glove to teach us to use both hands

Played catcher moved to outfield on occasion. Always caught the ball with one hand. Never dropped a ball.

Exactly the second hand is there to get the ball quickly out the glove not trap it in the glove and a lot of times you use the second hand to help block some of the sun out your eyes.Many ways to catch a damn ball but the majority of the time you won’t see someone actually use their second hand to secure it especially not when a runner is on base and you trying to keep them from advancing. The 2 hands usually gets used on high pop ups with the sun involved and on the in field an even then it isn’t actually doing much.But if that’s the excuse someone needs to make for misjudging a fly ball then so be it I guess.

Well the 48 downvotes tells the age of that bunch. It is so easy to drop a ball catching with one hand. Ot to mention the non catching hand is in position to grab the ball out of glove to make a quick throw. Somewhere along the line coaches stop teaching to catch the ball with two hands which I think was a mistake. So I agree with you

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Makes sense with your transition though

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Only if you catch the ball in a throwing position, but even then, on a throw from the outfield you have quite a bit of time from catch to drive and separation

They wanted Tre Morgan moved to SS.

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Only if you catch the ball in a throwing position, but even then, on a throw from the outfield you have quite a bit of time from catch to drive and separation

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But you never even catch in a throwing position. Using two hands when you have to make a throw will slow things down, not speed it up. You are catching the ball glove side and above your shoulder, typically. You don't start a throw from there.

If you catch with glove hand only, your shoulders can be square to make the throw on the catch. Having your other hand would twist your shoulders, make you have to readjust them, then bring the ball back to throw. Not to mention your arm could get in the way of your face when making the catch.

The correct way is catch, with shoulders square (when possible), bring glove hand to throwing hand with it in position to immediately start the throw.

We are seeing too many T-ball all star coaches who are only concerned with little Braxton doing everything possible just to catch a fly ball.