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How old are kids before they learn how to catch?

Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:25 am
Posted by Tiger1242
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:25 am
Google gives me a bunch of different answers, I know kids learn to throw around 15-18 months.

I’m honestly just curious, how old are most kids when they learn to catch a ball that is big enough and light enough for them to catch with two hands.
Posted by LSUJML
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:26 am to
I think most tee ball starts around 4
Posted by jimbeam
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:27 am to
Catch Covid? They’ll be fine for several decades.
Posted by Centinel
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:27 am to
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Catch Covid?


Damnit beat me to it.
Posted by Lawyered
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:28 am to
Brexton learned when he was 3... we’ve signed him up on a travel team and they’re going to the 6U World Series in PCB in two weeks.
Posted by Jim Rockford
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:30 am to
Breeland signed a minor league contract the day after he was conceived.
Posted by cajungoalie
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:30 am to
quote:

How old are kids before they learn how to catch?


It depends on what you named him .....amirite?
Posted by L5UT1ger
Member since Feb 2004
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:31 am to
Like catching a ball throw in a Tee ball game?

Most average ones show signs of being close to catching a ball about at 5.5 - 6 years old.

Ive done things like making them catch a tennis ball with their hands over and over to try an accelerate the process. I honestly cant see that it helped to where they went from not being able to catch any and could not catch plenty with the 20-25 kids I tried it with.

Posted by Lonnie Utah
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:31 am to
Start with a bean bag.

My guy still struggled at 6 and 7.
Posted by Winston Cup
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:32 am to
fielding isnt getting a scholarship offer. teach them to pitch or get them hitting off a tee. sometime around 14 months
Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:33 am to
My 7 year old still can't catch for shite
Posted by AA77
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:34 am to
Traxton is scheduled to have Tommy John surgery later this month. He'll be 3 in November.
Posted by Tiger1242
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:35 am to
I figured this thread would go this way

I just mean like catching an inflatable ball that’s tossed to them underhand from a few feet away
Posted by ksayetiger
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:35 am to
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teach them to pitch


they should be throwing 100 curveballs a day when they are 6 to give them any hope of being a pro
Posted by Centinel
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Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:35 am to
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Traxton is scheduled to have Tommy John surgery later this month. He'll be 3 in November.


Why are you waiting so long? He'll never sign a contract now.

Posted by ksayetiger
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Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:36 am to
quote:

just mean like catching an inflatable ball that’s tossed to them underhand from a few feet away


my girl was 2, she is very athletic

my now 2 year old boy is nowhere near catching anything.
Posted by bigpetedatiga
Alexandria, LA
Member since Aug 2009
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:38 am to
My son is 3 1/2 and he does okay if I gently lob a ball at him.. And by okay I mean like 33 %.

Posted by go_tigres
Member since Sep 2013
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:38 am to
Both of my boys were using a mitt And catching a football around 3-3.5.
Posted by WDE24
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:39 am to
quote:

catch a ball that is big enough and light enough for them to catch with two hands.

2 or 3.

Catching a baseball in a glove without using the basket catch, typically is around 6-7. Though I've seen some as young as 3 do it.
Posted by Packer
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Member since May 2017
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:39 am to
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I just mean like catching an inflatable ball that’s tossed to them underhand from a few feet away



I got my 2 year old doing this from about 10' away. You have to hit him in the hands though, he can't track it down to save his life.
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