{"id":1511,"date":"2016-08-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/how-to-play-catcher\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:54:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:54:22","slug":"how-to-play-catcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/how-to-play-catcher","title":{"rendered":"How To Play Catcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>How To Play Catcher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span contenteditable=\"false\" data-mce-object=\"iframe\" class=\"mce-preview-object mce-object-iframe\" data-mce-p-allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-p-frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-p-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kmyTLQT2R2U\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kmyTLQT2R2U\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><span class=\"mce-shim\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Transcription:&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8220;Hi, my name is Clint Chalk, I\u2019m a former college baseball player and CoachUp coach &#8212; and this is catching. 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