In the summer of 2000 the New England Catching Camp held its first summer camp. We had 16 baseball catchers attend. They ranged from 9yrs to 13yrs old. Eleven of the attendees were from my home town of Hudson NH. I was very excited that so many kids were interested in coming to our camp.

Fast forward to the summer of 2008 where we had 90+ catchers, ages 8-18 from 25 states. Of the 90+ catchers more then 30 of them were girls from the fast pitch game.

The growth of the camp has been amazing. I have now sold my DVD in all 50 states, and more then 15 foreign countries. Key to this growth has been my website, www.catchingcamp.com. The website went online in July of 2002, and since then has gone through many changes. The site has been instrumental in getting the word out to parents and coaches all over the country that there is instruction available dedicated to training catchers.

Most of you that have been to my clinics have come to know two of my sons. Jay, my oldest has been the most visible. It was his love of the catching position 16 years ago that inspired me to take on the challenge of working with catchers. Kevin, my youngest son now a collegiate player, has also been a regular working at the summer camp.

The purpose of me writing today is to introduce you all to the person behind my wonderful website. The man responsible for creating the first impression most people have of the New England Catching Camp, my middle son Josh.

Josh took on the task of redesigning my site in 2003 while he was still in high school. He knew I wanted a professional looking site that would speak to my educator’s side more then my coach side. I could not have been more pleased with the results. Over the years the site has grown and changed as Josh grew in his own skills as a web developer. In the fall of 2007 he graduated from college with a degree in Computer Science  and now works as a web developer with a firm here in New Hampshire.

As Josh’s skills as a designer have grown so has the site. His work has continued to enhance the site and this fall the move to a new server has allowed us to have this Blog, and will allow for greater flexibility in presenting instruction to coaches and players.

It is exciting to know that when a parent goes to Google and puts in the search words “catching camp” and hits “Enter”, and then looks at the top search results they will see our website first.  I can thank Josh’s skills for that. Then when they click on the link I also know that they will get a great first impression of what we are all about at the New England Catching Camp.

It is an awesome thing as a father to be able to work so closely with his grown sons on something we all care so much about. It is truly a pleasure for me to finally share with all of you The Man Behind the Site…..my son Josh.

Coach Weaver