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The Catching Conference
Home of the DuraCatch™ & DuraHit™ Systems
The Story —
What Is CatcherFest?
The premier gathering for the catching position. Current MLB catchers, coordinators,
and college coaches in one room — teaching the craft, sharing the research, and moving
the position forward. Substance over theory. Every single session.
9.7
Rated by the room
CatcherFest 2025 attendees scored the event a 9.7 out of 10 — 86% gave it a
perfect 10, and not a single score came in below 8.
Substance over theory isn't a slogan. It's the feedback.
What It Is
A conference built by catchers, for catchers.
CatcherFest is the elite catching conference created by Florida Baseball Ranch co-founders and MLB coaches Eddy Rodriguez and Greg Brown. It exists for one reason: to bring the best minds in the catching world into a single room and let them teach.
No filler. No recycled clinic drills. CatcherFest is built on real-world demonstrations from current MLB catchers, coordinators, and college coaches — covering arm strength, glove speed, blocking, receiving, footwork, mental performance, and the hitting obstacles catchers face at the plate.
It's part masterclass, part laboratory, part reunion of a community that cares about the position more than anyone else in the game. Players leave better. Coaches leave sharper. Everyone leaves connected.
See The Room
Watch a CatcherFest come to life.
A minute and a half inside the room — the talent, the energy, the community.
This is what your athlete is walking into.
Why It Exists
The position deserved a room of its own —
◆Where MLB catchers teach the craft directly
◆Where research meets the reps
◆Where players, coaches & orgs learn together
Substance over theory — that's been the standard since day one.
The History
Three Decembers in.
From a two-day launch in Orlando to a home at the Space Coast Ranch — CatcherFest
has grown every year without losing what makes it different.
The Inaugural
2024
Shingle Creek Resort
December 14–15 · Orlando, FL
The first-ever CatcherFest. Two days that proved the appetite was real —
players, coaches, college programs, and pro organizations under one roof to
elevate the art of catching.
The Return
2025
Space Coast Ranch
December 5–7 · Melbourne, FL
A new three-day format at a new home. Capped for personalized instruction,
with a deeper speaker lineup and hands-on stations across every catching skill.
Now Booking
2026
Space Coast Ranch
December 4–6 · Melbourne, FL
The next chapter. Three days, the deepest lineup yet, and the same promise —
substance over theory. Registration opens soon.
Who It's For
Everyone serious about the position.
CatcherFest is built for anyone who lives behind the plate — or coaches those who do.
Players
youth through pro
Coaches
travel & high school
College Coaches
recruiters & staff
Pro Organizations
player development
The Home of CatcherFest
Space Coast Ranch.
686 North Wickham Rd · Melbourne, FL 32935
On Florida's Space Coast — the permanent home of CatcherFest.
The Weekend
Three days, up close.
Hands-on stations, live reps, and a community that shows up for each other.
Built By
Two MLB coaches who couldn't stop obsessing over the position.
The founders of the Florida Baseball Ranch — in the room every year.
Eddy Rodriguez
Florida Baseball Ranch Co-Founder · "Eddy"
Current Los Angeles Dodgers Special Assistant and former MLB catcher and MLB
catching director. The catching mind behind the DuraCatch™ system.
Greg Brown
Florida Baseball Ranch Co-Founder · "Brownie"
Player Development Consultant, former MLB Hitting Coach and Special Assistant to
the GM (Chicago Cubs). Developed back-to-back NCAA Division II Gold Glove Catcher
winners in 2018 & 2019.
Ranch Family Voices
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CatcherFest is the highest concentration of talent and knowledge around catching I've ever seen.
Anj Bourgeois
Where To Next
Three ways into CatcherFest.
Whether you're coming to Melbourne this December or catching up on everything you missed —
there's a door for you.
Attend Live
CatcherFest '26
December 4–6, 2026 at the Space Coast Ranch in Melbourne, FL. The full speaker
lineup, schedule, and registration.
Register Now ▸
Watch Anywhere
CatcherFest Digital
Every presentation, every manual — on demand. Buy past years or pre-order the
2026 digital library.
Browse Digital ▸
Look Back
The Archive
Speaker lineups, schedules, photos, and video from every past CatcherFest —
2025 and 2024.
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Join Us
The next one is this December.
CatcherFest '26 — three days on the Space Coast, built for everyone serious about
the position.
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Can't make it live? Get the digital library instead.