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I think Steve's advice is perfect. I'd much prefer addressing this with the coach than with the player. Plus players can be known to misunderstand an umpire's direction, and if she did, and something happened, it's your fault. If she misunderstand her coach, his her fault. A simple instruction like "you might be too far up, catcher" can be misconstrued as telling her she needs to move her glove DOWN (instead of her body BACK). "You're awfully close to the batter - careful there," could make the catcher move OUT instead of back, and cause WP's, PB's, walks due to a bad target, etc.
Let the coach address it.
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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