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Timing?
If this was your first plate of the year, you may not have had good timing.
Good timing (watching each pitch into the glove, delaying your call so that you can make a judgement based on the entire pitch, including the catcher's presentation) will eliminate many of the inconsistencies you may have behind the plate.
One thing I have always done (except this year, BTW), is try to see some pitches from a machine before working my first game. Also I will practice getting into my stance, then waiting, pretending a ball has been caught, using the proper timing, then coming up and calling the strike (or staying down and calling a ball).
On that note, do you verbalize balls as well as strikes? This is important in establishing a routine and good timing.
If you slow down (nobody's going anywhere -- you have plenty of time), you'll probably eliminate much of your problem.
Rich
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