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As a long time baseball umpire preparing to work my first HS softball games next season I find from the responses on this post that softball umpire strike zones differ just as much as baseball umpires.
Some of you say they draw a line through the middle of the arm pit and the middle of the knee cap.
Some say that coaches don't want the low pitch, and they sure don't want the high pitches.
Some think that in some levels batters box to batters box is a good width for the strike zone.
Some say that coaches want strikes called 3 - 6" off the plate.
Some of you use an oval strike zone, eliminating the "coffin Corners"
Some of you use the book referenced rectangle zone.
So if you were going to design the "perfect" strike zone for HS softball, assuming large schools with good programs, what would it be? Where would you, based on your experiences, advise an umpire that is new to softball to set his zone?
Thanks in advance
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