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Originally Posted by WestMichBlue
As AtlUmpSteve noted, I will go those full limits and probably more outside for 18U or college ball. Still I do not like to go that far inside. You start calling strikes on pitches that far inside and you are teaching the pitcher to throw there. Maybe at the highest level those girls can turn on the far inside pitch, but I think that it is dangerous for H.S. and below.
The reason for the oval shape is to take away the high inside/high outside, and the low inside/low outside pitches. As Irish noted above, those are not hittable pitches.WMB
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I will go that far inside, the same distance I will go outside. My reason is that if you don't call the same inside corner, batters will start to crowd the plate and lean over, making my life tougher in the slot. I want my slot back, and that's how I get it; by calling an aggressive inside corner.
I also take away the high inside and high outside pitches for the same reasons. Because I take away
ALL low pitches (I am very serious about
TOP of the knee), I will leave the corners at the top of the knee. Those are "pitcher's pitches", and if they hit those spots consistently, we will have a great game.