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Originally Posted by tribefan1952
Minor point but worth mentioning.
In case there are others here that do both baseball and softball, the bottom of the strike zone isn't necessarily the same. In baseball, the ball is released high and drops into the strike zone. Consequently, low strikes are more common. In softball, the ball is generally rising or flat after the release.
I'm not trying to make excuses but, jumping back and forth (baseball/softball) probably isn't the best way to develop a consistent strike zone.
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There's another important difference. In baseball, the bottom of the zone is the hollow just below the knee, right? In softball, the bottom of the zone is the top of the knee. You will probably find that a softball usually breaks harder than a baseball - the ball is bigger and catches more air. The ball will break up, or down, or to either side, or a combination of the above list.