[reccer]

I want outside strikes to be 4 inches closer to the batter.

I 'm not talking about chalk in the dirt.

I am permanently painting lines on the existing plate.

Draw a plate out on your desk. Point of plate pointing at you the PU. Measure 4 inches in from the left side. That is going to be the outside edge for lefties for your strike zone. Do the same on the right side. That is the outside edge for righties.

The existing inside edge of the strike zone is where you currently have it.

This change compensates for the additional width of the softball, allows the batter to still use a semblance of form in getting good contact on the ball, yet keeps all other aspects of the game the same.

Don't change men's slow pitch or men's fastpitch, but consider this for women's fastpitch.