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Originally Posted by gr8fuldiver
Along the same lines as this thread....I have a habit of calling low strikes. I try to keep my head still, have been told by others watching me that I put my head at a good height (just above the catchers head (but in the slot)), and try to follow the pitch into the glove.
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You've been told by someone observing you that your stance is good at this point
(blue part).... so you know you're OK there.
With that established, you may find the following points from EA's presentation on
Working The Plate helpful in your 'battle' with the low pitch......
Getting Set-
>Your set must allow you to see
(not sense) the outside corner and the knees.
>Visualize the bottom of the zone from the knees over to the outside. Doing this becomes a check you can, in fact, see both the knees and the outside edge.
The Slot-
>....by looking down and through the zone
>Umpire gets an unobstructed view of entire zone
>If your head is too low in the zone you can easily call pitches off the plate strikes
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Especially the low & away pitch.
Tracking-
>Follow the ball with your nose-head movement is natural. It is not a location indicator.
The Zone-
>You must determine the top and the bottom of the one for each new batter that enters the batters box.
>The top and the bottom of the zone will float conforming to each batter's height and knee level, and follows the batter's stride until she is prepared to swing.
Also, as mentioned in a previous reply....
timing....slowing it down will help tremendously.
Hang in there, keep working at it....we've all struggled with it at some point.