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bobbrix,
What I think most are describing is how most of us were taught that any part of the ball crosses any part of the plate it is a strike. Meaning place the ball with the very edge touching the plate (the rest of the ball toward the batters box) now lift that up to the height of the batter and that is the edge of the strike zone. I have seen WAY too many girls (I do ASA JO and FED SB only) that won't hit the inside pitch they think I am crazy for calling that a strike. I agree that in a perfect world everyone would have the same strike zone and it would not vary at all game to game night to night but that will never happen. Everyone has a different zone get used to what is called that game and hit what s/he is going to call. Just as I tell my pitcher's if s/he ain't gonna call it then don't throw it, the batter needs to know if s/he is gonna call it we better hit it. One other pet peave of mine is the low strike. Does everyone agree that the bottom and top of the zone is based on the batter positioned at the plate?? It seems in the lower levels coaches want the girls all the way in the back of the box to "slow down" the pitcher and give you more time to see the ball. What they can't believe is that now the ball that crosses their batter mid shin is now a strike as it was knee high when it crossed the plate.
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