Strike zone questions

[gvsulife]

Is a ball considered a strike where it crosses the front of the plate? Does the rule book stay anything about this? or does the strike zone changed based on where the batter is standing in the box?

I remember being taught back in the day that a strike or ball is determined from where the ball crosses the front of the plate?.?.

My problem is when kids are moving up to the top of the box and the ball is high from where they are standing but it crosses the plate in the strike zone. this is mostly a result of some extremely slow pitching. However, even with off speed stuff that sinks or drops I have struggling to be consistent. I don't know what the ruling is! So hopefully somebody can help provide some clarification or shed some light on my situation.

Thank you in advance!

[thumpferee]

The strike zone is the space "over" home plate.

Its not where the batter stands, it's when he assumes his natural batting stance.
Remember, it's a strike whenever any part of the ball enters the strike zone. Any strike, IMO, should not be called if the pitch doesn't at least reach the catcher.

[gvsulife]

I just seem to have a hard time calling a strike at a kids neck when he is up in the box but the ball is caught just behind home plate and crossing the heart of the plate.

[JeffM]

My suggestion to the coach would be to have the hitters stand in the batters box at a place where they are able to hit a pitch in the strike zone (above home plate). Don't have the hitters stand at the front of the batters box if that isn't where the ball is "hittable".

[bob jenkins]

Don't penalize the pitcher for throwing a strike because the batter can't hit it where the batter is positioned.

[Benchcoach]

It sounds to me like you have a good grasp of the zone but that you are reacting too much to the batter. Are you receiving any complaints beyond the pitcher's dad who thinks everything is a strike? Speaking from the coach perspective we move kids up in the box when they are out front on curve balls and change ups and to the back of the box when late on fast balls but we don't really expect zone to change relative to the position of the batter. As a coach I would be concerned that a kid who is not even considering cutting on a high in the zone fat pitch is looking to walk. A high letter pitch that the trajectory carries down to nail the mitt gets no complaint from me. Its a darn good pitch.