the "ZONE" & calling it by the book.....

[Drifter]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BJ Moose

I always apply the Universal Test of Strikezones.. is it fair? Does the batter have a chance to HIT that ball (ex: a ball width outside thigh high).

I have a handicap here...I've tried to do the younger kids games...like 13 and under. I've found that I have a really hard time calling a strike zone where these kids are used to seeing it, at the letters. For that reason, I'm pretty much stranded at the high school level, because I can't raise my strike zone without becoming inconsistent.

Is this a mental block...?

Vern