Keeping the count.

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Originally Posted by JJ

I give the count more with runners on base - that's when it's easiest to lose track....and I usually glance at the scoreboard when I give it to make sure we match....

JJ

In our softball group we teach:

Give the count audibly only when the count is x-2 or 3-x, with particular emphasis on the 3-2 count, which we tell NEVER to announce as 'full count'..


if the B has fouled off several pitches on 3-x or x-2 DON'T keep giving the count - repetition is tedious....you can however remind the B and C.....


If there has ever been any kind of break in action, THEN you can announce any count at such time...