Gerry Davis still not good ASA/USA

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by Rich

This must be one of those softball-only concepts.

I have no desire to get down to the top of the zone. I want to be locked at the same spot for every batter, head just above the top of the catcher's helmet.

I don't need my eyes there to know where it is. Just like the outside corner or the knee.

Don't know why softball wants our eyes at the top of the zone. I thought maybe it was to judge the rise ball better, which you don't see in baseball. But most rise ball pitches are way above the zone as batters swing at pitches that the catcher virtually has to stand upright to catch.

To this day (ten years after switching from baseball), I still get the occasional critique that I'm setting up too high, but I feel I can judge the pitches at the top of the zone just fine. And most good softball pitchers are going after the corners at the knees, so I don't get to judge too many pitches at top of the zone to begin with.