Let's talk strike zone and changes

[Justme]

What’s ‘normal’ for one umpire might be ‘abnormal’ for another. Some umpire’s call an oval or egg shaped zone and some call a box or rectangle. Some call a high zone and some call a zone just above the belt. Some call the pitches at the top part of the knee and some call the pitch at the lower part of the knee. Some give the pitcher a little inside/outside others want the pitch across the plate. So what’s normal? The key is being consistent with your strike zone (during the entire game, every game), the hitters will adjust.

Having said all that, IMHO you still can’t expect a 12yo kid to find the same zone as a HS varsity or college pitcher, at least not very often.