howard county officials training. slow pitch plate consistency believabilty intensity
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Howard County Officials Training
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Slow Pitch plate
CONSISTENCY
BELIEVABILTYINTE
NSITY
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PRELIMINARY
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PLATE MECHANICS
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RULE 1 - THE DEFINITIONSSTRIKE ZONE: That space over any part of home plate,when a batter assumes a natural batting stance adjacentto home plate, between the batter’s,
A. (Fast Pitch) Arm pits and the top of the knees.B. (Slow Pitch) Back shoulder and the front knee
CALLING PITCHES
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Slow Pitch Softball StrikeBACK
SHOULDER
FRONTKNEE
Somepart of alegallyPitched
ball mustPass
ThroughThis
zone to becalled astrike.
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Slow Pitch Softball Strike
The position of a batter in the batter’s box makes no difference.
The plate and batter’s natural stance at the plate are the
controlling factors.
A pitched ball that touches homeplate and is not struck at is
always a ball.
BACKSHOULDER
FRONTKNEEWhat about
the black?
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CALLING PITCHES
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CALLING PITCHES
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PLATE ISSUES
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FAIR / FOUL