Howard County Officials Training. Slow Pitch plate CONSISTENCY BELIEVABILTY INTENSITY.

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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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