- Oct 10, 2018
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EDITED to make clearer - this was not a real game - it was just a skills/prospect *pretend* game with one of the asst. coaches acting as a blue. The coaches said at one point they were making the "strike zone" huge to move things along, after the first inning they had the girls approach with a strike and 2 balls. Basically the question is, in this situation should girls swing at obvious balls to try to make contact even if the pretend ump has a crazy big strike zone or should she demonstrate a "good eye" and lay off them.
Just curious the community's advice in this situation as DD is sure to see it again. At a college camp. They are playing a game. "Blue" widens the strike zone to epic proportions to move things along.
1st pitch to DD is a high outside ball (it could have painted the corner but was shoulder high), blue calls a strike. Knowing that this is now a strike DD sees the second pitch coming in is the same exact one and swings at it (misses of course). Pitcher realizing that blue is giving her this pitch and throws it again. DD swings again and of course misses. Pitcher continued to throw that pitch 60-70% of the time for the rest of the game they were playing and "struck out" everyone.
Afterward DD wondered if she should have shown restraint b/c they were not hittable and it would show she can see a ball coming. Or should she have made the attempt to try and get a bat on the ball and not just stand there staring at "strikes". I can see her argument for both sides but wondered what the experience in this room has to say. TIA
Just curious the community's advice in this situation as DD is sure to see it again. At a college camp. They are playing a game. "Blue" widens the strike zone to epic proportions to move things along.
1st pitch to DD is a high outside ball (it could have painted the corner but was shoulder high), blue calls a strike. Knowing that this is now a strike DD sees the second pitch coming in is the same exact one and swings at it (misses of course). Pitcher realizing that blue is giving her this pitch and throws it again. DD swings again and of course misses. Pitcher continued to throw that pitch 60-70% of the time for the rest of the game they were playing and "struck out" everyone.
Afterward DD wondered if she should have shown restraint b/c they were not hittable and it would show she can see a ball coming. Or should she have made the attempt to try and get a bat on the ball and not just stand there staring at "strikes". I can see her argument for both sides but wondered what the experience in this room has to say. TIA
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