Hitting the Change Up

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Jun 6, 2018
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couple of questions for further clarification. you show a good 16u pitcher, is your team 16u and facing high level clubs like the pitcher you show? When your daughter struck out 11 times on a changeup how many of the other 22 strikes were swing and misses on a changeup?
 
Jun 8, 2016
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The other thing, which I tell my DD all the time, is don't bother swinging at changeups with 0 or 1 strike. Sit fastball and if they throw an offspeed for a strike tip your cap.
 
May 12, 2016
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The other thing, which I tell my DD all the time, is don't bother swinging at changeups with 0 or 1 strike. Sit fastball and if they throw an offspeed for a strike tip your cap.
We'd be tipping our cap a lot pattar, they are throwing their change up as strikes and hitting their spot too low in the zone. But I know what you mean, I ask my DD to selective on the first strike as well
 
May 12, 2016
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couple of questions for further clarification. you show a good 16u pitcher, is your team 16u and facing high level clubs like the pitcher you show? When your daughter struck out 11 times on a changeup how many of the other 22 strikes were swing and misses on a changeup?
It's hard to say if the pitchers are so good as her... but 75% of the teams they face in tournaments have pitchers who can bring it.

No they weren't all change ups, foul balls mostly I would say, or Pitcher makes a good pitch on the corner on 1st strike that the hitter let's go by
 
May 12, 2016
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1) that's very rare
2) holding the 'coil in' = wait = stay back. There is no other way to wait.

But you even said yourself, holding to coil in just prior to heel plant, heel plants when ball is half distance to the plate.. if the heel plants when the ball is half way to the plate and your are no longer coiled in on a change up, then you will be ahead of the pitch.
 
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By bring it, are we talking 55+? 60+?

In my experience it is difficult to explain hitting the changeup to teens but videoing, have them watch the video to see their failures, and then having them take reps on live pitching until they get it right is the best practice. I say this because it is a timing mechanism and the only difference is adjusting your timing.

Another aspect to the change is its propensity to drop. Video will give you the determination of is it timing or is it swinging over the drop. If the timing is right but they are swinging over the drop then the process for correcting it is an easy fix, timing fixes are much more difficult and the best way to accomplish it is through live pitching to get them to understand how to make the timing adjustment.
 

rdbass

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Jun 5, 2010
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Not here.
If a pitcher is throwing the change up 50% of the time, the I see no reason to sit. However I guess this would be a band aid fix
Just for clarification you are were the one suggesting that a hitter 'sit' on a change up and react to the fastball. I just pointed out that is not a good ideal.
 

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