The weird chart in the catcher thread got me thinking about this:
At a large regional tournament this summer opposing coaches were doing something we had never seen before. Our P1 on our then first year 14u team cruises around 54-55. For the competition we play she is very good, and hitters generally have trouble catching up.
One thing she does not “have” though, is a rise ball. She has a decently fast fastball that she misses high a lot with.
And all these coaches, game after game, were telling their hitters to move up in the box. And we couldn’t figure it out. They couldn’t catch up to her back in the box, why were they moving up? (It didn’t work btw).
Anyway, is this some sort of strategy to “take away the rise ball”? Any other reasonable explanation? Does that strategy even make sense?
At a large regional tournament this summer opposing coaches were doing something we had never seen before. Our P1 on our then first year 14u team cruises around 54-55. For the competition we play she is very good, and hitters generally have trouble catching up.
One thing she does not “have” though, is a rise ball. She has a decently fast fastball that she misses high a lot with.
And all these coaches, game after game, were telling their hitters to move up in the box. And we couldn’t figure it out. They couldn’t catch up to her back in the box, why were they moving up? (It didn’t work btw).
Anyway, is this some sort of strategy to “take away the rise ball”? Any other reasonable explanation? Does that strategy even make sense?
