So, I've been one of those persons who didn't think twice about a coach calling pitches and sending signs to catcher. But reading lately about giving that resonsibility to the catcher got me to thinking. What does a catcher see in a batter that they would decide on a certain pitch? DD is 12U and has begun to call pitches to one of our pitchers. And I know she doesn't do it because she read the batter. What can I tell DD to watch for and which pitch to call? Pitcher can hit corners and has a decent change-up. Head coach sometimes call 1, 2, 3 to his DD, but lately he's allowed my DD to make those calls. I can't remember which is which at this moment.