Howard County Officials Training

Slow Pitch plate

CONSISTENCY

BELIEVABILTYINTE

NSITY

PRELIMINARY

PLATE MECHANICS

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

Slow Pitch Softball StrikeBACK

SHOULDER

FRONTKNEE

Somepart of alegallyPitched

ball mustPass

ThroughThis

zone to becalled astrike.

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?

CALLING PITCHES

CALLING PITCHES

PLATE ISSUES

FAIR / FOUL