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