Posted by: Jeff (info@efastball.com) on Tue May 24 12:09:28 2005

Mike,

Where is the ball when they begin their step?

If they wait until the ball is halfway (when they decide its a good pitch), they will be frozen or will swing late.

When you work in the cage, make sure they step when the ball comes out of the machine (same as when the pitcher lets go of the ball). If they do this, they will be able to hit any speed.



> Hello,
>
> My name is mike and I coach a JV highschool softball team. I am wondering how to help my girls to not freeze at the plate when they ate up to bat?
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> We hit well at practice, granted off of a machine, i do not like to live pitch my pitcher, she is the only one i have. I am trying to get better at pitching so I can pitch to them.
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> any suggestions?
>
> mike