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Originally posted by raiderbb:
does anybody have a copy of what one of these wristband grids look like that you can send me? we are interested in looking into to using this system. i dont have to have your whole system and secrets - just a starting point - we'll do our own adjusting from there. my email address is coachd_04@yahoo.com
its something i think could be very beneficial.


The system we used last year at my old school is pretty simple (and I think all of them tend to be this way).

Let's say you throw fastball - curve - change - knuckle ball

You have 4 columns with each pitch at the head and then put 5 (we used 3 digits but I don't think it really matters as long as it's at least two) numbers in each column.

Then you call out a number and the catcher finds what it is and then signals the pitcher what to throw.

It might look something like this

FB CRV CHG KB
123 156 187 176
213 247 228 278
328 320 378 390
402 435 487 444
532 589 592 546

You signal in 390
Catcher looks down and find 390
Then he signals knuckle ball to the pitcher

You can have a 2 seam column and a 4 seam column at the same time.

I'm not sure (I let my catching coach control this) but I think we put every possible pitch someone could throw and put on the card. This way we didn't have to have a different card for each pitcher.

It worked for us and nobody came close to picking up our pitches.
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