Originally Posted by TPM:
The pitcher controls the game by getting the ball back to the pitcher and throwing it under the time that he is supposed to with each pitch. Allowing no time for the batter to figure out how to call time or what pitch might come next.
If your sons are taught this early, it will become automatic. This is what son had to do in HS, mandatory in college and much appreciated in pro ball. Once the umpire sees that the pitcher is in command of the game, he will give the breaks to him and not the hitters.
And this will not happen unless the pitcher has a plan everytime he goes to the mound.
In pro ball how often is the pitcher waiting on the batter, no matter how slow the pitcher gets back to the mound after each pitch?