Reply to "Receiving Pitches - To sway or not to sway"

jerry weinstein10+ posts

Great response from p1aa_ump.Good umpires are distracted by movement.Your job is not to create strikes or enhance the strikes.You don't have to add to the process to ensure that pitches will be called strikes.Just make sure not to distract from the process. It should be about the umpire & the ball.The more that you insert yourself into the process the more strikes are turned into balls.
The keys to maximize strikes:
1. In non running situations catch the ball up to the plate.
2. Beat the ball to the spot & catch the ball firm.WHEN THE BALL HITS YOUR GLOVE ALL ACTION STOPS.
3. Let the close pitch sit.Timing is based on the umpire.
4.Once you set up & the umpire has set up,KEEP YOUR BODY STILL ON BALLS WITHIN THE STRIKE ZONE.USE YOUR HANDS.
JW

1/28/1212:58 PM

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