Pitch recognition

Coach I don't know of any clips, but here's what we do in the cage during the off season. Batter stands in the cage w/ bat and glove,myself or other pitchers will throw fb,cb,cu and they catch it and say location and type of pitch strike or not.Pitch recognition is one of the togher things for our 14's.

Darrell,
Thanks for the "Siggy's Throwing" site. I will be checking those out. Having batters stand in during BP helps too, as you've noted. I felt however we could get more reps quicker with clips. We will see.

There are other ways to determine pitch recognition.

From the Pitcher: From the hand, the ball levels or travels downward = Fastball, Straight or Circle Change. From the hand, ball rises = Curve

Defense position: Often times, the defense will tip off a pitch. RHB with an outfield shift to the right, Fastball outside, curve, slider. RHB with outfield shift left, Offspeed, Fastball in.

Let your Runner on second tell the batter what is coming. A fist and point for fastball, open palm and point for offspeed.

Middle infielders often tip the pitch as well.

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Let your Runner on second tell the batter what is coming. A fist and point for fastball, open palm and point for offspeed.

Be careful with that one. Batter would get moved off the plate for that, then the signs would change.