When should hitters be taught to pick up the Fatspitch Softball pitchers release point and why?
Understanding that this is where the pitch will be coming from and teaching the kids to only look in this area while they’re at bat will increase their odds of a successful at bat. We should be teaching our kids this very basic fundamental of the at bat as soon as they begin to see live fastpitch softball pitching. Reinforcing that by focusing in on the release point of the pitch we’ll see the ball longer enhancing our opportunities of making contact with the pitch. Additionally as the young hitter develops and trains themselves to only watch the release point of the pitcher during each at bat, our next focus will be zeroing in their eyes on the rotation of the pitch so that they’ll have an understanding of what the pitcher is trying to throw and the movement of that particular pitch as it comes towards home plate. Again like switch hitting we’ll go deeper into recognizing rotation of the pitch in future posts.
