For right-handed batters and right-handed pitchers
Hitter's Stance | Hitter's Weakness | Pitch |
Up in front of box | Fastball high | Fastest pitch, rise |
In back of box | Breaking balls | Any breaking ball, drop |
Closed Stance | Inside | Inside drop or rise, screw |
Open stance | Outside | Out drop or rise, curve or curve drop or rise |
Closed stride | Inside | Inside drop or rise, screw |
Open Stride | Outside | Out drop or rise, curve or curve drop, rise |
Stands tall, upright | Low | In drop, screw |
Crouches over | High | In or out rise, curve rise |
Hands held above strike zone | Low | In or out drop, curve drop, screw |
Hands held low | High in | In or out rise, curve rise |
Hands away from body | Inside | In drop or rise, screw |
Straight left arm, long slow swing | Inside | Offspeed, jam, rise, drop, screw, change inside |
Long over-stride | High | Rise in or out, rise curve, change |
Hitch | High | Rise in or out, rise curve |
Inside out swing | In, low | In drop, rise, screw, change |
Nervous | Variety of speeds | Offspeed, use speed as waste then breaking ball |
Tilted head | Inside | In rise or drop, screw ball |
Swings up | High, in low | Rise inor out, drop in, screw |
Lunging batter | High, mix | Rise in or out, change |
LH batter with speed | Low out or high in | Drop, screw, rise, curve rise |
Game Situation | Result Wanted | Pitch to Hit |
Runner on 1st, bunt situation | Poor bunt or pop up | High in or out, very inside low |
Hitter bunts for hit | Poor bunt or force to hit | High in or out, change in, LH out away |
Runner on 2nd, RH, 0 or 1 out | Ground ball, left side | Low in, change in, high in |
Runner on 3rd, RH, 0 or 1 out | Ground ball corners | Very low in and out |
Runner on 2nd, LH 0 or 1 out | Ground ball, left side | Low out, change, high out |
Runner on 3rd, LH, 0 or 1 out | Ground ball, left side | Low out, change |
Runner on 3rd, 0 or 1 out | Poor bunt, pop out, pick off | High in or out, very low in, or pitch out, NO CHANGE |
Bases loaded or runners at 2nd, 3rd, 0 or 1 out | Ground ball | Low in or out |
Hit and run, 0 or 1 out | Pop up or gound ball, left side | Low in or jam high in |
Aggressive, anxious hitter | Change rhythm | Make her wait, hold on rubber longer, back off rubber, mix speed |
Ahead in count | Pitch to pitcher's strike zone, just outside batter's strike zone. Make batter swing at a ball | |
Behind in count | Pitch to umpire's and pitcher's strike sone. NEVER pitch to batter's strengths | |