THE STRIKE ZONE + How to improve accuracy! - Official Finders
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- Опубліковано 13 бер 2022
- THE STRIKE ZONE
This video will show you where the strike zone is, what it is, and how to improve your accuracy in calling pitches as an umpire.
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The Strike zone is above the entirety of the plate side to size and front to back. The strike zone is actually Three dimensional.
This is a great video. While I also disagree with the "front" of the plate, let's face it, that's what we see and recognize. At upper levels, umpires that don't use the catcher, especially if he's good, make a mistake. The guys that tell me a catcher can't present a pitch to influence them because they call strikes as they pass over the plate.... those umpires are 2 things. 1) wildly inconsistent. 2) ARE influenced by the catcher so much that they call balls strikes. Good umpires use the catcher, if he's good, too help them 1) be consistent, and 2) not miss strikes while also not calling balls strikes...except, obviously in rare situations as we all miss a few calls in a game no matter how good we are. A good catcher might get a couple more his way then a poor one. Actually, poor catchers lose strikes for the pitcher mote than good catchers get balls to be strikes.
What Rule book states that the strike zone is only at the front of the plate? It's 17 inches deep and any part of it is the strike zone. A ball can be slightly high at the front of the plate and be arching downward (curve, drop, etc.) and be a strike midway over the plate or at the back of the plate. I've seen high level fast pitch softball pitchers pitch a curve that almost hits the batter and curves back into the side of the plate very fast. A pitched ball can become a strike at any moment, anywhere over the whole plate.
Fantastic videos -- sharing them with all of my youth Umpires!
In all my years, I have never once heard such emphasis about the front of the plate. Every good definition I have seen and every camp and clinic I have attended always noted the strike zone as the three-dimensional area over home plate that extends from the hollow at the bottom of the knee to a point at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants.
youd be correct in that it is a 3d shape. Video is very mistaken on this.
This is a major frustration with TV where the draw the rectangle seem only to consider the front of the plate. Worse given that they don't understand the rules themselves.
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Well done. Very helpful. Excellent graphics.
Incorrect strike zone requirements. Please read additional comments on how it actually works (3D zone not front of plate).
@@dperl5640 again the strike zone we really h is very applicable to the video and to the level.
As you move up with experience and level of ball it will certainly change.
So we should reinterpret the strike zone based on the level of skill?
Absolutely. 10 years olds with little skill need a big strike zone to keep everybody happy. And adjust as needed based on players ages and skill levels
1:23 The strike zone is NOT 2d, its 3d. Pitchers aren't throwing balls through a picture frame.
The strike zone is NOT the vertical plane of the front edge of the plate! The strike zone is a 3D polygon! Any part of the ball over any part of the plate. Breaking pitches do not need to cross the vertical plane front edge of the plate. If a breaking pitch only goes over say the point of the plate, missing the front edge vertical plane and it’s within your upper and lower limits of your zone? That’s a strike.
Angel hernandez should be taking this course
Why are you calling out a professional major league umpire, or calling out any umpire for the matter, on this page?
I like the idea of making an effort to improve knowledge, however this video does not do that. You need to be much more specific when creating a tutorial describing "strike zone". The definitions vary with the league. In high school baseball and softball, the zone's width is defined as the ball passing over any part of the plate. Therefore it is three dimensional and includes the 17" width of the entire plate plus 2x the width of the ball. It does not relate to just the front edge of the plate. The zone's height is correctly described here for high school baseball, but not correctly for high school softball where it is defined by the batter's forward armpit. It would be great to revise this video and include accurate comparisons so it does not perpetuate the bad information that is already so widespread. 🤔
Sir unfortunately some of this info is wrong. The strike zone is a 3 dimensional area covering the entire plate. Think a hologram that goes from all 5 sides of the plate into the air above the plate. Therefore, the ball does not have to cross the front of the plate to be a strike. It can cross anywhere over the plate (hologram) and, if in the correct height requirement, be called a strike. MAJOR difference especially as you get to higher levels where pitchers can move the ball sharply. Might wanna redo your video and add this important correction. Stuff like this makes it extremely hard for umps to make correct calls as fans / players hearing mis info. Even worse, young novice umpires might take it at your word and call a game like this! Please double check using rule books and case plays before making an instructional video. Thanks
As you can see from the video example of the ball making a giant rainbow to the plate, these videos are meant for very low levels.
Sounds like you may be umpiring at a higher level of which would never apply at the low levels or you would simply never have a strike in a game.
Appreciate the feedback but we will happily continue to make videos and teachable ones at that.
@@timothyjames8855 Sir again I have to respectively disagree. Even more so with little ones pitching. Here is why.. No doubt you have done games with those rainbow pitchers as have we all. And assuming you have, you have seen one batter stand front foot front of the box, and the next stand back foot on rear of the box. The box is 6' long. So in first instance, batter in front of the box a ball could be at his eyeballs upon entering and belt high by the back of the plate. As a profession I am a baseball hitting instructor as well as an ump for levels LL through college and I think it is important to make young umpires players and coaches know the zone as early as possible, this way they can begin learning what is what. That is all I am saying here.. I DO appreciate you making videos attempting to help people that is great. I just say make sure and give the correct info, and THEN if there are some deviations you might suggest for ages do so. Take care and happy umping brutha!
@@dperl5640 thank you for your thoughts but you’re comparing apples to oranges.
Good luck in your endeavors but I can assure you we are very comfortable teaching this style.
MAJOR difference especially as you get to higher levels isn't applicable here. He isn't discussing higher level pitching and said so in the video. The video is good the way it is.
@@timothyjames8855 This is appropriate for the level of baseball you are discussing. Nice job.