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| Nov. 2, 2016 maskedman Men's 60 51 posts | new to senior ball I am 55 and new to senior ball. still playing with the youngsters.i have been watching games on youtube and was wondering why it seems that so many pitchers seem to have difficulty hitting that strike mat .i would also like to know if the pitcher is required to stand on the rubber and what cor and compression balls do you use in senior ball. thanks for any replies |
| Nov. 2, 2016 DieselDan Men's 75 600 posts | In Senior Softball USA the pitcher's box is 10' long and the width of the pitcher's plate wide starting at 50'. The pitchers who mostly release a pitch from the same spot may be more accurate. The guys who move back and forth and from side to side do so to have the ball take longer or less time to reach the plate and hopefully mess up the batters timing. But sometimes their accuracy may be a little off. Like baseball pitchers, they try not to throw the ball over the plate constantly. They try to get a quick strike then make the batter swing at pitches that are just a little off the plate. Most of them pitch based on where the batter is positioned in the batters box. |
| Nov. 2, 2016 DieselDan Men's 75 600 posts | Oh yeah, hope that info is accurate since I'm in the OF. I have learned some of the pitchers who are more accurate have obviously been pitching for decades, but some are also bowlers. |
| Nov. 2, 2016 B94 Men's 50 138 posts | Big difference between pitchers and "throwers" too. Throwers are great for BP but not necessarily the guy you want pitching however |
| Nov. 2, 2016 mck71 Men's 60 344 posts | all associations use a different version of 44/375 ball. SSUSA uses Trump synthetic, ISSA uses Tattoo leather, SPA uses Baden synthetic (I believe) and LVSSA/SSUSA (Reno and Vegas) uses the Rock leather. As for the pitchers, I agree with DD and B94 adding that standing there and throwing BP can get you hurt so maybe some guys are being too fine! LOL |
| Nov. 2, 2016 Omar Khayyam 1357 posts | Hitting a mat consistently is not as easy as it looks. Our club has an annual skills tournament and one of the events is pitching for accuracy. Over the years, we have had about 15 tournament pitchers compete and only one has hit the mat 100% of the time. Most tournament pitchers are around 50% with the more skilled around 75% and the most skilled at 90%. That said, DieselDan and B94 are correct that in actual play a pitcher will often deliberately miss the mat to induce the hitter to swing at a bad pitch. Factor in any wind, trick pitches with spin or no spin, illegal height pitches hoping the ump will give the pitcher a break, pressure situations, nagging injury to hand or arm, etc. and to the observer it will seem that many pitchers are just not that accurate. It's true that many pitchers would walk batters if they would stand there and just not swing, but just as many batters will be struck out if they just take pitches from a skilled pitcher. |
| Nov. 3, 2016 coop3636 514 posts | Masedman Call me I have a 55 team out of TN I am looking for a couple more players What positions do you play? Brett 901-488-9369 coop3636@comcast.net |
