1. Howard County Officials Training

2. Slow Pitch plate CONSISTENCY BELIEVABILTY INTENSITY

3. PRELIMINARY

4. PLATE MECHANICS

5. RULE 1 - THE DEFINITIONS STRIKE ZONE: That space over any part of home plate, when a batter assumes a natural batting stance adjacent to home plate, between the batter’s, A. (Fast Pitch) Arm pits and the top of the knees. B. (Slow Pitch) Back shoulder and the front knee CALLING PITCHES

6. Slow Pitch Softball Strike BACK SHOULDER FRONT KNEE Some part of a legally Pitched ball must Pass Through This zone to be called a strike.

7. Slow Pitch Softball Strike The position of a batter in the batter’s box makes no difference. The plate and batter’s natural stance at the plate are the controlling factors. A pitched ball that touches home plate and is not struck at is always a ball. BACK SHOULDER FRONT KNEE What about the black?

8. CALLING PITCHES

11. PLATE ISSUES

12. FAIR / FOUL