COACH LESSON 15 OF 24 • THE HITTING PROCESSOR
Lesson 15: Teaching Hitters to Read Release and Pitch Shape
From the Complete Hitter Masterclass — Coach Edition with BK, for baseball and fastpitch softball coaches. Lines up with Player Lesson 15: Read Release and Pitch Shape.
VIDEO LESSONCoach Lesson 15 video coming soonRead the lesson below and run it with your hitters.
Learning Objective
By the end of this lesson your hitters can call arm slot at release and call heat, hump or slow before the ball is halfway, and you can see it in their calls and their takes.
About 30 minutes, plus the practice plan with your hitters.
What to Teach
“The pitch starts at release, not halfway to the plate.” Teach release first. The hitter finds the release point, notices the arm slot (overhand, three-quarter or…
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