COACH LESSON 7 OF 16 • PITCH SHAPE
Lesson 7: Teaching Fastball First, Then the Hump
From the Hitting Processor Masterclass — Coach Edition with BK, for baseball and fastpitch softball coaches. Lines up with Player Lesson 7: Fastball First, Then the Hump.
Learning Objective
By the end of this lesson your hitters have a fastball reference they can describe, tell fastball cousins apart, reset timing when velocity changes and decide on the hump, and you can see it in their on-time rate and their takes.
About 30 minutes, plus the practice plan with your hitters.
What to Teach
“Time the heater. Adjust to the rest.” Everything gets judged against the fastball, so teach the reference first: its shape out of the hand, how fast the picture…
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