COACH LESSON 8 OF 16 • PITCH SHAPE
Lesson 8: Coaching Breaking Balls and Changeups
From the Hitting Processor Masterclass — Coach Edition with BK, for baseball and fastpitch softball coaches. Lines up with Player Lesson 8: Breaking Balls and Changeups.
Learning Objective
By the end of this lesson your hitters wait on late break, stay back on changeups and sort every breaking ball into hanger or chase, and you can see it in their lunges, their takes and their damage on hangers.
About 25 minutes, plus the practice plan with your hitters.
What to Teach
“The pitch that looks most like his fastball is the one that costs him the most.” Teach the late pitches. Sliders and cutters stay on the fastball line longer than…
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