CSB: Strategy Question
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My thought as well. But in subsequent innings the catcher did that with the bases empty.
Maybe she's wearing a pedometer and hasn't been reaching her goals
That is weird. You would think the umpires would inquire why this is happening.?
Possibly. Remember in Major league 2 the movie. The young catcher had the problem of throwing it back to the pitcher. If his is the issue? You would think the umpires would tell the Auburn coach the game is being impacted because of this get someone else behind the plate.
There is a 20 second pitch clock, so as long as that isn't getting to 0 the game isn't being impacted.
Thanks for the reminder I forgot they put the clock in College.
Have to brag. She made 2nd team all Summit as a Soph (this season). She hasn't hit nearly as well as she use to after the staff changed her swing, and she transitioned to CF after pitching and playing IF all of her life. She has now started every game at CF for the last 2 seasons. So Im pretty proud of her. CSB is a very difficult sport mentally and physically.
So yep...Go Yotes!!
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The Auburn softball team has been observed to have their catcher walk the ball back to the pitcher after each pitch. This practice is thought to be a strategy to give the pitcher extra time to prepare for the next pitch, potentially allowing them to breathe or adjust. Pitch count doesn't start until the pitcher has the ball I believe.
I wondered that myself, but the pitch clock seemed to start right away per the usual practice. So, this didn't appear to influence the pitch clock. FWIW, the pitcher gets the ball back at 20 seconds and can take just as much time to think and prepare for the next pitch whether the catcher is walking the ball back to the pitcher for 4-5 seconds, or the pitcher has the ball immediately and focuses those 4-5 seconds with the ball in her glove. The Auburn catcher had a good arm and tried to pick off a couple runners (infrequent attempts).
It just seemed like a situation where the Auburn coach is "trying to outthink the room". It seemed neither truly strategic or innovative.
I have a many friends, in the softball world, familiar with the situation. The catcher has the yips. When it is reactionary, like throwing out runners, it isn't an issue. It is a mental block and even with help from the Auburn sports psychology, it hasn't been corrected. The only attempt to outthink the room is when they decided to not give up free bases when the ball was thrown poorly back to the pitcher, or the 5 seconds it would take her to actually throw the ball back to the pitcher. So they decided this was the best approach.
That makes sense. In watching the game when she made throws other than to the pitcher it seemed normal. So it was confusing in just that specific type of scenario.
Also, not all pitcher
Agree, the announcers did a poor job of explaining it as well.
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