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Warriors21, I will tell my girls to take the first pitch of the game they see just to to get their timing. That said if a girl is an astute players with a good softball IQ she will have done her homework in the on deck circle and has the pitcher timed so if she gets the meatball down the middle - go for it. It may be the best pitch she'll see. Another poster mentioned something I tell my batters when they they are at the plate with less than two strikes and that is to look for their pitch. Whatever their comfort zone is, inside or out, at the knees or above the belt. Look for it and be ready to jump all over it. Also if they fall to 0-2 or 1-2 and the pitcher has a good change she uses for strike outs, to sit on the change. Odds are she will try and throw the change for a strike with the batter either frozen just watching it or so far out in front of it she whiffs. Most girls have a big problem adjusting to the change if they aren't looking for it. On the other hand if she doesn't throw the change in that situation she likely will throw a waste pitch hoping the batter chases a pitch out of the zone.