tgr4lfe 220 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 7 minutes ago, wildling said: I think it's the combination the upward trajectory of a softball pitch (b/c of the underhand delivery) and the backspin (vs the backpsin but downward tracjectory of a fastball in baseball). Auburn is doing a great job at swinging at balls and taking strikes though, which will make a great pitcher look Goddess-like. The biggest part of it is that fastpitch softball hitters only have about 2 seconds to make a decision on a pitch, so first sight it looks like it's coming as a strike by the time the hitter is pulling the trigger to swing its rising above the bat level in the swing. I think AU needs to jump on early pitches. She seems to not throw a rise very often early in the count. AU is hurting with lack of hitting and lack of depth/quality at pitcher. Carlson and Martin are very good, but they aren't at the level of some of elite pitchers AU has seen. Some of the new faces have to get more consistent and better at the plate. Gotta be more aggressive at the plate too. 11 Ks is ridiculous for AU offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgr4lfe 220 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Looking at pitches and consistently getting behind in the count then you will definitely see the junk. Gotta get more consistent and attack early. Not a good night at the plate for AU offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTiger 3,896 Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 Cooper drives one to center and its over the center fielders head and lands right at the base of the wall. Cooper stands up at 2nd. Fagan up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildling 35 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, tgr4lfe said: The biggest part of it is that fastpitch softball hitters only have about 2 seconds to make a decision on a pitch, so first sight it looks like it's coming as a strike by the time the hitter is pulling the trigger to swing its rising above the bat level in the swing. I think AU needs to jump on early pitches. She seems to not throw a rise very often early in the count. AU is hurting with lack of hitting and lack of depth/quality at pitcher. Carlson and Martin are very good, but they aren't at the level of some of elite pitchers AU has seen. Some of the new faces have to get more consistent and better at the plate. Gotta be more aggressive at the plate too. 11 Ks is ridiculous for AU offense. I agree, it seems like Florida is perfectly countering the usual Auburn strategy of taking a ton of pitches in hopes of getting walks and then being good enough to make contact in 2 strike counts. The worrying part is that Auburn has been swinging and missing so much, including against some non-riseball pitches in the strike zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTiger 3,896 Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 wild pitch sends Cooper to 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jared52 4,354 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Going to have these games in a rebuilding year. Pitching is pretty god but AU has a ways to go at the plate and in the field. No doubt Coach Myers will have them ready for the SEC tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTiger 3,896 Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 Fagan walks. Shea coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgr4lfe 220 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 See first pitch to Shea down middle. Crank it!! Second pitch same thing! Crank it! Now get the rise and she whiffs! UGH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTiger 3,896 Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 Last chance for Auburn. Need 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTiger 3,896 Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 FINAL Auburn falls 7-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBAU83 212 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 That was a whoopin' I can see why UF would be ranked #1. Well lets get at least one Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUZZYAUFAN 134 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 tough loss but after two hits tonight maybe CC gets the bat going or a least close to last years numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Too bad about tonight's game.....Expect that we are gonna look back later in the year and really miss that game that got away yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autigeremt 6,560 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Rather have a stretch like this now than in May. Keep working, ladies. WDE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,545 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 I'm pretty sure that after one inning our coaches realized that the best pitch a batter was going to see tonight was the first pitch. However, telling your players something like that and having them execute accordingly are two different things. The young 'uns didn't attack the pitcher, they let the pitcher attack them. Cooper, Wallace and Fagan did better as the game went on but the younger kids never adjusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4WDE 89 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 2 hours ago, wareagle13 said: I'm not fully aware of hitting mechanics in softball, but what is it about the rise ball that's so deceptive to hitters and is causing so many swings and misses? It's really not a mechanics issues. It is a pitch recognition issue. Her release was very similar for her rise, screw, and low rise (what they were calling it...but really looked more like a 4 seam fastball). Hence, the girls were just struggling to have enough time (w/her throwing 70mph) to adjust quick enough, without just guessing. On a rise ball pitcher you try to think hit the top half of the ball (much like in baseball trying to hit bottom half on a sink/slider/split type). If you watched her throw, there was also very little difference in every pitch in terms of her approach and gripping....to possibly tip them off. She threw well and had us guessing, so it was a bad combination. All you can do is try to learn from it for next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Listened to a little softball discussion yesterday evening and seems that AU's reputation took a bit of a beating in the second UF game.....all those strike-outs and just not looking competitive. How quickly folks forget the first game but the sense is that there is big drop off in pitching after Carlson. Win or lose today....we need to look more competitive. JMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustache eagle 2,388 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 I'm afraid our hitting from top to bottom in lineup got exposed a little this weekend in baseball and softball. Hope I'm wrong. Doubt many teams can replicate floridas pitching though so maybe that gives time to work on things. we did put runs on the board (and base runners) in the first game that other teams haven't so I'll give be the team credit for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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