Tennessee Softball 2023

#4,802
#4,802
Vol67 said:
The Home Plate Ump from last night should never ever call balls and strikes again.
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He also missed this Florida batter being blatantly out of the box on the swinging bunt dribbler back to White that scored a run.
 

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Majors said:
I don’t disagree…after Ashley there is a drop off now that wasn’t there earlier. With Karlyn it’s youth and adjusting to the college game…the more game film came out the more teams adjusted to making her put it in a cup consistently. Stay away from certain zones until she hits it consistently and attack one pitch, one zone that she’s comfortable with. Get her into high stress counts or drove the ball on attack one pitch.
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Karlyn needs to develop a curve ball over the summer and a more consistent change up.
 
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#4,806
Majors said:
I don’t disagree…after Ashley there is a drop off now that wasn’t there earlier. With Karlyn it’s youth and adjusting to the college game…the more game film came out the more teams adjusted to making her put it in a cup consistently. Stay away from certain zones until she hits it consistently and attack one pitch, one zone that she’s comfortable with. Get her into high stress counts or drove the ball on attack one pitch.
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If there is a bad ump behind the plate it will be Karlyn's start but she has to keep at it and the coaches could help some with their pitch calling. Payton had a slump mid season but now is really popping the ball and got her groove back. Is she a stud ace? No, but ask Tim Walton if would like to have her or I suspect any other SEC coach would love to have her on staff. My two big peeves at this point (aren't many) don't slap Brock (she didn't her last at bat) and stop trying to be too fine with Pickens. Her stuff is not only hard it moves set G up more middle of plate and let her stuff do the rest (works in the pros for a lot of pitchers with hard movement). When she gets more experience and confidence then work the corners more. Go Lady Vols!
 
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jp1 said:
Improvement on her change yes, nah on the curveball. North-south pitches are were the time needs to be spent in my opinion.
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She relies too much on the screwball. Not having a curveball takes away an element to her pitching potential. East/west are important, too, not just north/south. She does need to improve her rise and drop, but at least she already has those. I have yet to see her throw a single curveball at Tennessee. A pitcher of her type needs a curve, rise and changeup.

She reminds me a lot of Ivy Renfroe and Ivy managed to develop her pitching repertoire over her career from her freshman season. When she came in it was mostly just heat. She could throw a good riseball but not consistently. Over her career she added pitches, a good changeup and a better riseball with more spin. Granted, it wasn't as good as Ellen's but it was effective.
 
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OrangeBeachVol said:
Had to leave in the 4th inning last night due to a commitment and missed all the fire works darn it. If LV's are behind tonight after 4 I promise to leave again. BTW badly need to get Pickens back on track.
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Yes, Pickens is the largest unknown in the whole puzzle. If we can get her cooking for this final 7-8 weeks, we might have a little something something to add to the hardware case.
 
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