Watch as Coach explains and shows a diagram of the strike and pressure zones. Pitchers want to pitch in the pressure zone as much as possible. Pitchers now have more weapons regarding effective velocity and reaction times. A pitcher's main job is to distort the hitter's timing with locations and ball speed and if you can throw and spot several types of pitches you can be very successful.
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