Improve contact...  

How to identify different  

fastpitch breaking balls

Condensed from a much longer article posted by Jeremy Hoefs at livestrong.com. 

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5 steps toward improving your ability to make contact with different softball pitches... 

► Watch delivery

Look for changes in the pitcher’s body position and hand position in the glove during the delivery. Some softball pitchers will change their arm angles, hand positions or glove angles with different pitches... 

► Identify patterns

Learn the pitcher’s tendencies to throw different pitches in certain situations...

► Look for release

Watch the hand angle of the pitcher upon release... Keep your eyes focused on the pitcher and find a central focal point near the release area.

► Note spin

Track the ball into the hitting zone and look for the spin on the ball...

► Know strike zone

Make the pitcher throw you a strike before trying to make contact.