By constantly changing the speed and location of your pitches, you will continuously have the batter guessing. Slow it up, speed it up, go high, go low.

Changing your pitch speed will force the batter to change his bat speed. Fastballs are thrown to increase his bat speed, while off speed pitches are used to slow down their bat speed. Force the batter to make adjustments.

The right combination can get confusing, but you are forcing the batter to try to chase the fastball. If you see that he misses with a specific combination of speed and location, then don't be afraid to go there again. Just don't go too often. General rule of thumb is not more than two times.

Now, the speed of his bat has gone either fast or slow and he has either caught up to your fastball or not. Did he foul any pitches off? Did he pull it or go opposite field? If he pulled his bat speed was too fast. If he went opposite field he couldn't keep up. Don't be fooled by the distance of the foul ball. Long fouls on change-ups are actually good pitches because you were able to get the hitter out on the front foot.

Don't forget to go in on a batter or outside to the batter. Own the inside or outer half of the plate. When you throw in, you back him up, leaving the outer part of the plate more exposed. Go outside, varying your speed. Went high and tight? Try low and away using a curveball. let the ball sweep over the plate, changing it's trajectory and fooling the hitter.

Why waste your pitches when you have a defense behind you. You'll waste not only pitches, but yours and your defenses energy in the field.

Go right at the batter, forcing him to swing. Up, down, in, out, fast, slow, pitches with movement that start in and go out etc etc.

If you stay ahead in the count, you can force the batter to swing at a few bad pitches rather than wasting them.

Don't use all your gas immediately. Pace yourself. Throw your fastball only at 90-96 percent its capacity. Only when you need a bit extra do you throw it at it's full potential.

Can't find the strike zone? Don't worry, just breathe and try changing your grip. Talk to your coach and ask him about your arm angle and the slot where you are releasing the ball. If you temporarily change your grip, you are making the necessary adjustments.