The 30-inch height feels right, but the width feels a little too wide considering the ball just needs to touch the outer edge of the zone (just seems like the pitcher has a little too much zone to play with from left to right).
This strike zone is one of the larger ones out there with dimensions of 30“ high and 23” wide. Otherwise, high pitches that are clearly balls could drop in for strikes.ĭO NOT throw hard balls at any of these strike zones. Because these strike zones are meant to be placed several feet behind the batter, you don't want to them to be too high off the ground. The same goes for the top of the strike zone.So height off the ground matters quite a bit with these strike zones. But by the time it hits the strike zone, it will only be about 14 inches off the ground, at most. So, if a really fast-pitched Wiffle ball is 18 inches off the ground when it crosses home plate, it is normally a low strike. The slower you throw, the more they will drop.Ī general rule of thumb says the bottom of a true, major league strike zone should start about 18 inches off the ground. And that is when they are thrown VERY HARD.
In our very unscientific side-view video testing with an iPhone, we found that wiffle balls will usually drop at least 4 inches from where they are over home plate to where they are when they hit the strike zone.Plastic is lighter, so plastic balls are going to drop more. Real baseballs don't drop as much they're heavier. Most plastic baseballs will have a downward trajectory because the ball is almost always being released from your hand at a point that is higher than the top of the strike zone (unless, of course, you’re doing some crazy sidearm submarine-style pitching).They are placed about three feet behind the plate/batter. If they were, you obviously wouldn’t be able to swing without hitting it. These strike zones are not meant to be directly on top of home plate.
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