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	• Charting Batting Practice	• Best Reports to Run After Batting Practice
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WHY CHART B.P.?

The two most important reasons to chart batting practice with PalmScout are: (a) It motivates hitters to compete against themselves and their teammates on a daily basis, and (b) it creates an element of game-like importance and emphasis on quality swings.

Below is an example of how to chart a B.P. session, and which report works best to motivate hitters afterwards.


HOW TO CHART B.P.

	Select the "Visitor Lineup" button and plug in your hitters.
	Change the number of hitters in the lineup to represent the number of hitters in the BP group. This example uses 4 hitters in the group.

	Tap the "Home Lineup" button and choose a "dummy team".
	Select one of your generic pitchers to be the BP pitcher. Tap the "Pitcher" button.

	Tap the "More" button on the main menu.
	Choose "Configure Handheld"
	Select Practice Mode

Charting the pitch type is optional. Chart the location of the pitch. Chart "Well Hit" or not. You may also want to chart whether the pitch was a Taken Strike or Ball, Missed, or Fouled (Stk, Ball, M, F). NOTE: Click here to see the procedure for charting further Actions on balls in play, such as 1B or GO, without ending the At-Bat for the current hitter.

	When the hitter is finished, tap "Actions"
	Then, "End At Bat".

The main benefit of Practice Mode is that you can chart several pitches and actions for one batter until his BP session is complete. Then, move on to the next hitter. When a new group of hitters is due up, simply tap the hitter's name at the bottom of the Pitch Screen, and send hitters back and forth from the lineup screen (see step 1).

Now that we have looked at how to chart batting practice, let's look at the best reports to generate immediately afterwards.