Definition

1. Noun:
   • A specialized baseball coach: A "pitching coach" is a member of a baseball team's coaching staff whose primary responsibility is to instruct and develop the team's pitchers. They focus on pitching mechanics, strategy, and conditioning.

Usage

• The "pitching coach" works directly with pitchers, not with batters or other fielders.
• This role is specific to the sport of baseball and its variants (e.g., softball).

Examples

• Noun:
  • The rookie pitcher spent extra hours working with the pitching coach on his curveball.
  • After a rough inning, the manager signaled for the pitching coach to visit the mound.

Advanced Usage

• "Bullpen coach": While often a distinct role, a bullpen coach is sometimes also the pitching coach or works under their direction, focusing on relievers warming up.
  • The pitching coach and the bullpen coach conferred about which reliever was ready.

Variants and Related Words

• Pitching (n/adj): The act or skill of throwing a baseball to a batter; related to pitchers.
  • His pitching improved dramatically this season.
• Coach (n): A person who trains athletes; a broader term.
  • The head coach made the final decision.

Synonyms

• Pitching instructor: A less formal term with the same meaning.
• Pitchers' coach: A descriptive synonym emphasizing the pitchers.

Related Phrases

• To visit the mound: When a pitching coach (or manager) walks onto the field to speak with the pitcher during a game.
  • The pitching coach made his second visit to the mound in the same inning.

Noun

1. an assistant baseball coach in charge of pitchers