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pitching coach noun[ C ] uk /ˈpɪtʃ.ɪŋ ˌkəʊtʃ/ us /ˈpɪtʃ.ɪŋ ˌkoʊtʃ/ a person who teaches players on a baseball team to become better at pitching(= throwing the ball to players who try to hit it): He has a new job as the pitching coach at the University of Florida. Davis has had great success since he started to work with the team's new pitching coach. His pitching coach told him to throw more fastballs. The team's pitching coach has always been able to get good results from veteran players. Ashby is working with his pitching coach to change the way he grips the ball. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Baseball & rounders 1-2-3 inning ahead alley around the hornidiom at bat bomb curve heater hit the ball out of the parkidiom hitting coach home plate home stand horsehide sac spitter split-fingered fastball splitter squeeze play starting pitcher swing |