Method for practicing pitching and system therefor

A system for practicing pitching, comprising:

• a home plate;
• a pitching area;
• a batter mannequin disposed upon a first foundation which is not rotatably connected to said home plate, said batter mannequin selectively movable to a right handed batting position or to a left handed batting position;
• a catcher mannequin disposed upon a second foundation, said second foundation disposed behind said home plate;
• said catcher mannequin selectively moveable with respect to home plate alone a transverse path;
• said first foundation including rolling means for selectively rolling said first foundation to either a right side of said home plate or to a left side of said home plate so that said batter mannequin assumes either said right handed batting position or said left handed batting position respectively;
• said rolling means including two wheels connected to said first platform;
• said pitching area including an elevated pitching platform upon which a user stands;
• said elevated pitching platform having a sloping portion which slopes downward toward said home plate;
• said batter mannequin having a body which is bilaterally symmetrical about a vertical median plane;
• said batter mannequin having hands which are centered out in front of said body and which reside upon said vertical median plane;
• said hands holding a bat which is bisected by said vertical median plane;
• said batter mannequin having a rotatable head, said rotatable head manually rotatable to (1) a left-looking position when said batter mannequin is in said right handed batting position so that said batter mannequin looks at said pitching area, and (2) a right-looking position when said batter mannequin is in said left handed batting position so that said batter mannequin looks at said pitching area;
• said second foundation having wheels for transversely moving said catcher mannequin;
• an angled guard disposed in front of said second foundation;
• a first pulley system for controlling said transverse movement of said catcher mannequin;
• said first pulley system having a control;
• said control disposed at said pitching area;
• said catcher mannequin having a mitt;
• said mitt selectively movable in a vertical direction;
• a second pulley system for controlling said vertical movement of said mitt;
• said second pulley system having a control;
• and,
• said control disposed at said pitching area.