Friday, March 18, 2016
ProHittingCages.com: How To Grip And Throw A Beginner's Curveball
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Monday, July 21, 2014
Improve Your Game! ProHittingCages.com: How To Grip And Throw A Splitter ( Part 10)
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How To Grip And Throw A Splitter ( Part 10)
How To Grip And Throw A Splitter
Splitter
A split-finger fastball (sometimes called a splitter or splitty) is an advanced pitch.
Typically, it's only a good pitch if you've got bigger hands. That's because the pitch itself should be "choked" deep in the hand. This is how splitters get their downward movement. Your index and middle fingers should be placed on the outside of the horseshoe seam. The grip is firm. When throwing this pitch, throw the palm-side wrist of the throwing-hand directly at the target while keeping your index and middle fingers extended upward. Your wrist should remain stiff.
Bruce Sutter, one of the best splitter pitchers in the history of the game, says that it is very important to put your thumb on the back seam, not the front seam. This puts the ball out front just a bit more than a fork ball. Then, he says, you just throw a fastball. A very sophisticated and misunderstood point is that the split-fingered fastball should be thrown with back spin just like a two-seam fastball. But in a Roger Kahn / Bruce Sutter interview in Kahn's book, The Head Game: Baseball Seen from the Pitcher's Mound
, he points out that this is not the case.
Resource from thecompletepitcher.com/pitching_grips.htm#q3
Splitter
Typically, it's only a good pitch if you've got bigger hands. That's because the pitch itself should be "choked" deep in the hand. This is how splitters get their downward movement. Your index and middle fingers should be placed on the outside of the horseshoe seam. The grip is firm. When throwing this pitch, throw the palm-side wrist of the throwing-hand directly at the target while keeping your index and middle fingers extended upward. Your wrist should remain stiff.
Bruce Sutter, one of the best splitter pitchers in the history of the game, says that it is very important to put your thumb on the back seam, not the front seam. This puts the ball out front just a bit more than a fork ball. Then, he says, you just throw a fastball. A very sophisticated and misunderstood point is that the split-fingered fastball should be thrown with back spin just like a two-seam fastball. But in a Roger Kahn / Bruce Sutter interview in Kahn's book, The Head Game: Baseball Seen from the Pitcher's Mound
, he points out that this is not the case.Resource from thecompletepitcher.com/pitching_grips.htm#q3
Saturday, June 28, 2014
ProHittingCages.com: How To Grip And Throw A Knuckle Curveball ( Part 8...
ProHittingCages.com: How To Grip And Throw A Knuckle Curveball ( Part 8...: How To Grip And Throw A Knuckle Curveball Knuckle curveball Another more advanced variation of the curveball is the knuckle curveball...
How To Grip And Throw A Knuckle Curveball ( Part 8)
How To Grip And Throw A Knuckle Curveball
Knuckle curveball
Another more advanced variation of the curveball is
the knuckle curveball (sometimes called a spike curve). This is the
curveball grip that I used. Thrown the same way as my beginners
curveball only you'll tuck your finger back into the seam of the ball.
Your knuckle will now point to your target instead of your index finger
(in the beginners curve).
The difficulty with this pitch isn't from the pitch itself. In fact, most pitchers feel this grip gives them the most rotation – and most movement – of any breaking pitch. However, many pitchers who are learning this pitch for the first time, aren't comfortable with the "tucking" part. It's not super comfortable at first to tuck your index finger into the baseball.
This is why I recommend that you spend a few weeks – preferably during the off-season – working on tucking your index finger into the baseball. Do it while you're watching TV or in study hall at school. Once your index finger is comfortable with the grip, you can progress into spinning a baseball to a partner without any trouble.
Note: You've got to maintain short and well-manicured nails – especially on your index finger of the throwing hand – for this pitch to be effective because long fingernails can get in the way of the grip.
One thing you can do is apply a thin coat of nail polish or fingernail strengthener. It's in the women's section where fingernail polish is found, of course. It's shiny (even the matte finish is a bit shiny), but dries clear. And it helps to make fingernails a little tougher. (If you do use it, you really need just apply it to your index finger.) www.prohittingcages.com.
Resource from thecompletepitcher.com/pitching_grips.htm#q3
Knuckle curveball
The difficulty with this pitch isn't from the pitch itself. In fact, most pitchers feel this grip gives them the most rotation – and most movement – of any breaking pitch. However, many pitchers who are learning this pitch for the first time, aren't comfortable with the "tucking" part. It's not super comfortable at first to tuck your index finger into the baseball.
This is why I recommend that you spend a few weeks – preferably during the off-season – working on tucking your index finger into the baseball. Do it while you're watching TV or in study hall at school. Once your index finger is comfortable with the grip, you can progress into spinning a baseball to a partner without any trouble.
Note: You've got to maintain short and well-manicured nails – especially on your index finger of the throwing hand – for this pitch to be effective because long fingernails can get in the way of the grip.
One thing you can do is apply a thin coat of nail polish or fingernail strengthener. It's in the women's section where fingernail polish is found, of course. It's shiny (even the matte finish is a bit shiny), but dries clear. And it helps to make fingernails a little tougher. (If you do use it, you really need just apply it to your index finger.) www.prohittingcages.com.
Resource from thecompletepitcher.com/pitching_grips.htm#q3
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