Reply to "Curveball @ 9 yrs."

Bighit155,000+ posts

My son did not throw a breaking ball until 17 years of age. It worked for him. Because of his very good fb that moves he throws no more than 8-10% breaking balls and changeups. He is able to that because he has a well developed fb. My question would be why put all the time and effort into a pitch that very few pro guys master? Wouldn't it be more prudent to develop the fastball with location and movement and develop a cutter with the same and a change. Those pitches work very well at higher levels. The slider and splitter are the pitches of the time.

I feel that younger guys dads get caught up in using the breaking balls for no other reason than to be the star now. It is hard to balance development vs. winning and how that effects the arm.

11/3/043:00 PM

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