curveball overrated/over used at HS level?

correcting "change up looks just like that fast ball gets kids off balance all the time" because the pitchers have the same arm motion

its also too hard on your arm...last summer i messed up my arm because i threw probably 40% curveballs... and looking back at it i couldnt feel any more like an idiot

if you throw to many curveballs yu mess up ur growth plates i only through maybe 5 a game but i use my split fastball and change up that fool hitters big time because they think its a fastball

curveballs CAN hurt your arms if you throw it incorrectly .. im not saying to throw to each batter 5 curveballs .. you just have to get it to where you can throw the curveball without injuring you arm .. and follow through your throw

the reason there is alot of injurys due to the curve ball is they dont throw it correctly. The proper way to throw a curve is to spin the ball its hard to explain, but instead of throwing it at a sort of side arm motion wait 'till your gettin ready to release the ball and snap down with your index and middle finger while kicking up the thumb causing the ball to spin. It doesn't put tention on the elbow and is alot harder for batters to pick up. Also just to let you know i'm not some dumb kid just saying my opinion. This is what i was taught by the Colorado Rockies bullpin coach, Rick Mathews.

I do feel that curveballs are over-used...they are a good "setup" pitch, but I still think the best combination is a WELL LOCATED fastball/ and changeup. If you can create the same arm speed with your changeup, there are very few hitters even in the pros that can pick it up and make a good swing on it.

I know personally I didn't throw a curve ball until my Jr year in winter workouts...I think that young pitchers need to stay with the fastball and develop a good changeup, play with two seam and 4 seam fastballs before curves

Yes varying the grips on the fastball is the best weapon.

yes--breaking pitches are overrated in HS but it doesnt mean you can use them sparingly. i had arm problems early this season from coach calling too many breaking pitches in a sequence--i throw a slider which is prettty tough on the arm. but since then i have talked to him about using the slider sparingly only as a "kill" pitch. everyone else is dead on when mentioning a change up

The curveball is not overused-at least I don't think so. A lot of high school hitters can handle fastballs and the changing speeds of changeups, but the movement added onto that is too much for a lot of hitters to handle.

The curveball is not overused-at least I don't think so. A lot of high school hitters can handle fastballs an

Curveballs are not overrated, but are overused by high school coaches who call pitches. Many high schools have a good pitcher that doesn't throw real hard, and pitches almost every game and every pitch is a curveball because he cant throw a fastball by someone and his changeup doesnt fool hitters. I am a Junior and did not throw a curveball until my sophomore year, and it is a great pitch to have when its not overused. If you have a good fastball then a changeup is going to fool a hitter most of the time, but it is nice to have that curveball to throw when you need it for an out.

I'm a 17 year old junior. I didn't learn to throw my curve until I was a freshman, And i didn't use it regualrly in a game till Sophomore year. Now I can locate it well and have sharp break, so I throw it quite often. I would say 25% of my total pitches are curveballs. Prolly 65 % fastballs and 10% change ups. I really want to spend this summer working on my change.

I don't see the curveball as an overrated pitch. Every high school pitcher thinks he has a good one, but most really have a spinner with little movement. Or movement but not tight spin, so it is easy to read.

Overused....maybe. I tend to think I throw too many of them, and I will prolly tone it down some next year if my change progresses.

As long as it is thrown correctly, no damage will be done to the arm though.