i need 2 know how 2 throw a slider or cutter from the submarine arm angle, i am a lefty and am doin great without a breaking ball, but i would feel more comfortable with one
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the only other pitch i know to throw from submarine is a changeup that cuts down and in to a rh batter. i hear it is really tough on your arm to throw a slider from that angle, or any angle.
Try a curve from the sub position, or a changeup
When I drop down, my circle change breaks in to rightys..
and my curve breaks away [knuckle curve]
You jus need to get on top of the ball, or it will stay up and helicopter to the plate...
hold it like a curve, and jus practice keeping your hand above the ball
When I drop down, my circle change breaks in to rightys..
and my curve breaks away [knuckle curve]
You jus need to get on top of the ball, or it will stay up and helicopter to the plate...
hold it like a curve, and jus practice keeping your hand above the ball
how do u stay on top of it from a submarine angle
Trickdaddy,
Jay Tessmer was a very low almost submarine right handed reliever who actually made it to the Big Leagues with the Yankees. He also played at Miami in College if memory serves me correctly.
Jay would usually throw his fastball in the low 80s. His pitch was the slider which appeared very much like a Frisbee at the plate. We have argued that fastballs don’t actually rise in the past, but from the submarine release point, Tessmer’s slider very much appeared to go upward (up and away to right hand hitters). He was very successful in the high minor leagues, but Major League hitters stayed off that pitch much more often than the minor leaguers. The Tessmer Frisbee slider was so unusual I don’t think I saw very many hitters touch it. Not a pitch you see very often!
Sorry, I don't know exactly how he threw that pitch.
Jay Tessmer was a very low almost submarine right handed reliever who actually made it to the Big Leagues with the Yankees. He also played at Miami in College if memory serves me correctly.
Jay would usually throw his fastball in the low 80s. His pitch was the slider which appeared very much like a Frisbee at the plate. We have argued that fastballs don’t actually rise in the past, but from the submarine release point, Tessmer’s slider very much appeared to go upward (up and away to right hand hitters). He was very successful in the high minor leagues, but Major League hitters stayed off that pitch much more often than the minor leaguers. The Tessmer Frisbee slider was so unusual I don’t think I saw very many hitters touch it. Not a pitch you see very often!
Sorry, I don't know exactly how he threw that pitch.
