I need to know to go about teaching the proper steps and drills to throw the slider. Grip, release, mech. and progressive steps to get the feel for throwing this pitch.
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one point 9, not in a million years would I attempt to do this via this medium. That pitch is the most dangerous pitch you can learn in my opinion. We spend hours with our kids making sure that they can safely throw it. I don't want to rain on your parade but PLEASE find someone that can help you first hand.
Most of the better pitching books have details on the slider. Most stress an offset grip and pulling down the outside of the ball. The big danger, as I understand it, is the old fashioned DoorKnob Slider. Any twisting (supination) of the forearm puts a lot of stress on the elbow.
Bagonzi seems to advocate a twisting action, which I would stay away from. McFarland & Myers advocate pulling down the side. I'm not sure what House is talking about. The way I read his stuff he almost seems to be advocating more of a slurve, or basically a curve ball with a flatter forearm angle.
My son is almost 16 and I still don't let him throw it. Offseting the grip and pulling down the side sounds so easy. But I'm just not confident in his ability to execute the maneuver just yet.
Bagonzi seems to advocate a twisting action, which I would stay away from. McFarland & Myers advocate pulling down the side. I'm not sure what House is talking about. The way I read his stuff he almost seems to be advocating more of a slurve, or basically a curve ball with a flatter forearm angle.
My son is almost 16 and I still don't let him throw it. Offseting the grip and pulling down the side sounds so easy. But I'm just not confident in his ability to execute the maneuver just yet.
Yeah and if we stop talking about *** the girls will stop getting pregnant.
Thanks. I pretty comfortable with teaching it. Just not sure if I am doing it the way others teach it, that might know more than me. My real question is I guess is this pitch harder on the arm or elbow than other breaking pitches?
There seems to be a very broad consensus that the slider is the hardest pitch on the arm.
Why is there a need to throw a slider when the curve is a safer option, for HS aged kids? And the changeup is the most underrated pitch in the world. Rate it. 
Yeah. A good fastball and change up.. = best combination in baseball
Johan Santana makes pro hitters look like tee ballers with it
Johan Santana makes pro hitters look like tee ballers with it
Thanks guys you have confirmed what I believed for some time, but yet we face pitchers reg. that throw the pitch. I totally agree that the fast ball combined with a good change up can be very affective, along with a properly thrown curve ball is good.
