How do you throw this pitch. Ive been looking into it.
I know Mike Mussina has mastered it, and Phil Hughes has as well mastered it.
How do you grip and throw it exactley?
Thanks
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My son throws it. He digs his index fingernail into the seam. He has experimented with the grip to find what is comfortable to him. You should do the same.
I've seen the grip with the finger tip or the knuckle. It's a nasty pitch if you can throw it properly. The best I ever saw was Mussina for seven innings against the Red Sox in the ALCS in 2004. Here's a site on pitching grips. Scroll down to find it.
pitching grips
pitching grips
Mains
Lets cut to the chase here so that perhaps you can improve your game---
Is it not two years in a row now that you have not made your HS team?---That being the case I think it would serve you well to work on the basic skills instead of trying to learn a new trick pitch.
Work on getting physically stronger- and improve your basic skills before you try to get fancy
Not trying to be a wise guy here or cut you down but first things first
Lets cut to the chase here so that perhaps you can improve your game---
Is it not two years in a row now that you have not made your HS team?---That being the case I think it would serve you well to work on the basic skills instead of trying to learn a new trick pitch.
Work on getting physically stronger- and improve your basic skills before you try to get fancy
Not trying to be a wise guy here or cut you down but first things first
quote:Not trying to be a wise guy here or cut you down but first things first
TRhit, you really don't need a disclaimer do you?
TR. I have done just that. I have worked my butt off lifting and stuff with a trainer.With my friends on the varsity team. I gained a nice 15 lbs this off season, and am in great shape.
Mains3
I probably know more about you and your baseball ability than any other posters on here--my suggestion is this---keep working as the manager---keep working on your basics to get them where they should be---the problem for me is being cut two years running
Also be cool with the "F.U." type posts you made in another thread--any coach reading this will be turned off rapidly--- it sets a bad tone
I probably know more about you and your baseball ability than any other posters on here--my suggestion is this---keep working as the manager---keep working on your basics to get them where they should be---the problem for me is being cut two years running
Also be cool with the "F.U." type posts you made in another thread--any coach reading this will be turned off rapidly--- it sets a bad tone
hi tr. Thanks. I see where your comeing from.
Sorry bout the fu in the other topic. That poster has really gotten on my nerve since last year when I joined.
Sorry bout the fu in the other topic. That poster has really gotten on my nerve since last year when I joined.
Mains
Gotcha
Gotcha
very nice point. And very understood. Now I really just should work on my heater, mechanics.
What's the best change up to throw? Right now I only have a fastball(4seam) sinker, little slider.
I would like to be a closer and this is what unwed for that( hard stuff)
But with a change I'm in great shape.
Of course it needs command.
Thanks
What's the best change up to throw? Right now I only have a fastball(4seam) sinker, little slider.
I would like to be a closer and this is what unwed for that( hard stuff)
But with a change I'm in great shape.
Of course it needs command.
Thanks