Pitching Help

Whether you like throwing a fastball or not, you won't make it until next year if you don't throw it more. Curves and sliders are great but you can't win in high school relying on a breaking ball. You can have agood breaking ball, but don't rely on it because it will lead to injury. Look at Barry Zito, he doesn't throw the hook all the time but it is still great. A two seamer is great and your fastball needs to be thrown at least 70 percent of the time. Also mix in the changeup because that does more damage to hitters than it does to your arm.

AK is giving you some good advice. Just to add a little bit to it, you want to be able to throw a fastball to the inside and outside thirds of the plate accurately 3 out of four times. You also want to be able to throw a CU for a strike at the same ratio. It sounds as if you are holding your two seam with the thumb somewhat off center that is giving a sinking movement or in to much with the thumb off center to give the running movement. Question here is, do you know what the break will be before the pitch? Refamiliarize yourself with the basic four seam grip and make sure you learn control first,then movement followed by velocity. From your level on you should never throw breaking pitches more than 30% of the time.