What grip is she using on the rise? Does she roll it off over the side of the index finger, or does she use the inside of her index finger to snap into and under (bent finger grip?)Have mentioned it a few times on here before but when my DD gets true back spin on the riseball it is 8-10mph slower than her fastball. She uses it as a very effective off speed pitch, it kind of just hovers in there.
When we want to go up in the zone we just use a high fastball. But her fastball normally has some top spin to it.
Would it be better to throw a bullet spin pitch when trying to go high in the zone to eliminate the top spin? Or will the riseball with proper back spin just speed up as she gets older and throws harder. Curious if she should actually learn bullet spin, normally it is an indicator she messed up the spin she was going for.
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The bent finger rise is generally faster. The thumb off grip, or rolling it out of the hand tends to be more off speed and floatier.