I'm back again! Location for screw ball

Hey, y'all. Gotta question.

Had two different PCs for a while because one was out with her baby. PC1 taught me to step outside and screw the ball in like normal (firm elbow, door knob spin). PC2 taught the screw ball location as follows: leap on inside of power line and screw the ball like normal. The further in I stepped is where the ball started.

I hope this made sense. I found more success with my screw leaping on the inside of the PL. Anybody ever heard of this method? How crazy is it on a scale of 1-10? Lol.


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It worked well for Stacey Nelson:

peachyvolgirl said:

Hey, y'all. Gotta question.

Had two different PCs for a while because one was out with her baby. PC1 taught me to step outside and screw the ball in like normal (firm elbow, door knob spin). PC2 taught the screw ball location as follows: leap on inside of power line and screw the ball like normal. The further in I stepped is where the ball started.

I hope this made sense. I found more success with my screw leaping on the inside of the PL. Anybody ever heard of this method? How crazy is it on a scale of 1-10? Lol.

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How are you defining "inside" and "outside"? My DD (RHP) was taught to step just to the left of the power line when throwing a screwball. This will end up on the inside "river" to a right handed batter. She is also working on stepping significantly to the left of the power line (outside edge of pitching lane) in order to throw a "backdoor" screwball to a left handed batter.

JAD said:

How are you defining "inside" and "outside"? My DD (RHP) was taught to step just to the left of the power line when throwing a screwball. This will end up on the inside "river" to a right handed batter. She is also working on stepping significantly to the left of the power line (outside edge of pitching lane) in order to throw a "backdoor" screwball to a left handed batter.

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Outside = to the left of the power line
Inside = to the right of the power line.

Basically, one PC taught me to throw a screw to a righty the same way your daughter does... Step left of the power line. Other PC taught me to always step inside (to the right of the power line).


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peachyvolgirl said:

Outside = to the left of the power line
Inside = to the right of the power line.

Basically, one PC taught me to throw a screw to a righty the same way your daughter does... Step left of the power line. Other PC taught me to always step inside (to the right of the power line).

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My question would be how much "screw" can you get on a screwball that is thrown when stepping to the "inside" of the power line? If my DD stepped to the "inside" of the power line when throwing a screwball there is a 98.2% chance the ball will end up in the right handed batters box....and the number of batters HBP would increase significantly.

Not sure if this helps, but I thought I would share it just in case. It is over a year old, but you can still see her step just to the left (outside) of the power line.

JAD said:

My question would be how much "screw" can you get on a screwball that is thrown when stepping to the "inside" of the power line? If my DD stepped to the "inside" of the power line when throwing a screwball there is a 98.2% chance the ball will end up in the right handed batters box....and the number of batters HBP would increase significantly.

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I didn't throw my hips nearly as much as I should have. I relied more on spin. One of my pitching friends threw it the normal way, and when she threw the pitch, she stepped to the left of the power line and snatched her hips across. I threw it the lazy way. If I stepped like a normal inside fastball and used the spin. The further in I stepped, the further in it spun.

I is the power line , * is foot placement
I* screw that started down the middle and ended on the black (used as a curve to lefties)
I * screw that started inside and ended in the river (used to jam righties)
I * get the heck off my plate (used to back girls off the plate in high school and used to send a message in college)


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peachyvolgirl said:

I didn't throw my hips nearly as much as I should have. I relied more on spin. One of my pitching friends threw it the normal way, and when she threw the pitch, she stepped to the left of the power line and snatched her hips across. I threw it the lazy way. If I stepped like a normal inside fastball and used the spin. The further in I stepped, the further in it spun.

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If someone described a screwball they way you just did I would expect an inside fastball that the pitcher and her parents called a screwball, similar to pitchers whose riseball is really a high fastball. How much movement did you get from spin?

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If someone described a screwball they way you just did I would expect an inside fastball that the pitcher and her parents called a screwball, similar to pitchers whose riseball is really a high fastball. How much movement did you get from spin?

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We used the Revfire in college. As a freshman with my screw, my RPS numbers stayed around 19-21. It wasn't that great compared to my other pitches, especially my curve (got about 23), but it definitely screwed.


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peachyvolgirl said:

We used the Revfire in college. As a freshman with my screw, my RPS numbers stayed around 19-21. It wasn't that great compared to my other pitches, especially my curve (got about 23), but it definitely screwed.

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How hard were you throwing in college? As pitch speed increases the RPS can decrease and still be effective.