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Jan 9, 2015
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with a drop curve and change and working on rise....what the use in learning this "scrop"?? Many pitchers get by with less pitches!
 
Feb 17, 2014
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I agree with what you are saying, and the PC said that this pitch breaks all the rules. I'm not saying she will start throwing it, I'm not saying it's a good idea. I was just relaying what happened at a lesson last night and it was 'different'.

I think an inside IR fastball is a great pitch, and even a backdoor curve as someone mentioned, she can throw that also.

So there is no screwball? I don't see how you could get any real movement that direction. And in your opinion an inside IR fastball serves the intent of a screwball?

DD only throws a drop, curve and change. Rise is still a work in progress.

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Thank god you are not on that band wagon! Jake had a fastball, rise, and change up. Perfect what you have, keep it natural, and above all keep it simple. Have her learn to tail her fastball in either direction.
 
Sep 3, 2015
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Thank god you are not on that band wagon! Jake had a fastball, rise, and change up. Perfect what you have, keep it natural, and above all keep it simple. Have her learn to tail her fastball in either direction.
On that note, if her natural tail is down and away from RHB, will moving her thumb change finger pressure by itself or will she have to figure out how to shift pressure over to her index finger? A tail in to RHB seems like the best solution here.

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Feb 17, 2014
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On that note, if her natural tail is down and away from RHB, will moving her thumb change finger pressure by itself or will she have to figure out how to shift pressure over to her index finger? A tail in to RHB seems like the best solution here.

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The movement in is what you are looking to accomplish. Watch her release, I suspect she has her dominant fingers outside the ball instead of on the inside of the ball. The good news is she needs to be able to do both and she is halfway there. Get her fingers inside the ball then play with finger pressure.
 
Sep 3, 2015
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with a drop curve and change and working on rise....what the use in learning this "scrop"?? Many pitchers get by with less pitches!
This all started when coach called a screwball but DD doesn't throw a screwball. DD told coach but it was called again in the following innings. DD tried to throw a screwball, in retrospect she should have just thrown an inside fastball but that didn't happen. Coach then says learn a screwball..

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Feb 3, 2010
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Bump for DNeeld and my daughter who loves to pester me about the popularity of the screwball and my unwillingness to teach it to her or our students...☺️
 
Dec 5, 2012
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Know where the axis points are.....
basic screwball 101.
1. Grip the ball exactly like a riseball
2. Understand the differences of slice vs. I/R
3. At 6:00 (aka brush trigger) the wrist should be bent back slightly to insure the fingers are inside the ball, and not under it like the rise...
4. Release exactly like the rise, except keep the wrist "lazy"

It you want it to rise, bend the wrist forward slightly, thus bringing the fingers under the ball. If you want it to curve, bent the wrist all the way forward, thus bringing the fingers outside the ball.... this is a very basic approach, however it'll bring the axis points into focus!
 
Feb 15, 2017
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How many pitchers throw a true screwball that breaks? One that breaks off the plate for righties and breaks from off the plate to over the plate on lefties?

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How many pitchers throw a __________ that breaks? One that breaks in off the plate for righties and breaks from over the plate to off the plate on lefties?
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There are many pitchers who throw pitches like that describes.
Not everyone calls them the same thing.
Thats it.
 

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