- Jul 26, 2010
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Remember that the NFCA camps are generally held for kids who want to pay to get in front of some college coaches and get some of their info out there. Remember also, that many, many, many pitchers cannot throw an effective breaking pitch. For most of these kids, they (and their daddies) think that a fastball low in the zone is a drop ball, a fast ball outside is a curve ball, and a fast ball inside is a screwball. Guess what they think a high fastball is?
As a general rule of thumb, the more rotations per second, the more the pitch will break. The seam orientation also has a lot to do with how much the pitch breaks. That said, a successful breaking pitch is judged less on how MUCH it breaks, but WHEN it breaks. Data is data, results are what count. This is why so many college coaches make multiple trips to see their prospective pitching recruits play travel tournaments, and try to get them to go to their camps, wheras batting numbers and run speed times speak for themselves.
-W
As a general rule of thumb, the more rotations per second, the more the pitch will break. The seam orientation also has a lot to do with how much the pitch breaks. That said, a successful breaking pitch is judged less on how MUCH it breaks, but WHEN it breaks. Data is data, results are what count. This is why so many college coaches make multiple trips to see their prospective pitching recruits play travel tournaments, and try to get them to go to their camps, wheras batting numbers and run speed times speak for themselves.
-W