This thread is to explain finger pressure ball movement.
@riseball is the guy who first talked about it. The 2019 CWS demonstrated that it is possible to throw "non-traditional" breaking pitch.
A "traditional" breaking pitch is one where the Magnus Force directly causes ball movement. That is, to throw a riseball, the spin has to be close to 6-12. To throw a curve ball, the spin should be 3-9. And, so on.
However, that is not the only way to make a pitch break. The best example of a non-Magnus Force breaking pitch is the knuckleball. The knuckleball has little or no spin. Its movement is caused by the seam orientation.
Over many years, people on DFP have talked about their DD having "movement" on the ball even though the spin is not correct. My own DD had some movement on her fastball. I asked her PC about it, and he said he didn't understand why some kids had movement on the fastball and others didn't. (Her PC was a former male fastpitch pitcher and had a ton of experience in teaching successful college pitchers.)
When Riseball first brought this up, I was a Doubting Thomas. But, after watching a lot of softball, reading his comments and watching a ton of videos about breaking pitchers, it seems that Riseball was right and I was wrong. (I seem to be the only person in the softball community to ever make mistakes.)
Riseball said that he would explain about throwing the pitch and how to vary finger pressure to get movement.
@riseball is the guy who first talked about it. The 2019 CWS demonstrated that it is possible to throw "non-traditional" breaking pitch.
A "traditional" breaking pitch is one where the Magnus Force directly causes ball movement. That is, to throw a riseball, the spin has to be close to 6-12. To throw a curve ball, the spin should be 3-9. And, so on.
However, that is not the only way to make a pitch break. The best example of a non-Magnus Force breaking pitch is the knuckleball. The knuckleball has little or no spin. Its movement is caused by the seam orientation.
Over many years, people on DFP have talked about their DD having "movement" on the ball even though the spin is not correct. My own DD had some movement on her fastball. I asked her PC about it, and he said he didn't understand why some kids had movement on the fastball and others didn't. (Her PC was a former male fastpitch pitcher and had a ton of experience in teaching successful college pitchers.)
When Riseball first brought this up, I was a Doubting Thomas. But, after watching a lot of softball, reading his comments and watching a ton of videos about breaking pitchers, it seems that Riseball was right and I was wrong. (I seem to be the only person in the softball community to ever make mistakes.)
Riseball said that he would explain about throwing the pitch and how to vary finger pressure to get movement.
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