- Jul 14, 2008
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The first pitcher is Andrew Kirkpatrick, #2 pitcher in the world and from Australia... the gold medal winning team at last year's Men's world. Nicknamed "Cheese" cause he throws so hard. I can ASSURE you all... he does NOT throw a drop curve.
Ya ok. How about we just say the pitch he's throwing is a "top spin" pitch thrown across his power line. You can call it whatever you like........
Neither does 8/10 of the people who think they do.
Pichers who throw peel tend NOT to throw rollover, and hence tend NOT to throw drop-curve.....I'm assuming that includes you, since you are a peel pitcher.
Japan used to be at the top of the food chain in men's fastpitch but has fallen off lately as they have imported pitchers (like Cheese) instead of developing their own. I don't think any of these Japanese pitchers (even though this video was made at their national tournament) are their top of the line pitchers, as in National team. If they are, they would get destroyed against the likes of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and USA as nearly all of these pitchers are doing that huge back swing with the hand, exposing the ball and it's grip to the batter. They may as well just tell the hitters what is coming, preferably in English.
Bill
I only saw a few pitchers with execptionally high arm swings. Most are hiding the ball in the glove and pushing it back while the glove stays in place to hide it.