You might be waiting a bit on that requestDoes anyone have a link to slow-motion video of 12-6 riseball spin?
You might be waiting a bit on that requestDoes anyone have a link to slow-motion video of 12-6 riseball spin?
Another criteria is a good 1st pitch. For younger pitchers this is a fastball. Like any pitch a changeup takes work and has to be honed in the game and thrown time after time to be developed. I have found that most coaches at lower levels would rather just call the fastball unless its an 0-2 count which in my mind is the worst time to call it. Coaches are reluctant to call it enough especially early in the count or behind in the count. Many times with runners on or dropped 3rd strike the catchers struggle with it, some umpires struggle with it, it creates ground balls so the defense better be good, and also because most coaches at that level don't know how to adjust their mindset around anything but a fastball. The end result are fastball pitchers with a weak change up.there are lots of criteria for throwing a ChangeUp well:
1. ~10%-12% speed difference
2. Decent revs (> 12-15rps minimum)
3. Same arm speed as fastball.
4. Same pre-motion and release point as fastball
5. Location command
Bonus:
1. Movement!
I think a lot of young pitchers, bucket dads, and/or coaches take the bait and teach a "flip change" because it is initially easy to comprehend and throw, but in the long run it is a very "feel based" pitch to throw at a high level, and most pitchers never master this technique. (How many flip changes do you see at the collegiate level? for example....) So at some point, most pitchers just abandon it.
But an 18U pitcher with a masterful changeup is just as rare and effective as an 18U pitcher with a masterful (true) riseball.
Because at 10U no one goes online and brags about their DDs 35 MPH change up. It’s all about the gas. Whoever is sitting on the...then why do only about 10%-15% of the 18U pitchers we face "have" a ChangeUp?
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This post has a very important message...you might have to “learn” 3-5 change ups before you get one that your dd likes and can do consistently. Most people are giving it up after 2. My dd was late to the change up game, she was 14 and was still powering the ball past most completion. Tried the horseshoe, the flip, pushing the ball, dragging her feet... nothing worked it was just a pitch to try 2-3 times a game to hopefully make the other team think about it.
Went to a camp and was showed a knuckle grip, and it was perfect for her. First one she threw me it was unannounced. It felt Like it took forever to get to me and it broke a foot. It was a great tool ever after.