offspeed, change speed targets and technique

[JAD]

i do not understand my pitchers are not allowed to use a pitch that has been good for them. a lot of coaches seem to like playing square pegs and just keep trying to hammer it in there. if a pitcher, and her coach and/or father/mother told me she had a good pitch of a certain type, i would go to the well until proven wrong.

A good coach knows his pitchers strengths and weaknesses. Some pitching coaches watch a batter's practice swings to try to figure out their weakness, while other coaches pitch to their pitchers strengths. I fall into the latter of the two. I tell my DD to throw her best pitch and if the batter hits a home run, give her a "golf clap" as she is rounding the bases - its "mano-a-mano"

 

[colin]

i agree. go with the the pitch/pitches that brought you. until you need to adjust, then adjust.

 

[fastpitch91]

and pitch and release it like a curve ball

^^^^^^ That is exactly what I was thinking. Is a very good 3rd speed that has some movement.

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so palm up to the hip release?

 

[fastpitch91]

^^^^^^ That is exactly what I was thinking. Is a very good 3rd speed that has some movement.

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or a peel release? seems the pressure of the one "good' finger should induce enough down and out spin to curve ball???

 

[slingnit]

Yes sir palm up like a curve but finish would depend on how much break was wanted. She also threw an offspeed drop curve with same grip. Her ring finger would be on the other side of the seem. She would use roll over drop and hand path would finish at her left hip(she's a righty).

 

[Doug Romrell]

I think that knuckle pitch will end up being a great change up when the pitcher's other pitches increase in velocity. I like the knuckle-change-up, as it can be thrown with the same arm speed and arm whip as the pitchers fastest pitches. The one thing the pitcher has to be careful of is the batter seeing the raised fingers on the ball.

 

[slingnit]

My dd throws her rise with the ole Hal bent finger. Lol but she does have a tucked finger and the ball stays in glove until glove is at 3 o'clock in Rm circle so in her case the tell is not a for sure give away of the pitch.