Try telling a hitter that a rise doesn’t jump! I know in my mind it doesn’t, but every time I step into a batters box, KNOWING it’s coming, I still swing under!
The result is something like this:
This is a good example of a "low rise".
Seems oxymoron-ish, but if you consider a "rise" to be about spin axis, and not about location, then a "riseball" can be located other than up at the batter's chin. (in other words: a "high fastball is NOT a riseball...)
Imagine seeing this pitch in the batter's box, after seeing a couple of drop balls (that hit the plate) before it.
If you don't think this "low rise" would lock you up, you are mistaken!
The concept is called "tunneling":
Pitches start out from the same initial (first 10', or tunnel) trajectory, but spin "breaks" the ball to a very different location once it reaches home plate.
The concept is called "tunneling":
Pitches start out from the same initial (first 10', or tunnel) trajectory, but spin "breaks" the ball to a very different location once it reaches home plate.
That is a really cool video
That's why IMO a pitcher who can throw a rise and flip change back to back can be deadly.
My DD is perfecting her rise but even with it at 85% and her flip at 95% she led our state in strikeouts as a sophomore. She's not a fire baller but man those poor girls get fooled so much with her rise and change together.
Here's a HS playoff game (1 inning) where she was using both pitches to keep em off balance.
Very impressive. How hard is she throwing?