Not according to ESPN and their WCWS staff...Pitching in baseball and softball is the same as in real estate; location, location, and location.
My daughter has a beautiful change that she usually locates very well. This weekend, she gave up two homers on changes. What was the reason? She missed her location both times and left them over the plate. Good hitters will hit poorly located pitches, so it's best not to miss your spots.
Virtually every home run I saw hit in the WCWS was on a pitch over the heart of the plate. The great pitchers can thread a needle with their pitches. It is very rare a pitcher will blow hitters away at the top levels for very long. Speed is important, as is spin, but you better to be able to locate or you're going to get hit.
Oh, and stop with the screwballs. They're inside fastballs with bullet spin and hardly any movement.
Could you be a little more specific???Not according to ESPN and their WCWS staff...
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According to ESPN screwballs break insideCould you be a little more specific???
Might as well add that riseballs don't rise . . .oh boy, here we go on the screwball debate.
After watching the WCWS for another year and seeing more bullet spin/gyro pitches, has the WCWS shown that the most important qualities of a pitch are :
1. Speed 2. Spot and then 3. Spin?