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Could you please elaborate on how to spin the ball “backwards to themselves." I’m a bit confused on whether it should be approached from the side like a rise or the back like a change. Thanks!RB
You make a good point here. It is amazing to me how many pitchers cannot spin a ball backwards....I'm not talking about when they try to pitch a riseball...I'm talking about just spinning it backwards to themselves. This is one reason why I suggest learning how to spin a ball backwards at a relatively early stage of pitching development. If I had a pitcher with bullet spin, I'd attempt to have her modify it into backspin as you did....but I would do this immediately. As you have found out, as the girls progress it becomes more important that they have ball movement....or in the case of a riseball---movement that the brain doesn't understand very well.
As you experienced, the transition from bullet spin to rise spin was easier than transitioning from years of dropspin.
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