How do you throw a curveball with thighter spin?

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#1

Does anyone know how to?

#2

slam the hand on the table

#3

Use fastball arm speed.

#4

Judooooo CHOP!

#5

lol

#6

Well, this is hard over the internet but here goes.

Easy stuff:

  1. make sure the ball is spinning correctly in the first place
  2. Buy a squeeze toy and massage it all the time-finger strength is a big help in throwing breaking pitches.

hard stuff: (hard to visualize)

When you throw your fastball-you think about accelerating your arm from back to front in a straight line or a very very low arc.

When you throw a curve ball, you want the same arm speed-same force- but instead of a straight line or low arch-you want more arch to your motion-not a rainbow (this would be a change up off your curve) but a good low hump. This means most of your acceleration is downward (the karate chop discription) and frankly after you have released the ball.

I hope this makes some sense, Ian.

#7

[size=24]EXACTLY!!![/size]