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My pitching repertoire?
Last year I was the closer for the Freshman baseball team. We had tremendous success ( 18-2 I think), And I had the same kind of personal success (Sub 1 ERA and WHIP).
My success was largely due to only pitching for an inning or two, because I only threw a fastball and a bad, slow curveball.
For every 10 pitches I'd probably only throw 1 curve. (It was terrible, but I needed a change of pace pitch).
The reason why I was so successful was that I have Pin-Point accuracy ( 2 walks in more then 30 innings). And that my fastball was much faster then everybody elses.
Basically, I wen the entire year pitching lights-out with oinly a fastball. It's near impossible to do that in High School and it IS impossible to do that on JV/Varsity. I developed a great slider with great command with it.
My question is, should I add one more pitch? I've been trying change-ups and curves for a while but they are not good quality pitches for me. I can throw a forkball inconsistantly with great movement when I throw a good one, but I can never find a way to make it consistant.
So is fastball slider all I need as a reliever on varsity? I thought it'd be, but if it is not, then I'd like to start the developemnt now.
Thank you
1 Answer
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Try a splitter.(only for folks with big hands!). If you don't know the mechanics for a splitter, Here is the fingering, velocity and direction in which it breaks.
Break: Sharp downward break With enough experience throwing the pitch.
Velocity: Little bit faster than a change-up and a curve.
Fingering: Wedge the ball between your index and middle finger going across the laces that you would use to throw a fork ball. (Hope I helped!!!!! =D)
Source(s): Pitcher in baseball. Played school and city recreational baseball.