How To Throw Baseball Curving Ball

[sleepingbeauty]

Hi Everybody,

Off course there is no specific moment when a coach or parent will say it is time now to throw curving ball. However, the proper age for the player to be able to throw curving ball is 14 or 15 years old. If young players throw curveballs on a consistent basis at younger ages they can cause damage to their elbows and thus hinder the growth process

There are several key elements to the curveball that must be followed in order to throw the pitch properly



1- Grip the ball with your middle and index fingers together, with the fingers across the seams of the ball at the widest part

2- Don’t let the ball touch the palm of your hand, or you won’t generate enough topspin, which is what allows the ball to drop when it gets close to home plate.

3- Practice developing your speed as you master your form and stance. Speed is a very important factor in your delivery. Curveballs with little speed are easily hit by the batter

4- It is important that you release the ball close to your body (Short Arm). The further you release from your body, the less resistance your middle finger will have on the
seam and therefore your rotation will be looser.

Sleepingbeauty
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[adigaskell]

I wonder if it's similar to swinging the ball in cricket.
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[gingerbiscuithead]

it might be because they both swing

[Lee]

Thanks for the post. I don't know how to throw the balls except for fastballs. LOL.
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[Kape]

Thanks.... very informative

[Kape]

Well, you need to learn the art of throwing many balls...One of them is the gooseball......

[xsky]

cheers

[lo2117]

As a youngster I found it was a little helpful to have a ball with markings for finger placement.

[cyberfitnessguru]

Dont you have to split your two fingers to throw a curveball?
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[jessica47]

I agree with above poster..... he really made it look as if the catch was too easy. It actually fluked in his hand

[MrPolarZero]

Hey thanks for this one. This would certainly help my game a lot. I've always wanted to get a perfect curved ball, but I can't get my throws right.

[semyers]

The grip you have on the ball in the picture is realy a four seam fastball grip, my son is a pitcher just out of high school, I will try to post a pic of his grip

[davidwhite11]

This is the really a info that I was looking for and you also post a picture that is really guide me very well thanks and hoping more tips in future

[ritu04]

Hi very informative post