Mariano's cutter is his fastball. No one can throw a mo cutter because his grip is a four seam fastball grip, and the way he throws it cuts naturally for him.
I'm glad they didn't mention him, anything associated with the Yankees triggers me. I don't want to have to go into the closet and scream for 15 minutes than curl up on the floor crying. Thanks!
My 11yr old son plays little league for the past 5yrs, he'll move up to 12u next yr and loves pitching, he wasn't a fan of the curveball but he's learning the slider and absolutely luvs throwing it and throws it good for his age, I appreciate your advice in pitching, keep up the great work.
Never was a pitcher and don't know much about it, but I have been trying to teach my son the cutter through different videos. This video is the first video that has actually helped him. The other videos taught grips and what not but he couldn't get the ball to cut. We tried out what was shown on this video and immediately he was able to throw it with a cut. First time he legitimately threw a cutter. He was so excited and he said it was easier than he thought. Thank you!
Free Spear-it yo this cat came down to throw to us one day for practice in the fall at Northwest Florida State College and he said “yeah I coulda played for the Blue Jays but I overslept tryouts...” that shit had me rollin
John, I enjoyed the video. Agree with a lot of what your guest said and really like your honesty about a previous cutter video you did. I have one issue regarding the, "throw it like a football". It's my understanding that in order to get a nice tight spiral with a football you need to pronate your hand. Your guest describes it as NOT pronating. Can you please clarify?
I agree you pronate on a football throw 🏈 but I think he was talking about through release no pronation, after that I think you naturally get to it even when throwing a cutter. It’s later timing of pronation vs no pronation IMO
Great video the Greater closer picher in the Pro-Baseball Game . Mariano Rivera the Yankee player hold the most saved games in the history of baseball he troughs Cuter and nothing but cuter ⚾️👍
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To anyone who has never pitched at any decently high level, no offense but the entire game changes. Sometimes pitchers that have great stuff don’t work out yet others, who have seemingly mediocre stuff have long excellent careers sometimes. This is largely due to the fact that higher velocity in higher levels of play simply allows pitchers to take almost any pitch and disguise it as their fastball and the better they do that the more efficient they often are. Cutters are exactly that. Easy to hit if recognized but if not extremely effective with subtle and very little movement. This is why guys like Mariano Rivera were so effective. Everything looks the same and he thre majority two pitches. If a pitcher only throws a fastball, (2/4) seam and a changeup and a cutter, he can make a living. Because they all look the same. If a guy speaks about throwing down coridors or hallways then he probably has decent sliders cutters or splitters.
Yessir he did this very good remember on any pitch never change your arm angle it doesn’t do anything but hurt your arm the only thing that changes is the grip and the positioning of your wrist
Ok, just watching to learn what a cutter is, and is it just me or could you not get WAY more movement and the same combinations with curve/slider grip and motion. Slider would be his flat cutter and a bad curve would be the middle. May its just me since I haven't played for a few years and I threw slower (low 70s), but I could throw a ball at the batters face and it drop to the middle of the box. Help me out if I'm missing something, I'm just missing the sport and trying to learn some stuff. EDIT: I guess he sorta addressed it at the end. So it is just a worse curve/slider but is less stressful?
It depends, rotate the movement of the pitch by 90 degrees and that is likely what you get out of it, if you want the same movement I think it would be different, I was sidearm for a while too, but I slightly prefer going basically straight up
Its a slider... Watch mariano teach it. You should pronate a bit, kids will hurt thier arms when thier FB starts being thrown like a slider (he said football).
What’s up Coach Madden. I’ve been having a problem all my life when I’m pitching. Whenever I️ lift my leg to pitch the ball, my baseball pants restrict me from getting my leg up as high as I️ want. Throughout your experience have you found a way to fix this problem. Thanks
Yes, this happens. You just have to find a good pair of pants with the right in seam. If your crotch area hangs down low it may restrict your movement. I liked pants that were more snug there but still comfortable.
Chris O’Donnell Yeah I can't wear long pants. I wear the ones with the scrunchy end so I can wear them at my knees. Since I'm pretty susceptible to raspberries I also roll my socks over the pants so there is a sort of padding but this also helps to keep the pants up.
Coach John, I love your videos and they've really helped me be a well rounded pitcher. I am 13 years old, so is going to Perfect Game USA showcases a waste of time or should I consider going to one, will I actually benefit from it?
My 11 year-old throws a cutter a lot . He is supposed to be throwing a Two seam fast ball . Half the time he ends up throwing a cutter .It almost gets to plate and jumps to the left a good 8 to 10 inches.I m worried about him hurting his arm so sending him to a pitching coach to help make sure he is not going to hurt his arm doing it.It is a brutal pitch though .He has a lot of K's.
That was the first time someone recommend the same grip on the cutter that I use. I think Rivera used the same grip as well. If I remember right he put a bit more pressure on the middle finger when he threw the pitch. That what I do on my cutter. I also throw a sinker. That is much different from the way it is taught. I think I can throw the sinker differently because of the my arm action is unique. I feel most comfortable throwing the screwball. People say that the screwball is terrible for the UCL. It may be however: my shoulder is what I am more concerned about. I have had "dead arm" once since learning the screwball I am starting to find my Velocity again. I throw a 4-seam fastball but I tend to try to do too much sometimes with that pitch. I am going to tryout for some independent league soon.
So i was taught a certain fastball poorly and it was introduced to me as a cutter, i have my first two fingers on the right side of the horseshoe with my second hardly touching (I am a righty) and it breaks in on righties. Anyone know what that is?
So I did some research into the gyroball and, while it does spin like a spiral much like the gyroball, my pitch seems to go up and in, unlike the gyro being an enhanced cutter
You should make a video on where the ball should be releasing out of your hand for the slurve/ curve. Alot of talk about getting the movement and the axis point but not so much on release points.
I don’t know. Pedro Martinez preaches the exact opposite when it comes to younger pitchers. That football motion “is Tommy John” .. according to Mr Martinez
I really think this will be an effective pitch at least in my arsenal because I throw so many different types of fastball and in this pitch you can play with the soeends
