my dad told me one sign for my pitches, a changeup. Otherwise just fastballs. I was 9 years old and never got the changeup sign the entire season. He gives it to me once and the guy bombs it 215 dead center for a homer lmao.
Lol that's funny. Part of the reason we don't teach the little ones different pitches, is understanding when to use it. It can be hard enough for them to learn proper mechanics and locating their fastball. Once you get that, then you have to learn to use off speed to take a hitter off balance.... and not putting it right down the middle.
Really wish I had better coaches growing (zero shade to them, I quit baseball before it would have mattered) but I always had a cannon and played 3rd as a kid bc no one else could throw from 3rd to 1st, then left field bc no one could throw over a cut man and actually make a play at 2nd/3rd or home, then catcher bc I could throw the hardest/most accurate to second on a steal. I pitched occasionally but had no control, looking back I throw a “palm ball” that was really a changeup 95% of the time bc no one ever explained the seams or how they work to throw pitches, I always thought to throw a curve u had to turn over your arm like crazy, same with a cutter/splitter etc. don’t know I would’ve stayed with the sport through college like I did football, but shoot I would’ve played longer bc that would have been SO much fun to actually learn.
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The key to a change up (or most any pitch) is the pronating of the wrist as you release. Ball must come off of the ring finger and create sideways spin so that it Can dive to your throwing arms side as it reaches the plate.
That’s the key. I like to feel it come off the pinky side of my ring finger/hand/palm. It also feels like my knuckles face the catchers mitt, similar but to how they do on a curve ball but also opposite, lol. I don’t know if that stuff exactly happens but that’s what it feels like. Pronating at the right time is key to getting that extra RPM’s to create movement.
Been fooling around with a different type of changeup. I hold it just like it were a knuckleball, but at release, I flick the fingers that are behind the ball. Done right, this causes a lot of front spin which causes the ball to dive. Changing the way it's held on the seams can cause it to break sideways as well.
I wasn’t the biggest kid during my mid and late teenage years, 5’9”, 175, topped out around 84, but I threw my change up exactly the same way but focused more on the pinky as the brakes. Threw it straight over the top, same release point as my four seam. No pronation, and as you said, your middle fingers sort of stabilizes the ball as you get more comfortable with it. What made it unhittable was the fact that my arm speed along with the spin and action was the same as my four seam, but 8-10 mph slower. There’s really no way to teach a batter to hit a change up, by the way. As a righty, I surprisingly got my most swings and misses vs. right handed hitters. Maybe because I could more easily locate it, who knows. I actually emulated Ryan Madson’s grip and release point as far back as 2004, when he showed the way he gripped the pitch on a Sunday Night Baseball broadcast with Joe Morgan. And by the way, that story all your coaches tell you about throwing curveballs?….they’re all true. Lol. 33 years old and my arm is wrecked. Hahaha
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And drag your foot instead of pushing off. Keep the same arm speed. This combined with shoving the ball deeper into your palm will take off about 13 mph from your fastball.
Usually your just trynna throw with your ring finger since it's the weakest which kills velo and makes the ball dive away from a lefty or in to a right, adding it deeper to your hand just gives velo but adds zero movement in my opinion.
Wouldn’t this be considered a circle change? My pitching coach doesn’t like me throwing a circle change he just tells me to stick to a regular good change up
This wont work with everyone. For some it surely will but for those who dont, try to explore other change up grips and practice only on those that works well for you. You still need amazing control and a killer fastball for change ups to work well.
What if you thew the ball like a 2 seam fast ball, but with your middle and ring finger, instead of your index and middle finger. How much different would it be?
I have a better grip than this one that I am playing with. It's called the Shane McClanahans changeup. It is the best changeup I've ever thrown and I'm 12. I has one that ran inside at least 7 inches
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Back in the day I just held my 2 seam fastball grip loser with a looser grip and with the same motion let it slip out ,it was awesome, nothing better than a great chang up
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Master your 4 Seam Fastball 1st. Ride that pitch till the majors. The later you begin throwing breaking balls, the longer your Tommy John tendon will cooperate. Advice given to me from Pedro Martinez in the DR winter ball.
