can anyone give me details on the best and most accurate way to throw a baseball. anything would help. especially if you could tell me anything about the pitches,or how to throw one. i'm the athletic trainer for my hs team and it's kinda embarrising.
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Usually, u use ur index and middle finger and thumb to pick up the ball. Most pro pitchers lift their leg up before they pitch, and gain wait on the foot off the ground, to make the ball go faster. For a few people, this is hard, so dont rush. It is very important on how u release the ball to. There are a series of ways to make the ball curve, go faster, etc. all over the internet. I am not a baseball player, but I observe other baseball players. \nWish I could be more help. Tomatosoup98
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unfortunately he's talking about soccer... \n\njust kick the ball on its side with your big toe, and continue  with your side of your foot. kinda hard to describe online.   \n\n\np.s. baseball is better
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you have a bat and a baseball with you, you hold the ball, throw it it the air, swing the bat and say "strike one", then you take the baseball again, throw it in the air, swing the bat and miss on purpose, saying"strike two", then one last time, take the ball, throw it in the air, swing the bat and miss, and thats strike three, YOUR OUT!!!
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move up a little in the box and hope you can hit when it STARTS to break..it is just timing it would be better if you can learn to switch hit then that way you can see the ball break toward and you can hit it better...try to go with the pitch ..don't pull it
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im also a lefty, i used to hit the batter more than i threw a ball, but anyway now when i warmup and practice i exaggerate every movement i make and that helps alot, but when you're throwing and you have your arm behiend you should try to reach back as far as you can and place the ball on second base.
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ok, first get a decent stance, when you swing bring your knob to the ball and never just swing your barrel, when you swing never roll your wrists and hit the ball on a level swing.always step towards the pitcher and keep your eye on the ball and check where the pitcher releases, that tels you if its high or low. good luck.
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First, exercise your arm, especially by stretching.  Go light on the weights; a little is okay, but they're more for resiliency and muscle tone than getting speed.  Get good mechanics: good consistent release point, get your throwing side through, keep your elbow behind your hand, and snap your wrist on delivery.  Don't worry about being squared up to the plate on release; Bob Gibson wasn't, and he threw HARD.\n\nThen (gasp)... throw.  Throw your fastball.  As much as you can without getting tired or hurting yourself.  Once you know how to throw, that's the only thing to do.  And it's the only way to gain "muscle memory"- a phenomenon where your muscles tend to repeat their actions for you when you do a similar act over and over.  Throwing also gives your arm and shoulder stamina, which weights won't do.\n\nYou're 6-0, 140?  Put on weight.  Good muscle, not fat, and work your abs, quads, and lats.  Do a little bit (a little) on your biceps for strength.  Get to 180, if your frame can handle it.  Right now, you don't have the body mass behind you to throw all that hard... :)  Keep working...
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idk.....but i made an accrostic 1!!\n\nBatting and runing to \nA base\nSpinning the ball to an\nEmpty base\nBats flying\nAround the field\nLining up in a line so the\nLeft fielder can seal (the ball)\n\nIt might suck but i ♥ it!!!!! I just made it up on the spot..hm..well GOOD LUCK!!!
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Take a bag of balls find a padded wall somwhere or sturdy fence. Start throwing  balls at it repeatedly. Start from 15 to 20 ft and toss lightly. Move back every little while. Keep throwing. I'm not kidding it sounds silly but I'm serious. Don't get fancy, just throw the ball. Like catch, as you get further you can throw a little harder but don't get crazy. But you'll see that as you go back you start throwing a bit harder involuntarily.\n\nYou'll do two things. Get your arm more durable, and work the muscles you'll use to throw which will increase velocity. Pitching is an unnatural motion you have to develop the muscles you use to throw which don't get used as often in normal circumstances. There's no easy fix. Throw, throw, and when you're done throw some more. Young pitchers don't just throw anymore.\n\nRemember Jim Morris the 35 year old Science teacher who'd had arm surgery and at 35 was throwing 98 MPH, and later pitched for the Devil Rays. How'd he do it? He was throwing batting practice to the kids he was coaching. Just throwing over and over.
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There are two ways.\n\n1. This is the most likely way.  On a day with no wind, throw the ball straight up.  This is quite unlikely and requires a lot of skills.\n\n2. This one is impossible.  Throw the ball so hard that it goes around the Earth once before coming down.  Humans just don't have the power to do this.
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Ok I was a left-handed pitcher and just graduated after playing in college. The best source in baseball right now for pitching is Tom House. If you are really serious about becoming a good pitching coach you'd learn as much about him as possible -- buying one of his recent books is a great option. He is not only a former baseball pitcher / pitching coach, but also has a Phd in bio kinetics. He was Nolan Ryan's, Randy Johnson's, Curt Schilling's, etc. pitching coach. For quick refence I'll go over three things: mental aspect, mechanics, and drills. \n\n1. Mental aspect. Pitching is all mental. It is as much about confidence as anything. A good pitcher is not just talented physically but also understands a batter's stregnths and weaknesses and exploits them. He also follows these goals...\n\nA.Get ahead in the count (throw a first pitch strike)\nB.Get the first out of the inning (this takes away the opposing team's ability to play small-ball)\nC.When you get a hitter 0-2 change head or change feet. That means make them reach for a pitch off the plate or brush them back inside -- this choice will become more clear when you know the hitter.\nD. Never commit a cardinal sin of pitching (0-2 to 3-2 or even worse a walk, 0-2 hard contact -- they should never hit an 0-2 pitch hard if at all, lead-off walk)\nE. Pitch down in the zone and on the corners\nF. Have command of three pitches (i.e. fastball, breaking pitch, change-up)\nG. Know the how attributes of pitches rank (1. Location, 2. Movement, 3. Velocity -- don't try to overthrow the ball)\n\n2. Mechanics\n\nA. Have good posture and good balence (be over the center of gravity, pitch off your toes not your heels)\nB. Throw with equal and opposite (if front side is high back side is low)\nC. Stay in the box keep your front elbow between your shoulder and your hips at all times, don't pull it out of the that box on follow through -- it will move the release point)\nD. Keep your head still (1 inch of head movement moves release point 2 inches...something like that not positive)\nE. IMPORTANT Throw to your glove. Hold your front side glove out, push it closer to the plate, and aim it where you want the pitch to go. When you throw move your throwing arm to the mit. It is like a site on a gun. The front side (glove) is a muzzle, your arm is the bullet. Point the muzzle and direct the bullet to it. If you miss low push out farther with your front side. The farther you extend your front glove the closer you throw to the plate, which creates preceived velocity. A good drill for this is the Towel Drill.\nF. Step over the buck with your back foot when you follow through. \nG. When you throw a curveball you wrist should be at full pronation. When you throw the pitch you do a karate chop motion. Your fingers shoould be folded over the ball. \nH. When you throw a curveball hold it in your glove a second longer before you part your hands.\nI. Change-ups are thrown with full supination -- like a screwball. Drop your thumb to your hip -- set that angle and keep it, unless you do that the pitch will be ineffective and will hurt your arm. (a left handers thumb will be facing first base at release, a right hander will face third)\nJ. Pitches are more a matter of arm angle than grip. \n\n3. Drills \n\nA. Towel Drill -- Go through your motion with an 18-inch towel held with your middle finger 6 inches down. Mark off full extension and have a buddy hold out his glove there. Try to slap his glove with the towel. If you can, move your buddy back and try again. This will help extension and is also a good way to solidify mechanics without pitching a ball. \n\nB. Knees -- start each day throwing all your pitches from both knees (both knees on the ground). This should isolate the upper body and allow you to get a feel for your pitches and help solidify release point. \n\nC. Hat drill -- Take off your hat and put it about 15 feet in front of you. Have your buddy do the same. T
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I'll go with Joe Umpire's answer.  Seems thorough and comprehensive enough.  But I'd like to add that major league umpires always get the call wrong, in every case, and are the most obnoxious and confrontational of any of the sports.  That's why everyone hates them.  They should go away.  Future, please come, and bring your robo-umps with you.  Thank you.\n\n--J.
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Start by throwing straight...it's easier\n\nAs you play more, try the curve.
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It's not really a trick question, if the answer is just "throw it straight up," but I can tell you from experience that throwing a ball straight up as hard as you can does NOT get as much velocity as throwing it semi-horizontally; it's just too awkward of a motion, you can't quite get the same force behind it, since you can't use your body as effectively.\n\nA way that you CAN throw a ball as fast as you're capable of, and still catch it, is to throw it against a hard surface that it will bounce off of, so that it comes back to you.  Works great with tennis balls, not so well with baseballs, though they do bounce some...
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If you mean pulling your head off the ball... head moves with shoulder this is a huge problem 'cause it makes seeing the ball virtually impossible. How to correct:\n\nGet a tee and put the ball on it. Look out ot the pitcher mound or where it would be... Now follow the imaginary pitch all the way to the tee. Hit the ball but focus on not moving your head but looking at the tee where the ball was. It will take a lot of practice to break this but with time and a lot of swings... you will correct it.\n\nIf you uderstand how to properly hit a ball to the opposite field. (Wait for the ball to get deeper) During the next several practices have someone pitch you BP and hit everything you get pitched to the opposite field. The trick here is to not wait for the outside pitch but try to force everything to the opposite field. High, Low, Inside, Outside... Wait on it and take it to the opposite field! Make a game of it... I like this better than tee work (but do both) because you are actively involved in hitting a pitched ball. Hitting to the opposite field requires your eyes to stay on the ball longer and deeper. \n\nIn a game situation when you are worried about it... we all get that way! Consider taking the first pitch and follow it all the way to the catchers mitt. This will reinforce the muscle memory right before you launch one!!!\n\nIt will take a lot of practice to break this but with time and a lot of swings... you will correct it. Remember it took a while to form the bad habit... \n\nGOOD LUCK!
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Start off with throwing a weighted ball. 10 to 12 ounces. After throwing the weighted ball, start throwing long toss with a regular ball. After doing your long toss regiment, throw the weighted ball again.\n\nDo this 3 times a week.\n\nAlso, the biggest misconception of baseball is lifting will make you throw harder, NOT TRUE! You need to keep the Elasticity of your arm, so once you get to a certian point, lifting doesn't help.\n\nWhen you throw, make sure you make your hand go back and face second base, bring it on top, and throw downhill, so to speak. Kinda hard to explain it on here, but get with a coach and ask how to do so.
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It's a pitch that is thrown similar to the way a quarterback throws a football.  It spins the same way and is supposed to tail similar to a slider, only more.  In other words a right handed pitcher throwing to a right handed batter, will tail the ball away from the hitter.  I've tried to throw it myself and it is hard to throw with power and accuracy, but I guess a really good pitcher (which I'm not) would be able to master it fairly easily.