How do you throw a baseball harder?
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Build arm flexibility and leg strengh.
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Great baseball, like all sports, starts with fundamentals.  It takes practice to improve your basics.  As the famous line from the movie "Bull Durham" says, "It's a simple game; you throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball."\n\nStart by trying to figure out what your team is struggling with the most.  Is it offense--being patient at the plate, making good contact, putting the ball into play where it's less likely to be caught?  Or is it defense--knowing where to put the glove to catch or field the ball, keeping your body low and in front of the ball, knowing where (and how) to throw the ball?  \n\nPick one area--hitting to the opposite field, throwing to the cutoff player--and drill on it until everyone is proficient at it.  At the same time, work other fundamentals in as well, like fielding fly balls and grounders.  At your next practice, pick another improvement area and focus on that.  It's not rocket science, but it will get the players to start feeling more competent about their abilities.
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a real easy way to alter a pitch is to remove some (or most) of your fingers from the ball when you throw it. Your arm speed will make it look like a fastball but because the ball is in your palm (rather than being gripped tightly by your fingers), it will go slowly.
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This depends on a lot of things...  Do you have quick feet, quick release, strong arm, and are your pitcher holding the runner so that you even have a chance at throwing the runner out.\n\nThe first thing to work on is your arm strength. Make sure you are doing a lot of long toss. You can work with another catcher or pitcher. You can also do some tube work to work on overall strength for your arm and shoulder.\n\nMy favorite drill is the 1,2,3 Rapid Fire Drill. You will need a pitcher, 1st basemen, 2nd basemen, 3rd basemen.  Pitcher will need three balls and stand about 30 - 40 feet away. Pitcher throws first ball as you recieve first ball, drive your left knee downward and toward first base, rotate upper body to first base. Using a short snap throw, deiver the throw to firstbase.\n\nQuickly recover to receiving position... pitcher throws ball number two.  Throw to second base using a jump pivot, jab step, or rock and fire method.  \n\nQuickly recover to receiving position... pitcher throws third ball. Throw to third remmeber to work on a right footed drop step to clear right handed batters.\n\nDo this five or six times a practice.\n\nAnother good drill is "Quick Hands Drill"\nTwo catchers line up about 15-20 feet apart facing one another. The catcher receiving the throw gets into ready position with glove extended and throwing hand positioned behind the glove hand or against chest in a relaxed manner. \n\nYour partner initiates by throwing the ball. As the ball contacts the glove the throwing hand immediately covers the ball while the fingers find the seam.\n\nUsing "short" arm action, the ball is brought back under the chin while the front shoulder closes. Hands break, and the ball is brought straight back to the throwing position.  Without hesitating throw the ball back to the other catcher who has assumed the ready position. THis should be done about 15-20 throws each. DON'T USE YOUR FEET!  THIS IS JUST TO ISOLATE UPPERBODY THROWING MECHANICS.
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1.   Hide the ball in your glove.  \n  \n2.   Grip the ball with your middle and index fingers perpendicular to the seams at their widest point, with your thumb underneath the ball.  \n  \n3.   Spread your top fingers apart slightly and keep your ring finger and pinkie tucked into your palm. (Image 1)  \n  \n4.   Hold the ball firmly, applying pressure with your middle finger and thumb. Try not to let the ball rest in the palm of your hand, and keep your index finger relaxed. (Image 2)  \n  \n5.   Wind up into the pitch. Use the same pitching motion as in your other pitches so that the batter cannot predict a curveball. (Image 3)  \n  \n6.   Keep your wrist relaxed. After drawing back the pitch, hold your wrist so that the back of your hand points toward your body. (Image 4)  \n  \n7.   Roll your wrist downward and to the right (if you are right-handed) or to the left (if you're left-handed) immediately before releasing the pitch. (Image 5)  \n  \n8.   Release the pitch and follow through by bending your wrist. A right-hander should finish with the palm facing in toward the chest. The top of your thumb should be facing up.  \n  \n9.   Throw the ball between the batter and home plate if you're a left-handed pitcher facing a left-handed batter or if you're a right-handed pitcher facing a right-handed batter. \n\nSee pics at the linked page:
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be sure to always place yourself infron of the ball and glove to the ground when fielding.  also it depends on the player at bat as to where you would stand in the outfield etc.  If the person is lefty then you would be more towards 3rd base and visa versa etc.  I would also have a friend toss or hit pop flys towards you in the outfield for more practice.  Since practice and practice and more practice makes one a better player!
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here is an oldie but a goodie, get an old tire hang from a tree. paint a small circle on it. hit the circle till you remove the paint.  repaint the circle and do it again. work on blocking the ball, have someone thow balls in the dirt to your left and right just outside the plate. not too far away from you keep your head down watch the ball hit your body or glove.  when you work on throwing down to second do not take three steps to the base. stand up and throw. one step. start slowly catch the ball. stand and throw. then keep going faster.  watch the pros on how they frame the ball. frame it where you catch it.  DO NOT MOVE YOUR GLOVE DURING THE FRAMING!!!!  I am also an umpire and we hate that
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two drills:\nMirror drill- find a mirror and ghost a throw, make sure that your arm is at the correct angle you need it\n\nKnee Drill- Get on a knee (like your lunging, but have your knee opposite of your throwing arm on the ground), and do throw like that for about 5 minutes everyday while warming up- concentrate on good form\n\nIt takes over 6 months to erase a bad habit, so work on drills like mine, ask coaches, and don't get discouraged
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1.   Grip the ball as you would a four-seamed fastball. The index and middle fingers should be on top of the ball across the seams at the widest point. Hold the fingers about 1/2 inch apart from one another.  \n  \n2.   Place the thumb under the ball across the seam and curl the ring finger and pinkie along one side. The two smallest fingers should make little contact with the ball's surface.  \n  \n3.   Hold the ball with your fingertips away from the palm of your hand.  \n  \n4.   The index finger and thumb should provide all the pressure. The middle finger releases the ball.  \n  \n5.   Go into your wind-up. Remember to pivot and shift your body weight from the back foot forward toward home plate.  \n  \n6.   Turn your wrist inward in a corkscrew motion just before releasing the pitch. This rotation is the opposite of a curveball. For left-handed pitchers, the ball should break down and away from right-handed hitters.  \n  \n7.   Follow through the ball as if it were a fastball. Your feet should parallel each other at the end of the pitch, and your throwing arm should come across the front of your body.   \n\nWarning: The screwball is an advanced pitch that will cause arm damage. Practically no major leaguers use this pitch anymore.
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you can pretend to start your wind up and step off with your opposite foot and throw over.  If your a right handed pitcher your first motion is taking a step back with your left foot.if you step off with your right you can do whatever you want except throw to the plate.  the opposite goes with left handed pitchers.
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Learn how to throw a Slider or a Knuckler(KnuckleBall) Those 2 pitches drop and are pretty tough to hit when thrown right! Kick A$$ Man!
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Tape the lower part of the bat at the knob, then lower your hand on the bat so your pinky is curled under the bat this cocks your wrist and increases bat speed as you get used to it you will enetually drop a seconed finger you will be surprised. many pro's do same
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Just keep taking grounders.  Get in front of the ball.  Keep your glove down.  Watch the ball all the way into your glove.  Use two hands.  Don't worry about making the throw; you have to field the ball first. Don't get nervous. Just keep practicing and work on the fundamentals that I described.
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hold the ball so that the seam looks like a "U", place your index finger and middle finger on or on the outside of the seam. the bottom of the "U" should be between your knuckles. now throw a fastball, but let the ball slide out of your hand, less snap on the wrist. but just a little. the result is the equivalent of a slider but the ball has a more straight downward movement. \nanother grip is just the reverse, flip the "U" up-side down and place your finger tips on the outside of the widest part of the seam.
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To throw a spiral you take the ball in your throwing hand with your four fingers on the laces and your thumb on the opposite side. Most people hold the ball towards the center, but you have to use the grip that best fits you. Don't "wind up", but rather bring your throwing arm back and then whip your arm forward to let your four fingers on the laces impart a spin on the ball. Practice to improve the motion and tightness of spiral
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Work on your spares. If you make all your spares and throw one double a game you can average 200. You don't need to throw a lot of strikes to have a high average.
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Use the ball's shape as a weapon. For example, a softball curves mores than a baseball, but this principal is the same - a four-seam curveballl will curve 3-times more than a two-seam curveball.\n\nThis can be a weapon, you can throw a two-seam curve or two-seam fastball. Then throw the identical same pitch but rotate the ball 90 degrees in the grip, thus throwing a four-seam and the pitch will look identical for the first 2/3rd of the flight but curve 3-times more in the last 1/3rd of flight.\n\nTrue for baseball as well.