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Technique on: How to throw a Curveball

Posted on: September 24, 2009 by admin

Have you seen pitchers throwing curveballs? Don’t you also want to learn the technique behind throwing curveballs? The key is to make the hitters confused with your throws. So, you should mix curveballs often. A good pitcher’s throws won’t be of curveballs more than 20 % of the times. It will be around 15 % for most of the pitchers. So, your intention should not be to throw curveballs all times. You won’t be successful in that case. You should be unpredictable to the hitter. And that is why pitchers throw curveballs in the middle. Again, throwing curveballs all times, would make you predictable and smart hitters won’t miss such opportunities. So, once you learn to throw curveballs, you should use it only when needed, and not too often.

If you don’t know the basics of throwing the ball fast, then you should learn it first. Then only you should attempt at throwing curveballs. Otherwise you’ll end up risking your arms – you may hurt your arms badly in that case.

Throwing curveballs is all about placing fingers on the ball the right way. Things will be easy once you learn how to place the fingers. Also, you should learn using which all fingers you should put pressure on the ball. Thus grasping the ball with your fingers has a lot to do with curveballs. Let’s look closely, what it is all about.

Your index finger should be placed on the opposite seam of the ball as your thumb. After placing your index finger and thumb this way, the ball will look as if it is split in half by the two fingers. Next, pressure should be applied on the ball. Don’t put any pressure on the ball using your index finger. It should be kept without any pressure on the ball – as if it has been kept to rest on the ball. Apply medium pressure on the ball using your thumb and middle finger. That’s it, only three fingers are needed in this process and its all about positioning them and applying pressure with them on the ball.

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