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Learning To Use Pitches [Home] [Types of Pitches] [Pitching Speed] [Evolution of Fastpitch Leagues] [Speed vs. Control] [Speed vs. Movement] |
TYPES OF PITCHES 2 - USE ON CORNERS AND KEEP LOW 3 - AS OUR PITCHER BECOMES MORE ADVANCED IN THROWING BREAKING PITCHES, SHE WILL USE LESS FASTBALLS 4 - MOST GOOD COLLEGE PITCHERS DON’T USE MANY FASTBALLS, BECAUSE THEY MUST ! MAKE THE BALL MOVE. AS THE BATTERS WILL HIT THE STRAIGHT FASTBALL. 5 - THE SPEED FOR A FASTBALL, OF A GOOD HIGH SCHOOL PITCHER IS HIGH 50’s TO LOW 60’s 1 - A RISEBALL IS A SUCKER PITCH USUALLY USED WHEN YOU ARE AHEAD IN THE COUNT.2 - IN COLLEGE AND GOOD "ASA’ BALL RISERS ACCOUNT FOR MORE THIRD STRIKES THANANY OTHER PITCH. 3 - IT SHOULD BE THROWN AT THE SHOULDERS. 4 - IF THE BATTER MAKES CONTACT IT IS USUALLY A FLY BALL OR POP-UP. 1 - USED MOSTLY ON LEFT-HANDED BATTERS AND SLAPPERS.2 - CAN BE USED ON RIGHT-HANDED BATTER TO JAM THEM. 1 - CAN BE THROWN AS A STRIKE OR A WASTE PITCH. 2 - A CURVE CAN BE THROWN USING DIFFERENT SPEEDS WHICH MAKES IT A MULTI-PURPOSE PITCH. 1 - A DROP BALL IS THROWN WHEN YOU ARE AHEAD IN THE COUNT, AS IT IS USUALLY CALLED A BALL BY THE UMPIRE.2 - IT CAN BE USED WHEN A GROUND BALL IS NEEDED. 3 - IT CAN BE USED AS A FIRST PITCH TO A TEAM WHO IS AGGRESSIVE AND SWINGS AT THE FIRST PITCH. 4 - IF THE UMPIRE IS CALLING THIS A STRIKE USE IT !!!! 5 - SHOULD BE THROWN AT THE KNEES. 1 - TO BE USED WHEN THE BATTER IS SWINGING AHEAD OF A FASTBALL, NEVER WHEN A BATTER IS SWINGING BEHIND. 2 - SHOW EARLY IN THE GAME FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL ADVANTAGES. 3 - KEEP LOW AND OUTSIDE, 10 - 15 MPH SLOWER THAN YOUR FASTBALL.
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