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.

@MrDistillation

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@HXRprodz

2 жыл бұрын

I hit a ball 250 feet when I was 10

@Sirdogeington

2 жыл бұрын

@James Doughtie how old are you?

@nolandaking3086

2 жыл бұрын

I just hit a ball 310 and I’m 12 years old playing for a team that won states and am going to play for a triple a team in Florida

@HXRprodz

2 жыл бұрын

@@nolandaking3086 that’s amazing

Trying this tonight for live AB’s. It would be awesome to have a good changeup

@oldmanjenkinz1839

2 жыл бұрын

How did it go

@ConnerAdams123

2 жыл бұрын

How did it go?

@benballier9580

2 жыл бұрын

@@ConnerAdams123 As the baseball, I can say he got lit up

@ConnerAdams123

2 жыл бұрын

@@benballier9580 lol

@andr0_725

2 жыл бұрын

@@benballier9580 I can vouch I was home plate

Tbh I’m not even a pitcher but I still love watching this kind of stuff 💀

@rxynb0w

3 ай бұрын

damn bro i live in norman

Glad this dude understands the learning process and getting comfortable instead of just expecting people to throw it immediately

Try that grip on a two seam style. You’ll get a back door slider effect. Used to get a lot of no swing strikes on it

I learned on a circle change

Probably take time getting used to but I'll try it thanks

Thank you I’ve been throwing decent change-ups but using a different grip

Man I'll definitely try this once I know how to throw a baseball!

@notmarcus17

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

Thanks!

@danielbaseball

2 жыл бұрын

Hi my son just started pitching/baseball. I posted some of his video. Can you tell us what more we need to improve. Thank you very much. This is his channel. kzread.info/dron/DxaBDHxMRTRXoxv1SJfS4g.html

My favourite part is when he showed us an example of the pitch

@tchilli24

Жыл бұрын

He never said he was gonna do an example

@tchilli24

Жыл бұрын

He never said he was gonna do an example

@Jeanuwine

Жыл бұрын

He promised to lead us horses to water and we're still waiting for his lead

@ncokatana

4 ай бұрын

it’s literally just a slower fastball

This is literally the same way I’ve been experimenting with my changeup

his veins were PUMPING

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.

@fishflyinggames6676

9 ай бұрын

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.

Changeups can be deadly!

Or make an "ok" sign, then wrap those three free fingers on the ball Advice from Coach Ochiai (diamond no ace)

@cryptiv7

2 жыл бұрын

Loved that anime taught me a lot

@poindextertunes

2 жыл бұрын

Circle Change 💯

That was the nastiest looking change up I have ever seen.

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

@rockymountaintrout2689

Жыл бұрын

Plenty of mlb pitchers older than 33 that throw a lot of curveballs and dont have record arms

Like the pitch grip videos, along with fielding! Liking it!👍

God bless everyone who sees this I hope you have a great rest of your day and a great day tomorrow God loves you 🤍🕊🤍❤️🙏🏼

Thank you this was so helpful!

POV: you are a softball pitcher

I had a small hand disadvantage so I perfected the "Circle Change" Where you basically hold the ball like an ok👌🏽 Sign. It takes a lot more finesse & practice to Master the pitch, but it's a Must have for your pitch arsenal

I learned this exact pitch 21 years ago when I was 12...i had 6 pitches in my arsenal back then, this was definitely was nasty one🔥

Thanks you very much 👍

This works 100% for me thxs so much

Nice video

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.

@markuyehara7880

8 ай бұрын

That's great advice... if you have a 98 mph, high spin fastball. lol

@DjDobleU809

8 ай бұрын

@markuyehara7880 sorry ya didn't make it.

@alexisborden3191

4 ай бұрын

Bro no one is going to get to the majors with just a 4seamer. Even high school or college kids will time that up and tee off on it.

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

It’s how I throw my change. Literally the pitch that defines my arsenal.

Could never throw a change up, i throw a splitter now

I agree learning this pitch is a good idea to get used to it and seeing what it does, but I think the vast majority of "kids"(not sure which age group we're talking about) don't need a change up, either because there's not enough velocity on their fastball(or more precisely, not enough difference between the fastball and change), or because they can just throw some type of curve/breaking ball for their off speed pitches(not that changeups can't/don't move, especially the older/better you get, but serving up change-ups in Little League is like throwing batting practice.) That being said, when I played freshman and JV(I got fucked up on drugs by late sophomore year and never played again), there was one pitcher who could throw mid seventies, _maybe_ low 80s. He was the only pitcher I ever even asked to throw change-ups, but he'd shake me off every time. I mean granted, he had 3 or 4 different breaking balls at somewhat different speeds, but still. And worst of all(I shit you not), he would _only_ throw outside(meaning over the far part of the plate, or just passed it to get guys swinging.) I don't know if he was afraid of hitting someone or what, but let me tell you, as a catcher, that is extremely frustrating, especially since he was a pretty good pitcher. So I basically had only two calls. Fastball outside, or curve outside(and then he has the nerve to tell me I making my calls too obvious when the other team would be getting hits. Which, granted, was probably somewhat true as I was only 14/15 years old, but kids that age aren't really thinking about that very much, or waiting on a particular pitch. One game when he said that I told him to just throw whatever he wanted from now on, and I'd catch it. He's like, "how are you gonna catch it if you don't know what I'm throwing?" I'm like, "bitch? Who the hell do you think you are? Pedro Martinez?"(it was a long time ago. Lol.) "I can catch far easier than I can hit 'em, and I can hit just fine." Which was true, as if I swung at a pitch, I rarely missed, and almost never struck out.)

I’ve been taught different by former mlb pitcher on how to throw change up

@bananashake-_-3138

2 жыл бұрын

Cool no one asked

I started throwing a palm/change like Trevor Hoffman and the movement is amazing. Takes some serious practice tho.

The way Pedro and Maddux say throw it is easier: Release it off your ring finger.

I was taught to grip a change up with 3 fingers (pointer, mid, ring) and straddle the middle finger between the laces

Good grip taps

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.

I did that not knowing what it was and it was really nasty now I know what it is

I always threw a palm style change up with my 2 seam. Nasty combo pairing them both with a 12-6.

One thing I’ve always had pride in, my circle change😭

@theamateurobserver

2 жыл бұрын

Pedro fan?

should show an example next time

I was waiting for the throw!!!

My teammates said the only pitch they knew I was throwing was a change up when I gripped it like this. Switched to a circle change, and the extra movement made up for distinct spin.

Awesome

Can do that same thing with a 2 seam grip, always found a lot more movement when I threw a 2 seam circles as opposed to a 4 seam circle

Cool

I love the mental cue of getting the ring finger on top to create natural pronation. Causing more depth and movement

Grip the 4 seam with the pinkie and ring finger and watch how nasty it is. As a catcher, if I threw BP, it was nothing but flat 4 seam fastballs until I mixed in a change up with that grip. Would make the batters look pretty silly. Delivery was exactly the same. Speed dropped about 10 mph.

The CLAW 🦾

Nice

My man in pitches are 2 seam, curve cutter , my favorite is a nuckle ball

If you have small hands I’d suggest doing pitching this like a two seam and pronate, once you start to spot it it’s crazy good

野球は素晴らしい✨😊

Trying this tomorrow

Can you do a pt 2 throwing the ball

I got more movement out of the change up throwing it like that, only with a 2 seem grip

Going from out on the fingers to in is a great technique. However, things have changed with Seam Shifted Wake pitches. Should not be chasing magnus effect movement on changeups. Move the baseball around until you get the open horseshoe rotating on the upper left (backside of the baseball) for righties. The wake of airflow across the back of the ball will make a change move more violently (and later) than magnus (spin) - for everyone not named Devon Williams.

I did 3 up 3 down all game thanks

I’m 12 and I’ve been throwing that and have many strikeouts from it

My dad thought me a knuckle curve

Pronation has left the chat.

Man I wish I could develop this pitch effectively but it's always hit or miss for me. I either execute it perfectly or throw it in the dirt lol

that helped me

Perfect explanation man 👍

Always remember. The nastiest change up...is just any change up that looks like your fastball the most

I have more accuracy using the ok grip. I really sell it so they think I'm throwing a fastball. I've buckled a few hitters lol.

That's that Trevor Hoffman change up

If you want to get good at throwing a change up, you need to get the feel for the pitch/grip. Incorporate into your long toss routine!

Mine is based on a two-seamer and it's nasty.

Who else's waited to watch him throw it

My change-up is a 2 seam change and a palm ball.

That is how I always have thrown a change up

Wooooow

The ol circle change. Little more on the index finger bud

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.

Jesus loves you all, have a blessed day or night. May His peace be with you. ❤️❤️

@awesome346

2 жыл бұрын

Keep up the work!

@tylertomblin4778

2 жыл бұрын

Amen

@oglagsx2675

2 жыл бұрын

Amen

@chase2085

2 жыл бұрын

@@awesome346 k gs c

@pyropug0188

2 жыл бұрын

Im atheist

Fastball and two seem fastballs is all kids need early on. Change ups should be taught last so it doesn't affect arm speed and velocity at a young age

Thank u

Just do it throw the ballllll

My brother plays baseball ⚾️

Thats exactly how I throw a change up 👍

I tried that grip for some time and it never worked for me, the circle change was my preferred grip.

Cole Hamels made a career with that grip. His was unhittable

Ol reliable. I have a changeup 20 mph less than my fastball but I throw it so hard it generates so many whiffs.

I basically do that but with a 2-seam grip

Don't just tell me, do it!

I throw my Changeup like Deven Williams

This man has giant hands

Sawamura Ajun style

It works it’s just how you throw it just throw like a fastball the grip does the rest it either sinks or rises

We have the same grip and I have a nasty changeup

I throw with the 2 steam grip with 3 thingers

Ciao

A change up is really just how one throws it. 💁🏼‍♂️

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 throw a change up and in a game I had just a week ago the people on the other team said I was throwing a knuckleball I do almost the same just with 3 fingers on a 2-seam grip and I also lay off a little bit so it ends up dropping a little more

Bruh a while back this was my normal pitch😅

It actually depends on what you what your change up to do. If you want more depth and run, you have to eliminate backspin. Find a way that is natural for you, change ups, like all pitches, are different for all pitchers