Sunday, February 7, 2010

How do I throw a ';split finger'; fast ball?

Do what the last poster said, and if you can, get some spit or grease on your middle and index fingers. Cheating? Not if you don't get caught, and you -can- go to your mouth off the hill in pro ball. The object is to make the ball slip out of your hand with as little spin as possible; backspin on a fastball keeps it from dropping, and the dead spin on a forkball causes a drop. Spit and grease are great for this :) Actually, the best split finger would be a pitch with no spin- a 90 mph knuckleball... :)How do I throw a ';split finger'; fast ball?
hold the ball with the seams horizontal, and split your index and middle fingers along the distance of the seams. Throw the same as a regualr fastball.

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