how can i be a better pitcher and how do you throw a slider?

Answer 1

look online for exact positioning for the slider...just keep practicing..and dont immitate other pitchers you see

Answer 2

Well im 14 and I learned how to throw a slider last year. and it was a really effective pitch. It turned me from an out pitcher to a strikeout pitcher. I grip mine on the edge of the "horseshoe" of the ball. Pretend your looking at the backwards "c" on the ball if your a right hander. and on a "c" if your lefty. put your index and middle fingers together on the curve of the "c" and you throw it as you would a cutter. If your young like me its better to throw it like that instead of throwing it by spinning your wrist. but if your 16 or 17 you can try that. for your other question, try using all parts of the plate; theyre there for a reason. and throwing pitches that the batter doesnt expect you to throw for example, a slider or changeup in a 2-0 or 3-1 count. You just have to have control of all your pitches. you also have to have a game mentality warming up in the bullpen. one last thing. Theres 3 things to pitching. 1. location. you must have control of every pitch and not leave it up in the zone and too close to the "red zone" or youll get bombed. 2. velocity. A 70 mile an hour fastball will get hit all day when your facing an above average team (unless your 10 years old) 3. movement. Throwing hitters off, and keeping them off balanced is the key to pitching. look at greg maddux, or tom glavine. there 85 MPH tops guys, but theyre offspeed stuff is amazing.

Hope this helps

Answer 3

As the ball approaches the plate, a slider seems like a fastball but suddenly trails off to one side, baffling hitters and making them slide right back into the dugout.


Steps:
1. Grip the baseball with your index and middle fingers across the seams at its widest point. Keep both fingers slightly toward the outside of the ball (off-center).

2. Place your thumb under the ball and keep the ring finger and pinkie off to the side. These two fingers should not make any real contact with the ball's surface.

3. Exert pressure on the ball with your thumb and middle finger.

4. Go into your windup. Remember to pivot and shift your body weight from the back foot forward toward home plate.

5. Keep your wrist loose as you release the ball, and try not to drive it forward with more than an adequate amount of force.

6. Throw the slider like a fastball, but 'cut' through the ball with the middle finger. Keep your fingers on the top of the ball until the actual release. Try not to twist your wrist; instead, turn the ball with your fingers. The greater the angle created by turning the fingers, the wider the break on the slider.

7. Follow through. Your feet should be parallel at the end of the pitch, and your throwing arm should come across the front of your body.

8. Note that the pitch should break late in its flight in the opposite direction from a curveball. A left-handed pitcher's slider should break down and away from left-handed hitters, and down and in on right-handed hitters - vice versa for right-handed pitchers.

Answer 4

well the question is how far do you want to go with baseball? how old are you? if you are not 18 yet you shouldnt be throwing sliders and curves and stuff anyway. if you are there are a few techniques to throwing a slider all of which are best demonstrated in person. go to a local college and have one of the starting pitchers there teach you how to throw one (athletes love to have admirers). you can only get better at pitching by doing it. take care of your body,keep your mechanics clean,stretch,dont wing out your off arm to far or you will tear your rotator cuff. not everyone is cut out to be a pitcher though so you might not get where you want with it. if you love baseball you want to work on BATTING. my dad always told me if you can hit they will find a place for you to play. to increase hitting use a broom stick with athletic tape on the handle(no blisters) and have someon pitch you wiffle GOLF balls from about 8 feet away as hard as they can. as soon as you can hit those easily a baseball will look like a beach ball. if you wann be a pro ball player when you grow up LEARN TO HIT!

Answer 5

If I were you, I would get online, find out where the adult or older kid league in my town meets--and I would go hang out there in the evenings with my buddies and watch the games the older boys are playing (or men) and then I would just ask the pitchers after the games end....I promise you those guys would love to help you out and tell you secrets that they have learned and teach you all they know. Guys love to help younger guys with stuff like that---trust me!!

Answer 6

practice,devotion,skill. Grip the ball like a 4 seam fastball but put your top to finger (middle and index) togther and throw like fastball but snap middle and index finger and dont snap your thumb

Answer 7

here is a good link but it says not to twist your wrist but i throw it better if i twist my wrist how you would turn a doorknob try both and just see what works better for you

Answer 8

Try goodbaseball.com

Answer 9

steroids....