new pitches?

Question

Im 16 and i pitch high school with a low-mid 80s fastball. Each offseason i get pitching lessons to learn a new pitch. Two years ago i worked on a changeup, and last year i developed curveball. The changeup and the curveball are both pretty decent now and i think im ready for a new pitch. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

give them something they wont guess everyone will know youll throw a curve or chamgeup try a slurve gyro ball splitter or slider something that will break away from the hitter so u can strike him out bucause if u throw a change or a curve and hang it its long gone but a slurve or slider even if u hang it it will break away from the hitter good luck!!!

Answer 2

im 14, and throw mid 80's top at 87, i throw a fastball curve, change-up an 2 seam fastball. I would actually suggest going with a 2-seam fastball. Mine moves away from the batter, (if the batters righty) and doesnt put any strain on my arm at all. If you get it to work good, its like a in between fastball and slider.

Answer 3

knuckleballs are effective and don't strain your arm as much. they are pretty hard to learn though, i can almost throw one. But don't throw anything that isn't a great pitch, or else you will get beat up out there, my worst season pitching was when I knew I could throw, like, 7 pitches, but none of them, but my fastball were all that good, now i stick to a great fastball and late breaking unbelievable curve, i had an era around 2.00 this season, so just stick to your guns ;-)

Answer 4

Work on developing a good slider. A knuckleball is too hard to develop and then becomes THE pitch of your repertoire. The slider will give you four good pitches to keep the opposing batters off balance. Good luck.

Chow!!

Answer 5

My suggestion would be to learn a sinker. When thrown correctly this ball cant be touched. If you have a good infield behind you then this is definitley a good pitch to learn because most of the time when it is hit it's a grounder. I used to throw this and b4 they changed the distance of the mound in my rec league no1 could hit it. after that every hit was a ground ball.

Answer 6

Dont bother, those pitches are all you should need for now so work on making your fastball faster and get better placement, it'll make all your pitches better.

Answer 7

a slider or if u only learned one kind of curve then u should learn more of them

Answer 8

knuckle ball, slider, riser, they are all good pitches.....just take the time to learn them, than youll be really good!!! Good Luck!!