how do u throw the gyroball?

Question

people say daisuke matsuzaka throws the gyroball. that is wrong. his is like a slider. the gyroball is not a breaking pitch.

so how do u throw it?

Answer 1

Look on youtube. You twist your wrist while throwing a fastball. The gyroball is a reverse curve slider. So a right handed picher will have the ball curve to the right and down although for half the pitch it'll look like a fastball and then it could be too late to make the adjustment as the ball is a yard right and two feet down from where the ball looked like where it was going. This wrist twist could screw up a pitcher's arm so it's not really taught. It would be a good finishing pitch after a fastball though.

Answer 2

Its held similar to a curve ball.You "pull the light switch" closer to your ear and let the ball roll off your pointer finger, creating the reverse spin. it works like a curve ball breaking across the plate and the bottom falls out like a slider.It is designed to freeze a rigth handed hitter and break across the outside of the plate. You almost always want to trow it for a ball, up in the count. I suggest trowing it with your drop ending up in the dirt.If the hitter stays in the box, he is fishing when the pitch bites. To a left handed hitter, it works by making the hitter give up on the pitch because it is off the plate. Then it breaks back and catches the outside corner. When the pitch is mastered you can become crafty with it and throw it to break inside (if the hitter turns his back to take the pitch and it breaks in and cuts the corner, you'll make your local news). It is not as techinal as "popular mechanic", it just takes a little work. I used to throw it as my hook. When you do get it down it is devastating, when you hang it, it is yard work. Good luck

Answer 3

yes, that is the myth.

according to the japanese guys who created it, it shouldn't move at all.

It just has the Gyro motion which makes it deceptive in speed, and the spins makes it near impossible to time.

I am not sure exactly how to throw it, but it requires so much effort, if you are just 1% wrong, it will be a fastball over the middle of the plate.