How to Throw an Effective Curveball | eHow.com »
Posted By johplonk 6 months, 2 weeks ago in SportsIn the words of Martin Quigly, " In the confrontation between batter and pitcher, it is the curveball that makes the batter the underdog" . While the fastball is the most common pitch in baseball, learning how to throw an effective curveball, also known as a " deuce" , keeps the batters you face off-guard and guessing. The curveball is a breaking pitch that is usually thrown 10-15 mph slower than the fastball and breaks across the plate. Some curveballs break in a 12-to-6 motion (vertical drop) while others tend to cut more across the plate. You can usually expect to get 7-12 inches of break out of your curveball
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