YOUTH SPORTS: How to Throw a Curveball or Slider

The key to achieving success on the mound is learning how to mix up – and spot – your pitches. Adding a curveball to your bag of tricks will go a long way.
Comments on article "YOUTH SPORTS: How to Throw a Curveball or Slider"
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tehe awsome 11/2/2009
nyle cool 11/2/2009
the patels You know writing about it is harder than learning about it. i know i 'm dum!, but i'm stupid too! 8/26/2009
rah im the best in little lengue baseball i was the picher in the little lengue world serise 7/10/2009
curve ball u can throw a curve ball at the ages 112+(peewee and up) 5/9/2009
marc what does a slider does 8/20/2008
jake my favorite baseball player is casey blake from the indiands 7/9/2008
Austin My favorite food is tuna casarul. how bout u? 6/26/2008
kyle darden im an good pitcher im 16 and start for the junction city dragons im in the tenth grade 1/30/2008
ad ha ha ha 8/3/2007
samuael i am the the best picter in the world
8/3/2007
andrew man, this aint tru 8/3/2007
joe happyday 7/31/2007
Eric Man, i been working on throwing Knuckleball, Curveball, 2-Seam Fast, and 4-Seam Fast. any tips?
7/20/2007
hi i like toast 3/11/2007
hb ur mom is purple 9/25/2006
pedro pedro martinez in the house

thats me
9/25/2006
justin no u cant im justin verlander 9/25/2006
billy i can pitch 100 times better than u allll!!!! 8/25/2006
chris well im a pitcher and i can throw a cure fast 2 seam change and other but sliders tend to mess up your arm but if u do only thro it a couple times a game 8/8/2006
pat all i throw in games r fastball and curve 10/26/2005
pat im a good pitcher and know how to throw a slider. should i throw it and will it mess up my arm
10/26/2005
ryan what's a 90 degree angle? 10/8/2005
toni dont know how to throw 10/1/2005
tim w. u kids no who tim wakefield is ? well thats me 8/14/2005
Andre your right the slider looks like a curveball but its a slider because i went to the field with my friend he said it had a nice break to the left. 8/10/2005
Wyatt Sippy It's cool, but mabe some like vidioes and pictures of the grip and through the pitch. 7/19/2005
Wyatt Sippy It's alright but how about a slurve, knucklecurve, and a riser.
7/19/2005
Wyatt Sippy This site is alright! 7/19/2005
tj can you show me pictures of how to throw every baseball pitch
6/25/2005
darryl i think its nice but more pitches 6/24/2005
zack cotter i want to learne how to throu a curvball, slider, knuckelball, changeup, and a sinker.
6/2/2005
chris supik send me a free magazine 5/17/2005
tim pictures 4/10/2005
baseball player this is a good review and know how to throw a curveball.. BUT you could add pictures about how to hold it and/or the right angles and styles to throw it 9/11/2004
unknown Show the pictures 7/18/2004
Dave ( 15) I used to pitch in pee wee leagues when I was 8 and 9 I quit and i havent been back. This year my friend tryed out for the team and got on with ease, he was a pitcher like me and he threw hard and fast. I couldnt keep up with him and he rubbed it in my face. I talked to my brother in law and he taught me how to throw a perfect changeup. It was awesome. I became interested in pitching again and he told me that his dad taught him how to pitch a screwball, curveball, knuckleball, 2 seam, 4 seam, and a changeup. He showed me and it was amazing he could be a pro. (shoulder injury) But anyways i went to Don, and he taught me how to throw a screwball and a knuckleball, that is hard. I looked up online about everypitch I could. I found this site and its exactly how Don taught me how to throw. Im glad that other teenagers have the oppurtunity to learn how to throw pitches other than fastballs and curves. After reading this page and the arm strength and conditioning page, I have pitched 12 no hitters, and my fastball has leveled out at 73 mph. Its not all about speed but about control. Im lucky I have both and am very thankful for all this sites help. Thank you.

P.S. - My friend got nothing on me
6/15/2004
Tyler See I this stuff very much you improved my pitching very much 6/13/2004
Joe um how about some pictures its ezier to learn rather then boring paragraphs show us the pictures...plz...thnx 6/3/2004
joe show pictures of the grip
5/29/2004
chris it really works i shown a lot of people how 2 throw thw damn ball and they liked it and told da president about u 5/23/2004
ballsack joe your a fag how could you like it when it doesnt show you the pictures
5/3/2004
Karl Show us the damn pictures already. 5/2/2004
joe i like it 5/2/2004
billy how to throw a curveball is hard yall 5/1/2004
dustin show how you hold a cruveball
1/7/2004
Michael You should show pics of the pitch 11/7/2003
Strider This helped me a lot, I have a speech tommorow on this. 10/22/2003
Drubbo9 Wheres the pictures of the grips??
Thats stupid it tells us but it would be easier if we saw it.(Duh)
Don't you think
10/9/2003
Tino Saucedo Thank you for the tips. 10/6/2003
Brian i think you should let the people know that your not supposed to throw some of the pitches until they are fully grown and their arms can handle the stress of throwing certain pitches, so they don't mess up their arms. 10/3/2003
The Hard Slider

Im 18 yrs old and i can throw a fastball, curveball, change up, circle change, knuckleball, splitfinger, fastballsplitfinger, slider, twoseam fastball, fourseam fastball, cutter, cutfastball,. ive benn throwing these since i was in the 6th grade. but it took some time to learn how to thrw o these pitches.
9/19/2003
show use pictur show use some pictures damit 8/27/2003
The next Pedro one game i throgh a no-hitter and since then i have thrown 6, 1 hitters and 4, 2 hitters 8/27/2003
³¹BATTIER³¹ I agree with everyone that says you need to show pictures! We are only kids we cant understand all that 45 degree angle crap~~~!!!~~~!!! 7/24/2003
bigballa can we see some pitchures of the curveball grip 7/22/2003
Future MLB Star My 16 and a decent third baseman i play year around and i smacked 15 homeruns in 1 season.That is my schools Record!
5/27/2003
Pedro Martinez Kids what are you doing you should't be throwin that JUNK you should practice the Change-up & work on location location location. 5/16/2003
BJ Show some pictures how are we suppose to figure it out show some PICTURES of the grips. 5/16/2003
Philip Ajarapoo show pics 5/7/2003
TJ show pictures of the grips 5/7/2003
josh please show pictures of these grips 5/5/2003
Maxell if you get pictures, they will come
5/2/2003
Mike Rotch HELLO ~ PICTURES! 4/29/2003
b- rad you all shut up cause you know you aint better than brad blount crackheads 4/28/2003
fifi I like men 4/28/2003
Elliott Mcnary My b-day is on may 25 4/28/2003
clayclay my bad they show some 4/28/2003
clayclay my bad they some 4/28/2003
clayclay hey everybody that goes to this page an want to see how they throw it go to pitching.com then click grips it show the pictures 4/28/2003
elliott it really works. I'm impressed
4/25/2003
Eliottssxaweexs this sucks it is really bad the pitches don't even work 4/25/2003
jessie stowe would you just show the dang pictures 4/24/2003
H.A.W.K we need some pictures of these pitches, esp. slides and sinker 4/20/2003
lookout anybody who is 12 years old shouldn't be throwing a curve ball! you should be more concerned about a change-up and location than a pitch that will ruin your life! i've seen kids blow their arms out pitching that crap. wait until your 16 or a little older, or you'll be sorry. 4/20/2003
the man anybody using the name "the pimp" and needing pictures to throw a curveball needs help!!!!! 4/19/2003
the pimp how often do u update your site cause u really need to show pictures 4/19/2003
Phillip I am a good pitcher i have pitched 2, seven inning no hitter and i am 12 yrs old. I think rookies need pictures. 4/14/2003
bill show some pictures of these pitches
we need to see them
4/13/2003
JIM show pictures!!!!!!!!!!! 4/12/2003
Native i am the best pitcher ever and better then all you crackheads
4/11/2003
Native show pictures of how to throw these pictures 4/11/2003
Jack Please show pictures of these grips 4/9/2003
Millertoki PLease show some pictures of these
pitches
3/13/2003
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