Softball Pitching: Changeup Grip

Video Transcript

"In this segment, we're going to teach you how to grip a change up. Now, there's various types of styles that pitchers would like, in order to grip a change up. Normally, just a simple grip, like the four-seam grip, but the only difference is, it's the rotation of the wrist. Some like to just spin the ball back. It's typically just a simple slow ball that is going towards the plate. It floats at midpoint, at it's highest point, and it just sinks as it gets to the plate. Normally, this type of ball works for some, for some pitchers. Others, same grip, they turn the ball over, and they just let the ball go, and let the ball float, similar like a knuckleball. Now others, like my All -Star pitcher Cody will explain, she has a different style, more similar, close to a knuckleball. I like to tuck my finger, but still use the horseshoe grip, because it slows down your rotation, and also when you release it right here, you kind of stop, and it's like you're pouring out a glass of water ,and you want to stop there, and it floats over, and it's totally unpredictable. Depending on the pitcher's choice, and depending on the pitcher's comfort, they can choose to do either one of these types of grips, and as far as they turn the wrist, they will be able to throw a successful change up. This is how we grip a softball change up."