How to Throw a Submarine Pitch

Video Transcript

"The submarine pitch is not so much as pitch as it is an arm angle. All pitches, the fastball, change up, curve, knuckle ball, any of these pitches can be thrown in a submarine manner and basically what they mean by submarine pitch or a submarine pitcher is the ball is thrown from a position that is less than 90 degrees from the ground. It is thrown in this position. So all of the pitches for a submarine pitch or all the pitches for a submarine pitcher are thrown almost in an underhanded manner. Submarine pitchers can be very effective because the ball comes from a strange direction at a strange angle and for one or two innings submarine pitchers can be very very effective. Also because the ball is being thrown severely from the side it creates a larger angle which makes it more difficult for some batters to hit and that is a submarine pitcher and a submarine pitch."