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How to Throw a Basic Curveball Pitch

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Summary: The curveball pitch is thrown from little league baseball up to the major leagues. Find out how a curveball is thrown with tips from a professional baseball instructor in this free video on baseball.

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By Mickey Hiter
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Mickey Hiter played baseball at Lipscomb University. In addition to being a professional baseball instructor at Hit After Hit Baseball Academy, Hiter's baseball teams have won more...read more

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"The curve ball is one of the most popular pitches in baseball. It's thrown from everybody from the little leagues on up to the major leagues. Basically, the curve ball is in effect, a ball that you grip with your longest finger, on the seams going in to the horseshoe, with a varying amount of light pressure of the first finger. This finger can be placed in the position also, if that helps you put less pressure or less weight on the particular finger, but either grip will work for the basic curve ball. When the ball is thrown, the fingers are outside the ball when we get about this position, and the back of the hand is exposed when the ball is released. The ball, in effect, topple or waterfall right over the first finger, creating movement and a very tight spin that will make the ball for a right handed pitcher break to the left, away from a right handed pitcher, a right handed batter, or for a left handed pitcher, break to the right and away from a left handed batter. That is a curve ball."

eHow Article: How to Throw a Basic Curveball Pitch