How to Throw a Splitter

Video Transcript

"Hey, I'm Mike, and I'm going to show you how to throw a split finger today. Before you begin you have to grip the baseball with a split finger fashion. When you grip the baseball, you should spread your middle and your index finger apart. And slide the ball down in. This will give you the split finger grip. The difference between a split finger and a fork ball is the depth that you push the split finger into. The farther you push the baseball into your fingers, the more of a fork ball it will become. The split finger is important because it still maintains much of the velocity you will see with a fast ball. But has a certain amount of dive to it towards the end of its route. I will now show you how to throw a split finger fast ball. And that's how you throw a split finger fast ball."