Twenty years ago, I developed a new curve ball called the "flipper" ball.
I would like to share with Kim , so that he can be a better pitcher.
Hopefully someone can spread the word and the message some how can get to him.
1. Holding the ball:
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Just hold it exactly like a knuckle curve.
The reason I called it the flipper was because you hold it exactly the way you hold a knuckle curve.
But when you throw it submarine style , quess what ? It looks like a flipper
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Yes , this pitch is to be thrown "submarine style", and is only for "submarine" pitcher.
2. Throwing the flipper
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I am a right hand pitcher,
so when I first practicing throwing the knuckle curve the underhand way,( I was a kid back then), I was expecting the ball to curve inside into the right hand bater. But it didn't ! It acutally performed a "Huge Curve" and moved away from a right hand batter. Not only that , if you master the flipper, the ball actually will curve "10 o'clock" direction , meaning goes away from the right hand batter and actually "RISE" up. It will rise about 6 to 9 inches.
You throw it underhand/submarine style, pretend you want to "curve" the ball inside a right hand batter and at the very very end, you pull the ball back to left side with your wrist.
"near-underhand-knuckecurve-slider"...? May be with that "thought" you will get it.
3. How the ball will move:
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If you spin outward a lot and pull back a bit and take some off , I expect a "big curve" to 9 o'clock ( about 45 degree change or 65 degree change , just like a knuckle curve would. )
By the time the ball reach the batter, it should be at 9 o'clock , 10 o'clock , 10:30 o'clock
The most "dangerous" pitch is the 10 o'clock style , cause it keep rising , which moves 'totally" the opposite direction of an underhand 2 seam fast ball.
Let me know if you are able to figure out the pitch. Any questons please let me know.
P.S if you figured out and please post on this thread.
Oh, don't ask a fat belly guy to master this, cos his belly is on the way.
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This pitch would "Greatly compliment" Kim.
As a pitcher, you want
1. Velocity
2. Movement
3. Location
Kim has both Velocity and Location , so now if he add movement, he would be a great great pitcher.