mis-speaking happens sometimes

@@DanBlewett it’s okay. That dude is just wasting ur time. Thank you for the video though. I’m trying to find a pitch to throw bc a slider doesn’t work with my over the top arm slot

@@Cole.30 look up Trevor bauers slider

@@lonelyness170 it’s good I got my curveball to move like crazy

@@lonelyness170 ty tho

Awesome! Thank you!

My old teammate who pitched started doing that and we would all call it a slutter. We'd yell from the dugout, "Throw that slutter Steven!". Definitely got in trouble from the ump, but it was always worth it because it'd throw the batter off.

do what feels comfortable

Leave the thumb where it’s at. If you move the thumb the weight of the ball is one sided. Think of it like a 4 seamer, the thumb and both fingers cut the ball in half, the middle finger adds spin stabilizing the ball. The cutter cuts the ball in half with the thumb and index only making the middle finger add gyro spin.

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no, sorry you're wrong on this. no one is saying it's ALL gyro spin. It's obviously not spinning like a football. Gyro spin can be introduced in small amounts - this is measured by Trackman, Rapsodo, etc. You're not up to speed on this. I've had this discussion with Alan Nathan and Barton Smith - both physicists who specialize in baseball. You add slight gyro spin to a cut fastball.

@@DanBlewett I think it’s impossible to have a ball without any gyro spin at all, but I don’t think a cutter inherently introduces gyro spin. You can still throw a cutter with back spin and side spin without its spin vector pointing in the direction of motion. Obviously I’m not as qualified as these physicists so I’ve gotta go back and look into it a bit more

study up on it - as i mentioned, you're wrong on this.

@@DanBlewett I’ve been looking into this a bit and from my understanding, cutters generally have a high amount of gyro spin, but it doesn’t mean that a cutter has to have gyro spin any different than a 4 seamer or 12-6 curveball. You can still have a perfect cutter with a spin axis entirely in the x-y plane. The way I think about it is a perfect slider with strictly side spin would have a spin axis that is completely vertical and would be parallel to the x-y plane. If we now rotate that slider 45 degrees clockwise in the x-y plane, we can get a cutter with equal parts backspin and sidespin without inducing any gyro spin. This spin axis would point from 45 degrees to 225 degrees in the x-y plane, but would still be 0 degrees in the other 2 planes (x-z and y-z) which means it wouldn’t have any gyro spin. Like I said it’s extremely difficult to throw a cutter like this because of the grip and release, but it doesn’t mean a cutter has to have gyro spin in theory like any other pitch. Maybe I’m not thinking about this correctly but I’d like to hear a counterpoint from you cause maybe that’ll help me think about it in a different perspective

​@jeremykates7276 I think you're over exerting yourself on this topic. Just get a glove and ball, practice if that's your intentions. Bringing physics and the magnus effect to the equation is unnecessary. 😂 either you learn by playing or just take your argument elsewhere.

no - finger pressure doesn't really exist. It's a myth that you can apply differential pressure as your arm is moving at insane speeds. Cutter is a purpose pitch to jam opposite-handed hitters or get ground balls for same side. Not appropriate for youth players at all. too hard to throw correctly and not necessary.

​@@DanBlewett that opinion surprises me. You're telling me I can't consistently squeeze more with one finger than another? Or that it doesn't really have an effect? I'd never considered that possibly, but it seems pretty straightforward for those fancy baseball pitch physicists to test and measure. (Those guys have an awesome job. Look em up if you haven't seen em on KZfaq. They have fancy machines and they design pitches. Don't ask em how to actually make it spin the way they demonstrate, they'll just remind you that you're the pitcher lol.) As for the usefulness of a cutter... I've only been able to make the ball break glove-side twice in 33 years, and those two were probably just dreams brought on by intense visualization techniques. But it seems like with every pitch going straight, straight down, or left, having something that moves glove side should be a powerful tool. Cutter, 2sm, and a change-up seems like a pretty solid arsenal.

not sure, but its really not an appropriate pitch at that age. Work on fastball and changeup.

@@DanBlewett 👍

@@Bigsbyproductions it is not a healthy pitch but it isn’t necessarily dangerous but like he said work on 4 seams,2 seams, change up’s and once you get to 13 or very close to 13 start learning a curveball.

you burst into flames

@@DanBlewett i knew it!

Wow that's your question? Look in a mirror that should look tight

MLB balls are made in costa rica - also everything is made in china

yeah probably mis-spoke

Sorry you’re wrong on this. You don’t understand gyro spin well enough.

no

because thats not how you throw a cutter?

@@DanBlewett never really threw cutters that much it can brake at like lower to mid 90s it just takes more practice

Oh you right lol

just use your other arm

sometimes people misspeak - why be a jerk about it? 25 people have already left the same comment, by the way.

yes

yes

play baseball cricket is lame

@@DanBlewett 😂 absolutely

@@DanBlewett both are hella fun. Good tutorial as wel

nah sometimes people just make mistakes when they're speaking

I think you'll survive.