How to Throw a Curveball - Quick and To the Point

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Күн бұрын

Learn how to throw a curveball and the most common curveball grips in this video - knuckle curve, index finger pointed, etc. 📣 My online pitching courses & More 👉danblewett.com/courses
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:15 Common Curve Grips
1:03 The way it spins
2:06 How it leaves the fingertips
2:15 12-6 vs 1-7 spin
2:30 Improve your spin with this cue
3:13 How hard should you throw it?
3:30 MLB Pitcher Examples
4:11 How to develop a great curveball
4:39 Getting partner feedback
5:15 How many should you throw?
5:26 Safe ages to learn a curveball
5:40 Curveball or slider?
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@geertdezutter9168 Жыл бұрын

I am a baseball coach in Belgium, Europe. Unfortunately, there are not many coaching courses with us. For that reason I have watched hundreds of youtube instructional videos in recent years. And for pitching, coach Dan Blewett has undoubtedly taught me the most. Your videos are always clear and to the point. Super!

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words - I always try to break things down simply so those of you across the world can dive in and find it useful. Really appreciate this comment and that I’ve been a part of your journey.

@matthewmcclure3181 Жыл бұрын

Are you affiliated with one of the international schools (like ISB or St Johns)?

@geertdezutter9168 Жыл бұрын

@@matthewmcclure3181 No we're not, as far as I know they do not offer any baseball education

@Rqcist 11 ай бұрын

Ere pobre tu no tiene entrenamiento

@hillbillypatriot1 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for this tutorial, a very good and useful video, I would like to see a video of Adam Wainright do a pitching tutorial for his curve ball.

@icyd1amond Ай бұрын

I played baseball from what I was 4 until 7th grade. I'm now 20 and 2 years out of high school so it's been about 7 years since I really thrown a baseball like I used to. My cousin who is heading into 6th next year has taken an interest in it, so I've been teaching him the basics as well as me learning some stuff I never did when I played. I was never a pitcher; I was an all-around outfielder with shortstop being secondary, but I would always pitch against the barn wall at home (painted strike zone and all). I never once tried anything other than a normal fastball. I went outside today after watching this video and tried the curve and DAMN that sucker curved. I guess the years of playing and knowing how to throw a ball I guess helped out a lot, so this video was fantastic! Keep up the good work man.

@tonioyendis4464 Жыл бұрын

Most people are clueless on the tremendous skills it takes to be a MLB Pitcher.

@America-First2024 10 ай бұрын

Excellent explanations. Information I could have used 30 years ago. Growing up I would hear: “put your fingers there and just throw it”

@Fraederichs 2 ай бұрын

Yes. Back then it was what you said or a book that had a few photos with lousy explanation. KZfaq is great for this.

@user-td5wu3ts7h 11 ай бұрын

Great video coach! Thank you. I throw mine differently. Usually it’s the triangle button.

@micah-ev4co Жыл бұрын

ive been a pitcher for a while and i never wanted to through a curve becuase i thought it was pointless. after watching this video and going through it many time, i have strucken out many batters with this nasty curveball. this video helped me out a lot. thank you coach dan blewett

@pug_boss42 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video I have used both the slider and the curve videos and have mad a tremendous effect on my skill and consistencie

@jessicagermer6596 17 күн бұрын

Thank you so much I play 14u D1 and I was learning how to pitch it better and this really helped you are the best coach ever!!

@sydnerland9624 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate Coach Dan's philosophy, as well as his extensive knowledge. As a fan, watching his videos has greatly increased my enjoyment of baseball.

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

@mandiringelstetter5162 Ай бұрын

Thank you for showing me how to throw a curveball.

@baseballbro_07 3 ай бұрын

That helped me very well thank u

@markalcorn-qy7we Ай бұрын

This is very helpful, I’ve been struggling to throw a curveball l, so thanks man!

@SabreMatt Жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial. I wish these videos were around 30 years ago. In my teens, I was a solid fastball(2 & 4 seam)/change-up pitcher but I would regularly hang my breaking balls. This video would have help me out a ton back then. Good on you for passing the knowledge on to the next generation of hurlers.

@nskr160 10 ай бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking….30 years ago, I would’ve ate these vids up daily and probably wouldn’t have destroyed my arm before I was 17.

@gabetotherealz7 Жыл бұрын

The curve ball is a powerful pitch especially if it has a nice big break. It’s my bread and butter as a left-hander and well most guys can’t do anything with it. I know my curve rivals Detmers of the Anaheim Angels and Framber of Houston and-I’m 52!!!

@abef.9085 Жыл бұрын

Mine was a NASTY Knuckle Ball...Babe Ruth Team...Hitter"s were scared.

@eyeluvverbutterdogsheds4941 Жыл бұрын

As somebody who is trying on their own to train and make an attempt at being good enough to walk on to a JuCo or maybe an Independent league one day, these videos are a God send. I am trying to find a personal coach, but these videos help alot.

@NinjaMaiku Жыл бұрын

Great video coach! Thank you

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@Dockernan1977 Жыл бұрын

I throw mine differently. Usually it’s the triangle button

@Halo_god2955 5 күн бұрын

I found this very helpful

@Christian-lw7dh Жыл бұрын

I picked up the curve ball pretty fast. I keep my fingers close together and throw it hard like a fast ball and it comes in high and drops low as it crosses the plate. When i add side spin to it like you say not to do it acts like a slider for me

@Messiah-jy7jk Күн бұрын

I'm 14 and I play for rebault high school going into my sophomore year I'm gonna turn 15 in August 20th I been working on my curveball for a year I see some progress thank you so much

@scotttaylor8498 Жыл бұрын

Thanl you coach

@Messiah-jy7jk Күн бұрын

Even my coach was impressed

@jonathanr1891 Жыл бұрын

I coached a Little League for a 2 years, and had to constantly tell these 11 and 12 yr old's to stop trying to throw a curveball. They like but but, I made them do a lap for every curveball thrown. I told them a couple fastballs and a half decent change up was all they needed. Sadly pitching wasn't aren't weak point we had a few issue in the field and at the plate.

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

yeah I advocate for people to wait until 14-15

@Sportsshorts95 Жыл бұрын

@@DanBlewett should I be throwing a curveball at 13 because I just started throwing one

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

Id say wait a year and focus on your changeup

@glennmize1786 Жыл бұрын

Good 👍

@maleake56 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff. I wish I could have seen videos like this about fifty years ago when I was pitching.

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@abrahamornelas160 Жыл бұрын

Self taught. Umpired over 15 years. Grip made up individual results. Height left or right is what I saw over time.

@bruhstar9144 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much at my last game I only threw 4 seams and we lot by 12. I hope this will spice up my pitches

@thedude4762 11 ай бұрын

Throw your fastballs using different grips and learn how to throw a change up which even if you throw it wrong it wont hurt your arm unlike a curveball

@bruhstar9144 2 ай бұрын

@@thedude4762 bet

@huntzzio 17 күн бұрын

Holy shit that fingernail forward was so helpful!

@becandjim6080 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great video! I am a fan, a subscriber, and have read your book on pitching. One comment: at 5:07 you say there are studies that show that people that throw more off speed pitches have more arm pain. Would you please cite such research in the description. I feel you may also want to point viewers to other research that shows a curve ball puts the least amount of strain on the arm relative to the FB, CH, and SL. (Driveline study). Great work.

@DanBlewett 5 ай бұрын

It's an ASMI study - I would never cite research from places like you're suggesting. Have seen way too much junk science come from baseball academies - studies with no control group, few subjects, heavily biased groups, no peer review, junk standards. I don't know where that study is but it's been cited by many beyond myself - search for it. Side note - studies on arm stress across different pitches were completed by the ASMI long before any of these baseball academies - and are vastly more reputable.

@Eddies_stuff Ай бұрын

I’m not a pitcher in baseball but I definitely could be, so I thought "why not try to learn some techniques then?" So here I am.

@BigWankus 11 күн бұрын

I’m doing the exact same thing lol

@ironcity4182 Жыл бұрын

When I pitched as younger kid, threw a curve ball by holding my middle finger… how can I explain this… okay. Take where the Rawlings is written on the baseball, that’s in between the seam looking like a horse shoe. My middle finger would be on the inside of the seam as my pointer finger right next to it covering the Rawlings. Fingers running the same way as Rawlings written. My middle finger kinds of bent on the seam. The curve balls I threw doing this would break insanely. The problem was I had bad control. Even with fastballs I was on or way off. If you got control, holding the ball this way sure made it curve and drop.

@martinolivares1604 Жыл бұрын

Hey thx for the tip man i just started baseball i wanted to know how do i throw a baseball at someone not like a fly ball more like a in the middle not too hight not too low

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

you just gotta go do it, man. go throw.

@eriksharar986 Жыл бұрын

Hey great advice, thank you! Are you in DC?

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

yes

@thoughtbox6391 Жыл бұрын

I got a question for you about Charlie Morton and Rich Hill. They both throw curveballs, but they have a large amount of sidespin present according to stat cast on their curves. Are they throwing slurves?

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

probably not - theyre probably still 1/7ish and thus still curveballs. I played against Rich Hill in the Atlantic League the year he was signed - his curve is mostly 1/7 from what I've seen, and that's still a bona fide curveball. He drops his arm angle sometimes, though, and that may get him into slurve territory.

@rickbady2281 10 ай бұрын

why is it called a curve ball if it it mainly sinks?

@DanBlewett 10 ай бұрын

Google it

@overkillblackjack2910 Жыл бұрын

Hi Coach, thanks for the video. 1) How does a slider differ from a curve? I always thought a curveball curved right to left or left to right, but in this video are you saying a curveball curves high to low? Does a slider curve either left to right or right to left? 2) Does any of your teaching in this video change if the pitcher is instead LEFT-handed?

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

curveballs are up and down. sliders side to side. doesnt matter the handedness.

@overkillblackjack2910 Жыл бұрын

@@DanBlewett Ok, interesting, thanks so much!

@snip3rassassain265 Ай бұрын

Mine always seems to slip out of my hand early and either float or not at all, does anyone know how I can fix it?

@DannyAranda-951 9 ай бұрын

1. Fastball 2. Curve ball 3. Change Up 4. Slider 5. Knuckle ball 🏈 🎉🎉🎉

@willsmith8586 Жыл бұрын

At what age should someone start throwing a curve or any other movement pitches similar?

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

I have a video on that. Search my channel

@McConneheyArt 11 ай бұрын

i thought pure down spin was a sinker and diagonal down spin was a Curve ball?

@thedude4762 11 ай бұрын

I didnt use any of those grips to throw a curve and mine had a wicked curve just saying those arent the only grips for a curve ball

@bhill32 Жыл бұрын

Velocity question. I couldn’t find this answer anywhere. I understand you should be throwing your curveball as fast as you can, but how fast would you have to be able to throw a baseball to make it curve. For example…. Can you throw a 40mph curveball?

@albonthegoat Жыл бұрын

They all curve. They just become ineffective curves. a very slow very slight curve just becomes a slow meatball or eephus, where how very little it curves basically won't matter.

@mramisuzuki6962 17 күн бұрын

Ephesus pitch isn’t a curveball.

@samd7601 11 ай бұрын

My Nana taught me

@user-on5oi1hv6h 8 ай бұрын

俳優並みの男前ですね👨

@richiecabo Жыл бұрын

You didn't mention how to actually throw it though, grips yes, but should you rotate an snap your wrist downward? Or like Bauer shows, never rotate wrist, turn it sideways and throw like fastball?

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

you just throw it.

@richiecabo Жыл бұрын

@@DanBlewett thanks coach

@standepain Ай бұрын

To quote Nolan Ryan on how to throw a curve "People think you twist your wrist or snap the ball but you don't." "The only difference between a fastball release and a breaking ball release is your wrist position"

@LeeVH495 2 ай бұрын

question, will girls be able to throw all these throw at an even learning rate or will it be harder for girls? Btw love the video ❤

@DanBlewett 2 ай бұрын

they can learn it just the same

@michaelmiller4105 17 күн бұрын

I don’t know maddux pitched 5000 innings so I don’t think it’s the breaking ball that causes the arm pain I think it’s the pitchers try to throw it just as hard as a fastball, which they shouldn’t.

@DanBlewett 16 күн бұрын

guessing on causes based on one pitcher isnt a good strategy to find the cause

@michaelmiller4105 15 күн бұрын

@@DanBlewett Charlie huff, Tim Wakefield I can keep going if you want. I picked maddux because based of your coaching you probably don’t know much about the sport. There’s a reason why pitcher injuries are increasing every year. Videos like this.

@dylans191 Жыл бұрын

I know this is an old video but are you not describing more of a sinker? Even the MLB examples you show its outward curve but in the video you are explaining you do not want that?

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

@michaelhunziker7287 9 ай бұрын

Get those 4 seams tumbling from 12 to 6 and watch'em flail

@mrmeme-jq6qr Жыл бұрын

I disagree about throwing the big loopy curveball, if a player wants to get in this eephus area with a curveball it just means theyll get into trouble a lot more and if they know this theyll proceed with caution

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

we all have the right to make trouble for ourselves and get shelled if we so choose

@jonathanpalmos2911 Жыл бұрын

There are more people watching this video to learn how to throw a curveball that are not old enough to be throwing one.

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

people can watch whatever they want to watch - it's a free country

@acbabelgates9386 6 ай бұрын

Where's the evidence for Your Arm Hurting more?

@josephfraser4317 Ай бұрын

Getting around the ball and not through the ball is hard on the arm. There’s a big difference between a correct 12-6 and a little league curve

@1andonlytoonkid 9 күн бұрын

🤔Okay, but I still don't understand how the ball is curving mid-flight.🤷‍♂️

@BlazingShackles 11 ай бұрын

you didnt explain 12-6 or 1-7 at all.

@grpere1 Ай бұрын

12-6 is December 6th and 1-7 is January 7th 😆

@josephfraser4317 Ай бұрын

That is all dependent upon the way the ball is coming out of the hand of the pitcher

@SOUTHL.A. 25 күн бұрын

I CONCUR..🤨

@sisqokid7978 11 ай бұрын

I gave up on baseball a long time ago. One reason is this: what they call a curve ball acts like a some going down a slide. Too me that would be a "slider" pitch. Then they call a ball that starts from left and goes to the right a slider. Go figure.

@DanBlewett 11 ай бұрын

thats an incredibly stupid reason to "give up" on a sport

@terryjohnson12347 Жыл бұрын

Do you think that a 12-13 year old could start to learn a curveball?

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

could, but it's not how I would do it

@sparechainge 2 ай бұрын

Arm is gonna be done by the time ur 20😂😂

@Plasma_iguess 2 ай бұрын

@@sparechainge i hope so

@dillondelhoney714 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, some guys are better at curve balls, others are better slider pitchers.

@sileatoeleath4236 20 күн бұрын

whatever 2011 is

@emmanuelwood8702 Жыл бұрын

pulling down a window blind.

@1969EType Жыл бұрын

Hello, Williamsport? Yeah...you guys need to watch this video. Coach says 14, Williamsport...14! Either that, or stop trotting out messages about player safety...

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

I cant watch the LLWS

@rugbird Жыл бұрын

"Great rite of passage for young pitchers" Me, a 25 year old: 😧

@Leogin Жыл бұрын

thats a sinker not a curveball

@DanBlewett Жыл бұрын

Lol no

@MikeHart72 11 ай бұрын

Lol no it isn’t. I can see how you might think that because of the 12-6 drop but a sinker has different movement. When I pitched, more years ago than I care to admit, a sinker was my favourite pitch. Its basically a one seam fastball….well that’s how I threw it

@stpaulisland 9 ай бұрын

To throw a sinker, you grip the ball differently. The reason is, the ball comes off the hand differently than a curve or even a fastball. By holding it differently, the rotation of the ball is a forward spin rather than a backward spin.

@MikeHart72 9 ай бұрын

@@stpaulisland A sinker doesn’t have forward spin, that’s a curve ball. A sinker is a 2 or 1 seam fastball. By 2 seam you grip the ball so 2 seams run the length of your fingers, they don’t go across the seams.