How to Throw a Gyro Ball

[@mrpimbus2709]

thank you, Alfred

[@Sonnheim]

The whole point of a screw ball is to break and move away from the arm that you throw it from. This is what the pitch does. Besides the two seam and four seam which in my opinion are the only pitches with definite grips. There are a crap load of grips for sliders, curves, and screws just like each pitchers pitches move and break differently. Depends on whether you want velocity or rotation (which leads to it breaking a certain way).

[@PingPongProductionz]

I throw the pitch the same way alfred does and it worked as described. I dont know if it was because im a lefty, but it worked as described. A++ (Oh and I play for Liberty University Lynchburg, Va 24502 Starting Pitcher)

[@MrWinterSniper]

gyroball is suppossed to look like its dropping but its actually rising

[@jdono6760]

Derek is right a gyro has lots of spin and looks like it's going to break but it doesn't. It plays a trick on the hitter. Think opposite of a knuckleball.

[@fghtngillini91]

a gyro ball is supposed to have the speed of a fastball but the movement of a slider. the only difference is the movement happens drastically and just before the plate. you achieve this by, instead of throwing a fastball with normal backspin, you throw it with "football" spin. the skewed axis of rotation causes the crippling movement.

[@RyuDaB3ast]

What a gyroball meant to do is spin like a football. The axis of the ball is straight and not horizontal thus it may seem fast but since it doesnt have any backspin, it doesnt carry and therefore breaking.

[@mononoaware1960]

this pitch spins kind of like a slider it rotates on the top

[@baseballisthelife4me]

I think the gyro ball is different, but that is still a cool pitch

[@daidai753]

a gyroball is a pitch that doesnt drop that much which makes the batter feel the ball is going faster(sry for the bad english, im not fluent)

[@baseballinn]

Its a fast change-up...basically

[@carlkiller15]

- is it the same as in right-hand ???

[@SorryIPoopedInYurBed]

like a split finger fast but a change up a split finger change

[@kylekhaziran968]

That's a Vulcan Changeup.

[@bray2424]

so basically throw a rly nasty sinker. i like it

[@DominusK10]

The plane cutting gyroball which you speak of is the FAKE gyroball which Baseball Prospectus columnist Will Carroll came up with. A true 4 seam gyro will have little to no break, will SEEM to the batter to be a slider, but in reality will travel at speeds close to a fastball. a 2 seam gyro will act as a changeup, looking like it will come in as a fastball. This happens because of the rotation of the 2 seam gyro, disrupting the constant "rifle bullet" air flow, thus slowing the ball down.

[@bcgtcgaeg]

thanks man

[@lord_brotaco6883]

Thats a volcan change up

[@julianpoirier3790]

So its a split change, or a gyroball......

[@tonyanthonyfowler]

awesome

[@MarshallWebbJr]

You're right, this isn't a true gyroball. It's more of a really awkward screwball.

[@twizzzz123]

i think thats called a vulcan change

[@mononoaware1960]

this pitch spins kind of like a slider it rotates on the top its just like a screwball

[@desijatt113]

show how u would throw it as a righty i tried it nothing happens.

[@smikemc09]

that is the same thing a circle change is with a weird grip. just the same movement as a slow sinker. thats it

[@BaseBallLover-ut7ch]

Isn't that a vulcanchange

[@Harrelson15]

actually it is a gyro ball.

[@88mainey88]

Nope, that's not a new pitch. Although, it is a Japanese pitch called a shuuto.

[@anthonysjb]

notta gyroball. a gyroball is sposed to rise but at the same time appear to fall.

[@Jtwizzle]

nice!

[@AlFredandBogey]

yeah

[@peakbeatplays3775]

Just 2 fingers to make or do Gyro ball

[@outlawgoalie30]

Ye gyroball doesn't break drop or rise. It spins like a bullet so it looks like it is dropping but it is really going straight

[@grove33356]

the first pitch you talked about is a vulcan change up which is a really sweet pitch just not many people throw it and i think i gets mistaken as a circle change sometimes

[@jrm4480]

ya this kid knows what he is talkin about...?

[@alstonlandrum7051]

This is a vulcanchange

[@l3vi13]

Arigato gyro

[@AlFredandBogey]

the opposite of a lefty. just flick your wrist the opposite direction as a curveball but just dont flick it downward

[@venters39]

I don't care if it isn't a real gyroball if it gets people out I'll use it

[@cannenbuelna2171]

It's a slurve because it goes in on a lefty

[@jdono6760]

That is a Vulcan change up.

[@DendaeTheGreen]

Not a gyro. My gyro is faster than my 4 seam, which gives me in a sense 3 different change ups. (My gyro takes the place of my fast, 4 seam is a small drop in speed, my regular change up is slower than that [though i sometimes leave it up in the zone] and even slower than that is my eephus). I also throw a 12-6 curve and a cutter

[@chandlerdampier5869]

U must be pretty slow then.its in the name!FASTball.

[@AlFredandBogey]

dude i finally figured out the origin of this pitch

[@ahsanabbaszaidi]

nice know i now

[@AlFredandBogey]

Yeah i'll be coming out with a video of me throwing it. it should be up within the next couple weeks

[@AlFredandBogey]

thats what every1 says until they learn to throw this pitch. there is a gyroball its just not like how poeple think it is

[@AlFredandBogey]

then how do u throw it?

[@hockeypuck302]

nah, this isnt the true gyro-ball. this kinda looks like it would be a sinker or a bottom-drop-out change up. it sounds cool though

[@AlFredandBogey]

You sir are correct

[@anthonysjb]

@iGUESSmaybeNOT yeahh, i apologize. i realized tht after i posted the comment.

[@tomajrob997]

wow. ur name would be "AlFred"

[@gatordude47]

its not a sinker and its not a gyroball its probable some pitch he maid up

[@AlFredandBogey]

yupp ur right about that lol. i finally figured out where this pitch came from. im going to make a video soon about where the pitch i showed in this video came from.

[@AlFredandBogey]

somewhat. lol

[@AlFredandBogey]

lol what?

[@AlFredandBogey]

i love how everyone talks about vulcan change ups and there are no videos or articles about them on the web or any baseball book.

[@AlFredandBogey]

yeah at first it might kind of suck but like any other pitch, the more you throw it the better movement and better control you get on the pitch

[@DominusK10]

Again, not a gyro. thats a vulcan changeup which eric gagne uses. a gyro is not meant to be a changeup, but a fastball with little to no break which reduces air resistance. It looks like a slider to the batter but comes at him like a fastball. The sweet spot of the ball is reduced to one point, thus when hit, most of the time the result is a pop fly or a foul ball. Please, please stop 'advertising' the vulcan change as a gyro. Im not trying to put you down, just get your facts right

[@CertifiedPG]

a gyroball has bullet like spin like a spiral in football. this is not a gyro ball. its almost as fast as a fastball. faster than a change up.

[@ninjaturtles2095]

this is a gyrobLL OR SUMN ITS NASTY IT BREAKS AT LAST SSECOND

[@nemremsmislitime]

first of all, a gyroball should be more of a speed like a slider, second, it should spin like a bullet,and third of all you grip it like a fastball. period

[@AlFredandBogey]

i wuz flickin my wrist really hard when i wuz throwin it today and ive never had that much movement on it before. i might make a vid of me throwin it so people can c wut kind of movement it has

[@AlFredandBogey]

totally different movement

[@AlFredandBogey]

haha how did you know that?

[@AlFredandBogey]

same speed as yer change up

[@beatjh]

Well obviously, you can`t throw a real gyroball. Japan scientists said human body is not able to throw it.

[@AlFredandBogey]

in my last tournament i pitched a one hitter with 10 k's and i hit a homer...i used the gyro a lot and i got a lot of strikeouts with it

[@PingPongProductionz]

True that. Im gonna call it the Alfred Ball. I have my next game Thursday and I am ready to pitch it. Its Really Not A Gyro Ball. Its really called the Alfred Ball Now. -Cameron

[@tomatomistakes]

that`s a screwball.

[@AlFredandBogey]

i threw it all season and my a arm still felt great. it doesnt do anything to your arm

[@YovilleGAMER]

i once did this pitch totally made up and when i pitched it to my friend (i throw right) it went at him and swooped and sord of dropped right in the middle :) totally made up by me

[@AlFredandBogey]

haha are you kidding me?

[@wfryno]

thats a screwball

[@somayajia]

definitely not a gyroball

[@AlFredandBogey]

oh haha sweet

[@cam21fr]

thats not how to throw a gyro ball. right idea but wrong grip and wrist snap. a gyro-ball (i looked this up on many different baseball sights) dosnt move att all. fadt balls somewhat move. this DOSNT MOVE AT ALL. it spins like a bullet u let it roll off the tips of your fingers

[@alienflip]

That's not a gyro ball it is a japaneese screwball...

[@nemremsmislitime]

@iGUESSmaybeNOT no problem :) i throw it also, but it's a bit more slower than my fastball. but you're right, it should be as a fastball, 'cause it is a fastball grip. P.S. yes, this video is for shit NOTE TO ALL: stop making videos of something if you don't know what you're talkin' about!!

[@AlFredandBogey]

i kno u think im retarded for putting this vid on hear but try to throw the pitch cuz its really nasty but u prolly dont even have the skill to throw it so wutev. yup and im a starter for my allstar team and i just threw a 1 hitter...and i can throw 73.

[@Sonnheim]

The pitch you're showing is a screw ball. It is the opposite of a cutter and will move away from the arm that you're throwing it from. This pitch will mess up your arm...if you don't pronate (for idiots...turn your elbow outwards) correctly. I can't believe you pitch for an allstar team... Gyro balls stay in the plane and suddenly cut without breaking. This is physically impossible...pitches have to cut the air and either reduce the pressure on top or bottom to break. Learn some science.

[@Aphasia17]

@espnfan123 LOL

[@AlFredandBogey]

oh i c. lol

[@littlehollywood0713]

Gay

[@JMSportsCards23]

Shawn Thorburn asshole

[@tonyanthonyfowler]

awesome

[@Kharmatos13]

that's a screwball

[@javieri.vazquez9974]

TRUE!