How to throw a NASTY Change-Up

[@jkill0993]

my dad told me one sign for my pitches, a changeup. Otherwise just fastballs. I was 9 years old and never got the changeup sign the entire season. He gives it to me once and the guy bombs it 215 dead center for a homer lmao.

[@MrDistillation]

Lol that's funny. Part of the reason we don't teach the little ones different pitches, is understanding when to use it. It can be hard enough for them to learn proper mechanics and locating their fastball. Once you get that, then you have to learn to use off speed to take a hitter off balance.... and not putting it right down the middle.

[@HXRprodz]

I hit a ball 250 feet when I was 10

[@nolandaking3086]

I just hit a ball 310 and I’m 12 years old playing for a team that won states and am going to play for a triple a team in Florida

[@HXRprodz]

@@nolandaking3086 that’s amazing

[@nolandaking3086]

@Football And Baseball Vibes thank you

[@l3o55atron4]

Glad this dude understands the learning process and getting comfortable instead of just expecting people to throw it immediately

[@cliffordfarley30]

Try that grip on a two seam style. You’ll get a back door slider effect. Used to get a lot of no swing strikes on it

[@matthewwiederhold3946]

Trying this tonight for live AB’s. It would be awesome to have a good changeup

[@oldmanjenkinz1839]

How did it go

[@ConnerAdams123]

How did it go?

[@benballier9580]

@@ConnerAdams123 As the baseball, I can say he got lit up

[@ConnerAdams123]

@@benballier9580 lol

[@andr0_725]

@@benballier9580 I can vouch I was home plate

[@LJ11420]

Thank you this was so helpful!

[@The_State_of_Oklahoma]

Tbh I’m not even a pitcher but I still love watching this kind of stuff 💀

[@honestaimer]

damn bro i live in norman

[@jmailsooti6765]

Thanks!

[@danielbaseball]

Hi my son just started pitching/baseball. I posted some of his video. Can you tell us what more we need to improve. Thank you very much. This is his channel. kzbin.info/door/DxaBDHxMRTRXoxv1SJfS4g

[@Thr33.Sid3z]

I had a small hand disadvantage so I perfected the "Circle Change" Where you basically hold the ball like an ok👌🏽 Sign. It takes a lot more finesse & practice to Master the pitch, but it's a Must have for your pitch arsenal

[@dio3576]

Man I'll definitely try this once I know how to throw a baseball!

[@notmarcus17]

Lmao

[@mannymrtz4940]

Like the pitch grip videos, along with fielding! Liking it!👍

[@Flyin__ryan]

The key to a change up (or most any pitch) is the pronating of the wrist as you release. Ball must come off of the ring finger and create sideways spin so that it Can dive to your throwing arms side as it reaches the plate.

[@fishflyinggames6676]

That’s the key. I like to feel it come off the pinky side of my ring finger/hand/palm. It also feels like my knuckles face the catchers mitt, similar but to how they do on a curve ball but also opposite, lol. I don’t know if that stuff exactly happens but that’s what it feels like. Pronating at the right time is key to getting that extra RPM’s to create movement.

[@ogshotglass9291]

Been fooling around with a different type of changeup. I hold it just like it were a knuckleball, but at release, I flick the fingers that are behind the ball. Done right, this causes a lot of front spin which causes the ball to dive. Changing the way it's held on the seams can cause it to break sideways as well.

[@rencypaniaguavallejo1240]

Thanks you very much 👍

[@philliesboy228]

Thank you I’ve been throwing decent change-ups but using a different grip

[@Mockturtlesoup1]

I agree learning this pitch is a good idea to get used to it and seeing what it does, but I think the vast majority of "kids"(not sure which age group we're talking about) don't need a change up, either because there's not enough velocity on their fastball(or more precisely, not enough difference between the fastball and change), or because they can just throw some type of curve/breaking ball for their off speed pitches(not that changeups can't/don't move, especially the older/better you get, but serving up change-ups in Little League is like throwing batting practice.) That being said, when I played freshman and JV(I got fucked up on drugs by late sophomore year and never played again), there was one pitcher who could throw mid seventies, _maybe_ low 80s. He was the only pitcher I ever even asked to throw change-ups, but he'd shake me off every time. I mean granted, he had 3 or 4 different breaking balls at somewhat different speeds, but still. And worst of all(I shit you not), he would _only_ throw outside(meaning over the far part of the plate, or just passed it to get guys swinging.) I don't know if he was afraid of hitting someone or what, but let me tell you, as a catcher, that is extremely frustrating, especially since he was a pretty good pitcher. So I basically had only two calls. Fastball outside, or curve outside(and then he has the nerve to tell me I making my calls too obvious when the other team would be getting hits. Which, granted, was probably somewhat true as I was only 14/15 years old, but kids that age aren't really thinking about that very much, or waiting on a particular pitch. One game when he said that I told him to just throw whatever he wanted from now on, and I'd catch it. He's like, "how are you gonna catch it if you don't know what I'm throwing?" I'm like, "bitch? Who the hell do you think you are? Pedro Martinez?"(it was a long time ago. Lol.) "I can catch far easier than I can hit 'em, and I can hit just fine." Which was true, as if I swung at a pitch, I rarely missed, and almost never struck out.)

[@nemesiomartin1135]

I learned on a circle change

[@DjDobleU809]

Master your 4 Seam Fastball 1st. Ride that pitch till the majors. The later you begin throwing breaking balls, the longer your Tommy John tendon will cooperate. Advice given to me from Pedro Martinez in the DR winter ball.

[@markuyehara7880]

That's great advice... if you have a 98 mph, high spin fastball. lol

[@DjDobleU809]

@markuyehara7880 sorry ya didn't make it.

[@alexisborden3191]

Bro no one is going to get to the majors with just a 4seamer. Even high school or college kids will time that up and tee off on it.

[@crazeball6872]

Changeups can be deadly!

[@ENikolaev]

Really wish I had better coaches growing (zero shade to them, I quit baseball before it would have mattered) but I always had a cannon and played 3rd as a kid bc no one else could throw from 3rd to 1st, then left field bc no one could throw over a cut man and actually make a play at 2nd/3rd or home, then catcher bc I could throw the hardest/most accurate to second on a steal. I pitched occasionally but had no control, looking back I throw a “palm ball” that was really a changeup 95% of the time bc no one ever explained the seams or how they work to throw pitches, I always thought to throw a curve u had to turn over your arm like crazy, same with a cutter/splitter etc. don’t know I would’ve stayed with the sport through college like I did football, but shoot I would’ve played longer bc that would have been SO much fun to actually learn.

[@bradfowler7112]

Going from out on the fingers to in is a great technique. However, things have changed with Seam Shifted Wake pitches. Should not be chasing magnus effect movement on changeups. Move the baseball around until you get the open horseshoe rotating on the upper left (backside of the baseball) for righties. The wake of airflow across the back of the ball will make a change move more violently (and later) than magnus (spin) - for everyone not named Devon Williams.

[@willtheog34]

Probably take time getting used to but I'll try it thanks

[@lorimeyers3839]

I wasn’t the biggest kid during my mid and late teenage years, 5’9”, 175, topped out around 84, but I threw my change up exactly the same way but focused more on the pinky as the brakes. Threw it straight over the top, same release point as my four seam. No pronation, and as you said, your middle fingers sort of stabilizes the ball as you get more comfortable with it. What made it unhittable was the fact that my arm speed along with the spin and action was the same as my four seam, but 8-10 mph slower. There’s really no way to teach a batter to hit a change up, by the way. As a righty, I surprisingly got my most swings and misses vs. right handed hitters. Maybe because I could more easily locate it, who knows. I actually emulated Ryan Madson’s grip and release point as far back as 2004, when he showed the way he gripped the pitch on a Sunday Night Baseball broadcast with Joe Morgan. And by the way, that story all your coaches tell you about throwing curveballs?….they’re all true. Lol. 33 years old and my arm is wrecked. Hahaha

[@rockymountaintrout2689]

Plenty of mlb pitchers older than 33 that throw a lot of curveballs and dont have record arms

[@donarthiazi2443]

If you're a righty then isn't it typical to get most misses from righthand batters? Or is that just on the curve and doesn't apply to the change-up?

[@davidroldan6007]

I was waiting for the throw!!!

[@JoshuaJapitan]

Or make an "ok" sign, then wrap those three free fingers on the ball Advice from Coach Ochiai (diamond no ace)

[@cryptiv7]

Loved that anime taught me a lot

[@poindextertunes]

Circle Change 💯

[@EnzoT25]

his veins were PUMPING

[@bobo44donemilking51]

Back in the day I just held my 2 seam fastball grip loser with a looser grip and with the same motion let it slip out ,it was awesome, nothing better than a great chang up

[@erikpoff1954]

God bless everyone who sees this I hope you have a great rest of your day and a great day tomorrow God loves you 🤍🕊🤍❤️🙏🏼

[@jjvargas93]

I learned this exact pitch 21 years ago when I was 12...i had 6 pitches in my arsenal back then, this was definitely was nasty one🔥

[@MessiFan4Life]

This works 100% for me thxs so much

[@winsome879]

I started throwing a palm/change like Trevor Hoffman and the movement is amazing. Takes some serious practice tho.

[@masonmora-clark4920]

Good grip taps

[@_showshorts]

This is literally the same way I’ve been experimenting with my changeup

[@jrb5667]

Perfect explanation man 👍

[@steelersnation7530]

Nice video

[@Shurmash]

I have more accuracy using the ok grip. I really sell it so they think I'm throwing a fastball. I've buckled a few hitters lol.

[@eliemichaud3754]

My favourite part is when he showed us an example of the pitch

[@tchilli24]

He never said he was gonna do an example

[@tchilli24]

He never said he was gonna do an example

[@Jeanuwine]

He promised to lead us horses to water and we're still waiting for his lead

[@ncokatana]

it’s literally just a slower fastball

[@travisboone6383]

I always threw a palm style change up with my 2 seam. Nasty combo pairing them both with a 12-6.

[@keeganthompson5300]

My man in pitches are 2 seam, curve cutter , my favorite is a nuckle ball

[@luisbravo9766]

Awesome

[@Sweetbangtube420]

It’s how I throw my change. Literally the pitch that defines my arsenal.

[@Chewbacca77]

I was taught to grip a change up with 3 fingers (pointer, mid, ring) and straddle the middle finger between the laces

[@PS-un9up]

Grip the 4 seam with the pinkie and ring finger and watch how nasty it is. As a catcher, if I threw BP, it was nothing but flat 4 seam fastballs until I mixed in a change up with that grip. Would make the batters look pretty silly. Delivery was exactly the same. Speed dropped about 10 mph.

[@adamb.campbell2202]

If you have small hands I’d suggest doing pitching this like a two seam and pronate, once you start to spot it it’s crazy good

[@EveryTimeIDavid]

My teammates said the only pitch they knew I was throwing was a change up when I gripped it like this. Switched to a circle change, and the extra movement made up for distinct spin.

[@shawnmcbride2881]

If you want to get good at throwing a change up, you need to get the feel for the pitch/grip. Incorporate into your long toss routine!

[@gman7281]

Could never throw a change up, i throw a splitter now

[@WyattBriggs37]

Can do that same thing with a 2 seam grip, always found a lot more movement when I threw a 2 seam circles as opposed to a 4 seam circle

[@ydra8291]

This wont work with everyone. For some it surely will but for those who dont, try to explore other change up grips and practice only on those that works well for you. You still need amazing control and a killer fastball for change ups to work well.

[@虎峨たいがの修行]

野球は素晴らしい✨😊

[@fawneisenbarth1698]

My brother plays baseball ⚾️

[@coltbolt1341]

Cool

[@markuyehara7880]

The way Pedro and Maddux say throw it is easier: Release it off your ring finger.

[@danielhoward4566]

That was the nastiest looking change up I have ever seen.

[@adammarcotte4803]

It actually depends on what you what your change up to do. If you want more depth and run, you have to eliminate backspin. Find a way that is natural for you, change ups, like all pitches, are different for all pitchers

[@owengoffena7515]

I did that not knowing what it was and it was really nasty now I know what it is

[@CorgeekWx]

Ol reliable. I have a changeup 20 mph less than my fastball but I throw it so hard it generates so many whiffs.

[@KadenceCizmadia]

Nice

[@krissigilbert2770]

I did 3 up 3 down all game thanks

[@brandonboystv8160]

Trying this tomorrow

[@davido4085]

Fastball and two seem fastballs is all kids need early on. Change ups should be taught last so it doesn't affect arm speed and velocity at a young age

[@tucklee8077]

I got more movement out of the change up throwing it like that, only with a 2 seem grip

[@Zman7384]

I’m 12 and I’ve been throwing that and have many strikeouts from it

[@danieljs125]

Man I wish I could develop this pitch effectively but it's always hit or miss for me. I either execute it perfectly or throw it in the dirt lol

[@Johntotorototortot]

It works it’s just how you throw it just throw like a fastball the grip does the rest it either sinks or rises

[@av-bv7de]

I’ve been taught different by former mlb pitcher on how to throw change up

[@bananashake-_-3138]

Cool no one asked

[@henryplayz4088]

that helped me

[@Jonnyritter]

Thank u

[@riyashah7874]

POV: you are a softball pitcher

[@poindextertunes]

The CLAW 🦾

[@Dingers13]

Thats exactly how I throw a change up 👍

[@Guywithnolimbs]

Pronation has left the chat.

[@SP.007]

What if you thew the ball like a 2 seam fast ball, but with your middle and ring finger, instead of your index and middle finger. How much different would it be?

[@bryandozer5922]

One thing I’ve always had pride in, my circle change😭

[@theamateurobserver]

Pedro fan?

[@Handsofakiller19]

Mine is based on a two-seamer and it's nasty.

[@andrewc6385]

The ol circle change. Little more on the index finger bud

[@carlahuls1102]

That is how I always have thrown a change up

[@juanc3242]

Don't just tell me, do it!

[@eliezer8228]

Just do it throw the ballllll

[@SheLuvsShawn]

I love the mental cue of getting the ring finger on top to create natural pronation. Causing more depth and movement

[@LJ-sg2ub]

I throw curveball 2 seam 4seam and slider

[@joset9240]

Usually your just trynna throw with your ring finger since it's the weakest which kills velo and makes the ball dive away from a lefty or in to a right, adding it deeper to your hand just gives velo but adds zero movement in my opinion.

[@TwizzyBoy306]

I throw with the 2 steam grip with 3 thingers

[@SportsClipsHQ52]

Can you do a pt 2 throwing the ball

[@kennypar]

should show an example next time

[@habibimaya]

And drag your foot instead of pushing off. Keep the same arm speed. This combined with shoving the ball deeper into your palm will take off about 13 mph from your fastball.

[@robertlosasso4222]

Wouldn’t that Circle change up be similar to what your teaching?

[@JohnBrown73.]

That's that Trevor Hoffman change up

[@williamfischer3990]

Cole Hamels made a career with that grip. His was unhittable

[@FUSHI-7777]

Sawamura Ajun style

[@antoniomontana5778]

I tried that grip for some time and it never worked for me, the circle change was my preferred grip.

[@TreavyWeavy2024]

I gotta Nasty change up 😫

[@jawick5150]

woah there

[@zach705]

A change up is really just how one throws it. 💁🏼‍♂️

[@rogerdixon1069]

The trick is to have the EXACT same delivery as a fastball. If you can do that with all your pitches, you become massively more effective. The ability to throw the pitch is important, but if you can’t disguise it, a good batter will kill you

[@Wolverines51]

We have the same grip and I have a nasty changeup

[@ryjaytiger3032]

This man has giant hands

[@HomedawgEliteBeats]

My change-up is a 2 seam change and a palm ball.

[@elisapalmer6949]

I throw a change up and in a game I had just a week ago the people on the other team said I was throwing a knuckleball I do almost the same just with 3 fingers on a 2-seam grip and I also lay off a little bit so it ends up dropping a little more

[@DutchVanDerLinde-sx1ox]

Always remember. The nastiest change up...is just any change up that looks like your fastball the most

[@bballerbryce1910]

My dad thought me a knuckle curve

[@louannenutile5418]

I throw my Changeup like Deven Williams