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High school pitchers and the cut fastball
Posted on 6/13/13 at 10:50 pm
Posted on 6/13/13 at 10:50 pm
My son is a pitcher on his HS baseball team and I have been teaching him how to throw a cutter. He is getting the hang of it and it worked really well tonight. He tells me his coach doesn't want him to throw it. I say throw it in certain situations. What says the OT?
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Posted on 6/13/13 at 10:51 pm to bpinson
If he likes it - do it
Posted on 6/13/13 at 10:52 pm to bpinson
Isn't it just a fastball with different pressure on the seams?
Does the coach allow curves and sliders?
Does the coach allow curves and sliders?
Posted on 6/13/13 at 10:52 pm to bpinson
Not a bad pitch. Throw it occasionally
Posted on 6/13/13 at 10:52 pm to bpinson
As long as it doesn't frick his arm up, which I don't think a cutter would go for it.
Posted on 6/13/13 at 10:54 pm to bpinson
Does it get outs? If so throw it. If he throws hard mix in some 4-seam fast balls to please the scouts.
Posted on 6/13/13 at 11:01 pm to ReauxlTide222
When he throws it he seems to get strikes, but h doesn't throw it much at all, maybe 2-3 times/game because he wants to ind the coach. I told him easier tonight to throw it with an 0-0 count and see what happens. The coach won't know the difference.
Posted on 6/13/13 at 11:03 pm to Topwater Trout
The coach just wants strikes, but I've always heard and said..."if you can throw strikes you don't need to throw strikes every pitch".
Posted on 6/13/13 at 11:08 pm to bpinson
Oh I thought he may have been worried about his arm.
If I could go back in time I definitely would have thrown more 2 seam, cutters, and change ups. I only wanted to throw 4 seam fastballs. Teach the kid movement and change of speed. If he works on it he will throw them for strikes.
If I could go back in time I definitely would have thrown more 2 seam, cutters, and change ups. I only wanted to throw 4 seam fastballs. Teach the kid movement and change of speed. If he works on it he will throw them for strikes.
Posted on 6/13/13 at 11:14 pm to Topwater Trout
I don't think coach is worried bout the arm. I think he's about 28yo and just wants basic fundamental shite. I on the other hand have been watching and coaching my sons for 22 yrs and this the last one to play...bla bla bla. Anyway he has control but not much speed, I thought the cutter would be a good pitch and it seems like it is...thanks
Posted on 6/13/13 at 11:17 pm to bpinson
Any movement is good.
Posted on 6/13/13 at 11:27 pm to Topwater Trout
Thanks, my thoughts exactly.
Posted on 6/13/13 at 11:37 pm to bpinson
Not many HS pitchers are throwing cut fastballs, but it has nothing to do with the pitch being ineffective or worrying about their arm. I just think it's one of the last pitches that pitchers add to their repertoire. If your son can throw a good one, then go for it, especially if he doesn't have a blazing fastball. Have him fool around with different pressures to see if he can get sharp cuts left and right without losing too much velocity.
Posted on 6/13/13 at 11:57 pm to Tigerbait46
It appears to be a great pitch if you have decent control and it seems to work for him. It must be coaches aren't familiar with it.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 5:56 am to bpinson
I think you should let his coach, you know, coach the team.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 6:00 am to bpinson
quote:I would teach my son to listen to his coach, but that's just me
He tells me his coach doesn't want him to throw it. I say throw it in certain situations. What says the OT?
Posted on 6/14/13 at 6:05 am to Topwater Trout
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If I could go back in time I definitely would have thrown more 2 seam, cutters, and change ups.
It's not sexy, but if coaches taught kids to master change-ups they would be making kids look absolutely silly. There's also next to no damage on your arm.
It's the perfect high school pitch.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 6:24 am to bpinson
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throw a cutter
If thrown properly it will look like a fastball with a tail at the end. It was my best pitch in HS. Very easy to disguise unlike a curve ball. Keep throwing it, plus it wont tear up his arm. Used to rotate the cutter and the curve all the time
Posted on 6/14/13 at 6:33 am to bpinson
what coach would not want his pitcher to throw a cut fastball? what an idiot.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 6:54 am to bpinson
Cutters can be very effective pitches. Now, maybe the coach doesn't think he has a good one and that's why he doesn't want him to throw it. It's just high school baseball, if your son wants to throw a cutter I see no problem with it.
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