Cornerstone Coaching Academy Podcast

There are many professional organizations that are putting a premium on pitchers who throw really good curveballs.  In fact, several pitchers in the Major Leagues have been very successful over the past few seasons with the curveball as the predominate pitch (Rich Hill, Lance McCullers) and several others have made it a huge part of their otherwise impressive arsenal.    The goal of the curve ball The curveball is predominately a swing and miss pitch, but there are two great ways to utilize a curveball.  The overlying philosophy of a curveball is to make it look like a ball when it is a strike and look like a strike when it is a ball. There are three types of curveballs that will accomplish this goal, the one that starts in the zone and drops or slides out, the one that starts at a same handed hitters shoulder and snaps into the zone or one that starts outride the zone to an opposite handed hitter and snaps back into the zone.  The other major use of the curveball is as a get-a-head pitch.  Many teams (mine