How to play base ball . igh, and yetwith a batsman -anchored in one position a waist ball close in isa most difficult ball to meet square. The preliminary swing is everything to a pitcher. By put-ting your shoulder and back muscles into your delivery, youwill save the arm and be able to keep up speed. A fast straightball kept high, an out curve, a change of pace and the inshoot areall the balls I find use for, and I would advise pitchers to getperfect control of those four styles before using any other var-iety, for, as I said before, control is everything. The successful pitcher, too, is the
How to play base ball . igh, and yetwith a batsman -anchored in one position a waist ball close in isa most difficult ball to meet square. The preliminary swing is everything to a pitcher. By put-ting your shoulder and back muscles into your delivery, youwill save the arm and be able to keep up speed. A fast straightball kept high, an out curve, a change of pace and the inshoot areall the balls I find use for, and I would advise pitchers to getperfect control of those four styles before using any other var-iety, for, as I said before, control is everything. The successful pitcher, too, is the one who can stand a baddeal from the umpire and not grow worried, and often lose con-trol of the ball. Try and keep a cool head, for a game is neverlost until the last man is out, and endeavor to keep your oppo-nents score down, with the hope that your own team may rallyand win out after an uphill fight. I always start off the season with light work and get my arminto condition before taking any long chances with The out-curve is produced usually by grasping the ball with the firsttwo fingers and the thumb, with the back of the hand turned fingers are pressed firmly against the ball, which is gripped tight. Theout-curve may be either fast or slow.
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