7 Baseball Pitching Grips (Cheat Sheet Included!)

In today's video, Coach Zack from Ultimate Baseball Training shows you 7 baseball pitching grips that you can use to become a better pitcher. These will help you make hitters look silly at the plate!

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[TasaZhang]

Great video, but in further pitching tutorials can you show yourself throwing the pitch so we can see what it looks like?

[DjStalin]

Thank you coach. Great detail. My son is 12 and just had a growth spurt. He is a left handed pitcher and we concentrate on arm care and proper mechanics. He never throws his hardest, we stick to 70%-80%. He throws his fast ball, change up (palm ball), and a knuckle. We will begin concentrating on seam and finger placement. Question. We noticed your glove in the first seconds of the video. What make model is that? Thanks.

[Herazor]

Thank you for this good video. Helpful for those grips. Are you going to offer a video showing the movement and where to release the ball in a effect pitch?

[redshirt]

Only half-way through and I'm amazed! Two tiny suggestions for any future vids on these grips. Like someone mentioned below, it would be nice to see each pitch as it crosses the plate in slo/mo. The other is to take an over-the-shoulder shot of each grip so we can copy you better.

[tonyd]

Thanks for the tutorial, would be helpful to also see the thumb placement, do you tuck it in or leave it extended.

[georgefloydspaceshuttlepro]

Explaining what each pitch is supposed to do in flight and how the finger release triggers the movement of those pitches is the most helpful

[Indarow]

“If a ball is breaking 15 inches but is going 20mph slower than your fastball the hitter is gonna see that and is gonna be able to hit on it”

...unless you’re Zack Greinke.

[hiu]

Thank you. That was very helpful and now I might be able to be a good pitcher for my team.

[ptar]

Great info. Can you talk abit about arm slot along with the grip. How does arm slot affect the pitch grip if any, and how to adjust the grip for different arm slot. Also how to teach kids with 3/4 arm slot versus over the top.

[jnjtiger]

Interesting. In future, maybe zoom in on grip to show it super clearly. Also maybe diagram desired movement, or show game clips. Very helpful. Young pitchers, throw strike one on first pitch.

[gsmith]

At 55 I just learned something! Thanks Z the man! Btw, would’ve been cool from the mound and us looking back as the Ump to see how it’s done. Great channel!

[peteynum]

Haha, this is really interesting.In New Zealand our main sport is cricket, this was really interesting to see how pitchers throw different balls, it's actually kinda similar to bowlers in cricket..we have seam bowlers, spin bowlers, swing bowlers leg spin bowlers etc etc..cool stuff :)

[rickiovine]

It is important to show the position of the thumb relative to the middle and index fingers. A pitcher who relies more on a 2-seam fastball will line their thumb up with the index finger inside the “tunnel”.

But, each pitcher develops their own preferences. Coaches can only teach the mechanics. The athlete makes adjustments based on how tall they are, the size of their hands, the strength of their legs, etc. Ron Guidry had to develop his pitches much differently than Randy Johnson.

[nates]

I’m a 14u pitcher with a sinker circle change and a knuckleball I’ve been trying to develop the slider thanks

[spelunkerd]

I never understood why lining up the seams differently in your hand has any effect on the movement of the ball. Perhaps I'd understand it better if I knew how these are released from the hand.

[brendandorety]

that helps alot and im in ozone 11and12 i just started and i can only throw a 2seam and i throw 54

[MatthewGavenda]

He did a great video. I recommend it 👍 Five star review right there

[logandraper]

For the cutter, and you have a further down arm angle, would you throw it the same way?

[mckennabenck]

Idk how you only have 200k subs. Thank you for these videos!