The Knuckleballs Are Just Plain Filthy 🤮

Tread Athlete Madison Dina throwing a pen at TreadHQ with Performance Coach Sam Eades.
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[thenext]

HOLY CRAP. That first knuckle had ZERO spin, it just floated and moved crazy. A ton of his tosses don't really move, that's SO HARD. I tried throwing knuckles for months and months and something always catches and it spins then it's just BP at the point. Mad respect to Knucklers.

[jeremywilkerson]

Reporter: "So, Bob, how do you catch a knuckleball?"

Bob Ueker: "You just wait for it to stop rolling and you pick it up."

[zieG_]

I think everyone loves knuckleballs because they represent hope. This kid is topping out at 80 mph fastball, but his knuckleball could strike pros out.

[tompeake]

Knuckleballs aside, this is an interesting video to see the conversations you have w guys who aren't in the 'elite thrower' velo range, thanks for posting the longer/full pen vid!

[snaphookright]

I love the philosophy of the knuckle ball: if I don’t know where it’s going, neither do you.

[ThePlantedTankTV]

Dude it’s so hard to throw with zero spin like that. What a beast.

[jamerson]

“That was kinda sick”
The catcher: kill me

[yearsout]

Back in HS I faced a pitcher that had a knuckleball. I was a good hitter, (had D1 offers) he threw that knuckle ball with 2 strikes and it just froze me, didn't even wait for the ump to punch me out, just started the walk of shame, 35 years later I'm still baffled by that pitch.

[spencermoore]

I love how he did this and said "rosin too sticky" avoiding bad habits. This pitch gonna cause some problems for them boys at the plate 🔥🔥

[jamesehamilton]

This guy is an awesome coach. Positive, upbeat, clear instruction, interested in his players' progress. What a great influence for all these young guys. Also, hats off to the fella throwing those crazy knuckleballs. Hope he continues developing that pitch, along with his other stuff.

[jermbo]

Need some more knuckle ballers in the show, hope he makes it far

[azrielnguyen]

I remember Tim Wakefield from the Red Sox playing a critical role for the Sox in those years. He served as irreplaceable role of chewing up innings whenever needed. Whenever a starter have a bad outing especially in a playoff series, manager could always rely on Wakefield to come in and keep damage to a minimum instead of sacrificing the entire bullpen and losing the series. Wake could pitch on one day rest, that knuckler was the heart of the Sox. This is when Pedro our Lord was there.

[Parkersdayoff]

The way it moves at the plate is just unfair. He's got an incredible weapon!

[Shit_talking_softballers]

I love seeing the knuckleball gaining traction in popularity with the young players

[keithk]

I once struck out one of my best friends with 5 straight knuckleballs, even told him b4 the game that was all I was throwing to him. He never swung (swang) not sure, whatever, once. The last one was questionable as whether or not it was a strike but the ump wrang him up. His reaction was priceless as he flipped is helmet off immediately with his forearms and screamed at the ump "you gotta be kiddin me". I played baseball my whole life and that was probably my favorite moment. Always wanted to share that memory so thanks to all that read it. Im not trying to brag its just seeing a knuckleball video on YT that brought back fond memories. Good to see someone throwing that pitch, its deadly if you can control it, i could not, just got lucky against my good friend that day. ✌️✝️

[Canuckle]

Awesome to see Knuckleballs are alive and well

[stephenquinto]

I smiled through the entire knuckler segment, I must admit. Dude even has an unconventional grip. The late Tim Wakefield (RIP, still so young), used the tips of his middle and index fingers to directly "push" the ball off from under the horseshoe seam pattern of the ball. Here, Madison uses his index and middle finger sort of curled in on the seams of the ball (or even right next to the seams) to give the ball that "push." Very interesting!

[dennisbrooks]

every video i have seen from these guys is awesome. Great coaching and some unbelievable talent. Those knuckleballs were gross

[ResolUloseR]

Its so cool to see this channel FINALLY promoting something other than "95mph+" fastballs. Knuckleballers are true artists, and add so much enjoyable variety to baseball.

[Misterman]

This coach's communication reminds me of my golf coach in my competition years. Clear, direct, and high yield; Great job gaff.