how can i throw (with accuracy) a baseball with more velocity?
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Work your legs out a lot and build a strong base. Clemens still throws upper nineties because of his strong legs. If you have a big base with strong legs, you won't lose velocity as you grow older either.
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The best answer for this would be a three pronged approach. First make sure you are using proper foot work, catching and throwing technique to maximize your effectiveness.  If you make a good catch but are out of position it will limit the distance and velocity of your throw... thus distance will suffer.  Make sure when you catch the ball you have a good position foot work wise and then make a throw using your momentum or create momentum with a crows hop.  Then make sure you make a good throw with your front foot, eyes, and the fingers of your throwing hand all going toward your target, make sure you are snapping the ball toward your target.  If your technique is OK then you will need to go to steps two and three.\n\nStep two is a strength and conditioning program. Depending on your age can include light weights and elastic bands for increased strength.  The goal is not to bulk up but condition and strengthen.  Also a good idea for overall shoulder stability.\n\nThirdly as you throw start to add distance every couple of days.  You want to lengthen out your throws over time so you don't cause injury.  Throw at about 80% effort and add five to ten feet every two to three days.  As your distance grows make sure to incorporate the proper footwork, crows-hop, and catching technique to ensure effectiveness.  After about three weeks you will start noticing an increase in velocity and distance.  GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!
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Here are some tips for Slow-pitch softball hitting. \nAccelerate as you hit the ball - don't slow down while you hit the ball. Acceleration through the ball maintains your bat speed, which helps the ball to jump off your bat\n\n\nMaintain a loose grip on the bat - don't squeeze the handle tightly. Tension in your hands will reduce your bat speed, causing a loss in power.\n\n\nKeep your eyes on the ball - don't lose contact with the ball as you hit it. See the ball clearly as the bat hits the ball\n\n\nPush with your back (top) hand while pulling with your front (bottom) hand. The push gives you better power and follow-through while the push adds energy to the swing. Don't forget to do both - PUSH AND PULL\n\n\nRelease the top hand in the follow through - this adds extension to the swing which will give you more power\n\n\nKeep your hands in front of the bat - throw your hands at the ball so the bat head is the last thing to go through the strike zone\n\n\nShift your weight from your back foot to your front foot. This will increase power\n\n\nHold the bat with the knob in the palm of your hand, with the pinky of your bottom hand off of the bat. This will improve your leverage, and increase bat speed\n\n\nKnow where you like the ball to be when you hit it - then wait for that pitch. To find your spot, go to the cages...\n\n\nKeep your head down - start the swing with your chin on your front shoulder, end with your chin on your back shoulder.
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Start with the fastball, and work on placement and control.  Try different grips, holding the ball across two and four seams (two seams is along the stitching, four is across, most basically).  See how the ball moves, and perfect those pitches.\n\nThen work on a circle change.  Hold the ball with your index finger completely curled up so you can't see any light through the center of the curl.  Position you other 3 fingers naturally, and throw like a fastball.  It'll give you screwball action without hurting you arm, and it'll take 12-15 mph off the pitch, too.\n\nOnce you have those mastered, try the other pitches.  Get a good pitching coach to teach you how to grip them best.  A split-finger fastball (a/k/a a forkball) is a great pitch to have; it dives at the last second.  A curve is okay IF you can throw it naturally without anything hurting.  At 13, though, you're too young to be throwing it.  I'd wait at least 3 years, until your arm grows more.\n\nWith respect to one of the other posters, I would NOT learn a slider.  It's hard on your elbow... you don't snap your wrist when you throw it, so you do more of a stiff-arm with it.  Plus, if you throw it poorly, it gets hit about 500 feet.  If you want to try it, learn the curve first and see how it is for you.\n\nThe one pitch I advise against ever throwing is the screwball.  It is the hardest pitch on your elbow and shoulder, because you are throwing against your body and wrenching your arm the wrong way for the spin.  The circle change is better, has similar action, and acts like a reverse slider to a degree.\n\nHope all this helps... oh, and you may want to see how a knuckleball works for you (2- or 3-finger style).  If you can kill all the spin, you have a trick pitch that nobody can hit.  It got Tim Wakefield to the majors when he failed as a 1st baseman... and got Phil Niekro to the Hall of Fame... :)
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Depends what you want from your throw. \nIf you the ball to go high, you throw with a larger Vy than Vx, but if you want it to go further horizontally you need to throw with a larger Vx than Vy.\nHope that helps
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Roger Clemens works on his legs a lot. If you're throwing that lightly you need to work on your legs.\n\nWHen you're pitching you maybe thinking, "I'm hardly using my legs at all".\n\nBut when Clemens pitches, he says his legs are "burning from the workout".\n\nIf you can add 10-20 MPH just from leg pushoff.\n\nYou'll be throwing 83-93 in no time.
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Throwing harder is not usually accomplished by workout but by proper technique.  YOu do want to workout to establish a basic level of strength, stability, and agility. I highly recommend a good long toss regimen for this... But the biggest thing you can do to increase speed is perfect your technique.  Recent research shows that the stride is responsible for 80% of the speed of the pitch.  Based on that research to maximize velocity a pitcher needs to stride at 90% of height.  So a 6 foot tall pitcher should stride nearly 65" for maximum velocity.  72" X 90% = 64.8".\nThe next thing to look at is the actual throw with the arm.  Is the elbow above the shoulder and is the elbow leading the ball... does the arm get good whip action along with good snap of the wrist at release.  One common problem on velocity is holding the ball too tight and too deep in the hand.  For maximum velocity ball should be out in the fingers and held loosely.  The last compnent is to make sure you are getting good follow through on the pitch. I hope this gives yo some direction. GOOD LUCK!
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Doing curls or dips won't necessarily improve the speed of your ball.  Concentrate on the mechanics of pitching.  Good mechanics will help with the velocity of the pitch.  Lifting weights is very important for pitchers but having big arms won't make you throw harder.  Lift light when doing arms but concentrate on your legs and your mid-section.  Long toss is also a big help.  One more thing, make sure you stretch after you lift to make sure you don't lose flexibility
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I played outfield. We had a coach who used to set a pitching machine at maximum speed from home plate to toss balls high into the outfield.  we had to stand and point to where the ball was going to land rather than run and catch it (that came later)  It was great practice for judging the flight of the ball and being able to anticipate where to run to catch the ball.
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to gain speed, try filling a tennis ball with pennies and slowly go thru your pitching motion. this will add strength and speed and always remember to release right at the knees.
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Take a bag of balls find a padded wall somwhere or sturdy fence. Start throwing  balls at it repeatedly. Start from 15 to 20 ft and toss lightly. Move back every little while. Keep throwing. I'm not kidding it sounds silly but I'm serious. Don't get fancy, just throw the ball. Like catch, as you get further you can throw a little harder but don't get crazy. But you'll see that as you go back you start throwing a bit harder involuntarily.\n\nYou'll do two things. Get your arm more durable, and work the muscles you'll use to throw which will increase velocity. Pitching is an unnatural motion you have to develop the muscles you use to throw which don't get used as often in normal circumstances. There's no easy fix. Throw, throw, and when you're done throw some more. Young pitchers don't just throw anymore.\n\nRemember Jim Morris the 35 year old Science teacher who'd had arm surgery and at 35 was throwing 98 MPH, and later pitched for the Devil Rays. How'd he do it? He was throwing batting practice to the kids he was coaching. Just throwing over and over.
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My favorite is an overhand sinker. Hold the ball with your pointer and middle finger on the top and your thumb on the bottom and the slots facing your palm. Throw the ball over hand with kind of a football throwing motion bring your two finger snapping over the top. The ball goes much faster than a curve or slider and has a sharp, late drop that fools most hitters. Best when thrown in on the hands. \n\nI also like the sidearm riser. Hold the ball like you would for a curve. Throw the ball with a big, sweeping submarine motion and the ball will rise and break across the plate.
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Changeup and Curveball are the two best.\nIf you can get a slider, you'll be in good position too.\n\nHere's how you throw a curveball.\nhttp://www.ehow.com/how_1831_throw-curveball-baseball.html
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COMING FROM A FORMER PITCHER MYSELF...I WOULD SAY IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT U THROW..IT MATTERS THAT U HAVE CONTROL AND CAN VARY YOUR SPEEDS.  U HAVE TO BE ABLE TO THROW INSIDE AND OUTSIDE FOR STRIKES...KEEP BATTERS ON THEIR TOES.  AS FAR AS BEST PITCHES I CAN ONLY SAY WHAT WORKED FOR ME BECAUSE YOU MAY BE ABLE TO MASTER OTHER PITCHES, BUT I THREW A 4 AND 2 SEAM, CHANGEUP, AND A KNUCKLECURVE.
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If your highschool has a team they prob. have one or go to a sports camp or batting cage that gives leasons like All Star batting cage or Frozen Ropes.  They will have speedometers. There is also a ball that telles you how fast you throw it when you throw it.  There is a link in my scources if you want to see it.  Also there is a bucket that has one on it so  when it goes over it tells you its speed.  Or you can always calculated it with your physics formulas! Haha.
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whatever you can throw effectively. if you know how to control all those pitches, use all of them.
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I am a fast pitch pitcher in high school. Yes it is possible to pitch another no hitter. Last year I threw two perfect games. The most important thing to do is to make sure you mechanics are correct. If you throw correctly you can throw 3 games in a day and only be a little sore the next day. The main thing is to throw using your legs to generate the power. Your arm should never get tired. Only your legs should. The windmill motion is very easy on the body. To strengthen your legs I suggest running and doing squats and other various weight lifting. To improve your speed of the pitch work on foot speed. I like to do plyometrics to accomplish this. Don't over do the strengthen of the arm and shoulder muscles. You want to keep your muscles loose. Like my pitching coach always says loose muscles are fast muscles. I would work on grip strength by squeezing a tennis ball. Also strength the forearm, but make sure you stretch it out when your done. A good way to pick up stamina is to use a weighted ball. You don't have to go out and buy one. An easy way to make one is to put 1/4 finishing nails into the seams. 32 nails is about one ounce. You can add about one ounce to two. But I suggest starting light and working up to the heavier one. If you throw twenty with the weighted ball at the end of your workout your stamina will rise tremendously. Start with about twenty and work up to about forty then add more weight to the ball and start at twenty again. Keep pitching and good luck!