HFLR Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Any help will be apreciated, Thanks in Advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseknucks Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Use your finger-tips, push the ball, don't throw. Finger-nails work as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HFLR Posted August 27, 2005 Author Share Posted August 27, 2005 thanks system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseknucks Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 No problem. That seems to work for me, if it doesn't for you, I'm sorry. I've actually known a few guys playing college ball who throw a knuckle ball like that and it's worked for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carter Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Sometimes it helps to throw it using a 3/4 delivery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean O Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 From what I've heard, it also helps if you cut your finger tips so they're flat rather than curved at the top. If you look at Tim Wakefield's fingernails, they're filed down that way. You want to be able to really sink the nails into it, then just push the ball out of the hand. Any rotation should be avoided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreLegend Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I also found I was able to get a 'knuckle' movement by wedging the ball between my index finger and my middle finger, and using the same arm motion as a fastball. The ball comes out just as hard, but dies at the plate, with no spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I've never been able to throw a true knuckler, but I can throw a good knuckle curve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towi Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I also found I was able to get a 'knuckle' movement by wedging the ball between my index finger and my middle finger, and using the same arm motion as a fastball. The ball comes out just as hard, but dies at the plate, with no spin. Actually, i think thats a forkball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emil Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Watch the Pitch, Hit & Run with Jennie Finch and Tim Wakefield episode http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/video/twib/index.jsp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Nice find there emil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 That's on MLB.com right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesome Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I also found I was able to get a 'knuckle' movement by wedging the ball between my index finger and my middle finger, and using the same arm motion as a fastball. The ball comes out just as hard, but dies at the plate, with no spin. what was said about this being a forkball is partially correct -- what's really happening is a mistake, though. you're either working at a disadvantage with the size of your hand / finger-span, or you're just not "stretching" the finger ligaments enough to be able to fit the ball in between those fingers. thus, you get a locked-in ball that doesn't spin out of the delivery, which gives it a knuckler type motion. a 'true' forkball should sit easy in the fingers and "tumble" down towards the plate. similar, but different. my knuckler is locked between the thumb and the fore-surface of my index and middle fingers. released 3/4, fastball delivery, and when done right i see the horse-shoe threads staring back at me the whole way down to the plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldendomer Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Good point Awesome, after I had arm surgery in college, I lost some velocity on my ball and I had to resort to a forkball, but I couldnt form it correctly so it came out as a knuckle forkball for the 3/4 arm slot and dove towards the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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