Can anyone here throw a Knuckleball?

[Brock Landers]

I can't even come close.

ESPN showing famous knuckle ball pitchers, i.e. Niekro, wakefield, Hough..

How the fuk do you throw it without spin??

[starfire]

I'm waiting for a Rubber Band pitch!

[MartinBlank]

I can TRY to throw one....

The one our coach taught was taking the ball in your throwing hand.....using your index finger and your middle finger pulled up tight...----and then your thumb, ring finger and pinkie holding the ball in place---and then throwing it.

It will move, but I can't control it at all. Locating it is even more difficult.

Again, the best I can do is TRY and throw it.

[Extra Innings]

Sort of the same as MartinBlank...no control on this end.

[minet123]

you push the ball with your two fingers but it skill not to get it to spin

[Fishhead]

Most knuckle balls are thrown with the fingertips, not the knuckles.

I have a knuckle curve I actually throw with my knuckles...........it usually knuckled right into the wheelhouse of the hitter.

My college pitching stats were 0-1 with an ERA of around 123.33........one outing.

The loss was to Northwestern

Pitched in semi-pro and didn't fare much better........2 outings with an ERA around 14.43

[donkdown]

Most knuckle balls are thrown with the fingertips, not the knuckles.

I have a knuckle curve I actually throw with my knuckles...........it usually knuckled right into the wheelhouse of the hitter.

My college pitching stats were 0-1 with an ERA of around 123.33........one outing.

The loss was to Northwestern

Pitched in semi-pro and didn't fare much better........2 outings with an ERA around 14.43

Anyone with kids out there. This is a great pitch to show them when they are young so they don't mess up there arm. If taught right can be more effective then a reg curve..

[minet123]

Most knuckle balls are thrown with the fingertips, not the knuckles.

I have a knuckle curve I actually throw with my knuckles...........it usually knuckled right into the wheelhouse of the hitter.

My college pitching stats were 0-1 with an ERA of around 123.33........one outing.

The loss was to Northwestern

Pitched in semi-pro and didn't fare much better........2 outings with an ERA around 14.43

[iceminers26]

donkdown

excellent advice, the curve ball ruins a young arm if they're throwing too many at an early age.

I can't throw a knuckleball to save my life, use to throw a fork ball, but it wasn't that great either'; I guess I just flat out sucked as a pitcher.

[stealthyburrito]

you know what else is difficult about the knuckler: catching that shit, wicked movement if thrown properly.

[eidolon]

knuckleball will give you arthritis. I remember throwing them in Jr. high and High school. My hands after throwing would feel like they had been in a vise. It could be because I was holding it wrong. But I could throw it without spin. But probably at 40mph haha.

[MC PICKS]

I pitched for a decade and could never figure how to throw it effectively. This guy 2 years ahead of me in high school threw a nasty one and had been throwing it in little league since he was around 13.

[Crash]

i can obviously its not wakefield material but its not bad prob throw a solid one every 3rd pitch i use to joke around with it when we were in the outfield during BP

[OmgUrMom]

could never throw one, couldn't throw a pitch other than a fastball, tkfully I threw my fastball hard enough to be a decent high school pitcher

[username474]

You have to be able to throw at least 60-70 mph to get it to dance. I threw mine with pointer and index finger dug into the ball and my thumb was very loose on the bottom. The trick is threw your arm angle and release point, which is probally very different then how you throw your fastball. Try throwing it almost side arm with a high release point.

[ryanspeer2001]

Why is the knuckleball such a slow pitch?

[BatemanPatrickl]

Could throw one but not very well. Played left field for 15 years. Was at 3rd base for awhile but said f that after trying to field a few line drives off aluminum bats. Also would overthrow first.

[pitman]

nope, cant even notice a curve on my curveball attempts either.
I bought a wiffle ball and can curve that shit tho.

[Chi_archie]

getting my Knuckleball in shape this spring, weather has been great! making a comeback!

[Ez Money 77]

I pitched in HS as well. I could throw a knuckle ball but I couldn't throw a good curve. I know this sounds strange. I was pretty decent but I did go to a small private school so not a lot of good competition.

[FrozenMAN]

this fackin guy is back OMG!

[PickWinnerAllDay]

I had a variation. Kind of was a knuckle curve, one finger up, was basically just a slower curve.

[Gtawatson]

I still don't understand how a ball with no spin on it can move up down and sideways..........just doesn't seem posible with the laws of gravity that it can work

[Chi_archie]

http://www.oddball-mall.com/knuckleball/mego.htm

[Blackroc78]

its fuckin hard to do

[DOMINATER]

I not only threw a knuckleball , I also threw a knucklecurve, a knuckle ball is not thrown like any regular motion, when throwing it you come from a 12 oclock motion pushing the ball and depending how you wanted it to move you went down putting pressure on your fourth finger then actually tailing outward to 9 oclock my first and fourth fingers and thumb layed against the ball, and 2 finger and 3 finger was knuckled. the key was wind blowing from homeplate to 2nd base. another key was push the ball somewhat like a little shotput never throwing hard. I also threw a knucklecurve the prettiest pitch in the game .your grip is the same except where you hold it in the threads, and the movement is 12 to 6 tailing into your right knee the ball is amazing it actually rolls very little and shimmys as it goes and breaks over 3 ft . I was an allstate pitcher my junior and senior year and second team all state my first year I averaged 2 strikeouts per inning all three years in high school.Sorry about bragging ,but the game was the love of my life,and Iam over 60 and really loved the game. wherever I go and meet people thats the first thing they ask, what happened, The marines and Vietnam happened.Another victim of why should only the poor guys go from the ghetto .etc. what a sap. Martin I would have never taken you for a baseball player especially a pitcher.P.s. When I was in 7th grade some guy was hitting me with pebbles I hit him twice in the head ,and before the game was over ,he was siiting on the bench and from the pitchers mound I hit him sitting on the bench, I bet he never threw pebbles again. true story. I never allowed anyone to fuk with me.Ialso played in college then got drafted yes drafted in college I was married with a son luck I guess.Drafted not in baseball in the service.

[donkson]

tldr

[CappinTerp]

I use to pitch back in the day but had trouble with the knuckler .....the big thing is to not "break" your wrist.!!

[Living The Dream]

I pitched in college and would use it as one of my changeups. I had a couple different changeup pitches. I had very little control of it so when I threw it I would pray it wouldn't hit the batter and the catcher would catch it. What's really crazy and I wish I had control of it was I was a sidearm pitcher. Maybe the control issue for me was also the reason you don't see sidearm knuckleball pitchers.

[Living The Dream]

There is very little wrist action. It's more of a push, which makes it a slow pitch.

Why is the knuckleball such a slow pitch?

[Jimmy Proffett]

I used to always mess around and try to throw them in practice. Thing was when I finally got one to not spin, the ball didn't dance around at all, just hung there right for the raking.

[Dan Kelly]

When I was a kid I could throw a knuckleball, but it only knuckled once in a while - usually just came in straight and flat with NO spin on it. But this came in very handy a couple of years ago when I was the coach of my kids 7-8 year olds team... at that age it is what is called coach-pitch. A lot of the kids on my team could clobber my knuckleball, a couple of the more knowledgable coaches said to me 'are you throwing a knuckleball?', and they even tried it after that. It just worked much better than trying to slow down your arm motion and throwing a 40 foot perfect strike - a lot of times the coach has to hit the bat for the kid to get a hit.

[flyingillini]

Brock, what was on your kitchen table for breakfast today before work? Does your Mom give you kiss on your forehead before she hands you your sack lunch in your brown paper bag?

[zoo youk]

RA Dickey throws about a 75-80mph knuckle ball. very rare. probably the only guy to throw it that hard.

[sweep]

I can't even come close.

ESPN showing famous knuckle ball pitchers, i.e. Niekro, wakefield, Hough..

How the fuk do you throw it without spin??

Maybe when Cougars guy bashes your fukkin fingers in with a hammer you'll be able to toss one....