Pitch Grips: Knuckle Curveball

In today’s episode of Pitch Grips with Jaden Taylor, we give you an in-depth look at how to throw a knuckle curveball. The curveball is arguably the most popular offspeed pitch for youth, amateur, and professional players. With a curveball, comes a lot of variations on how to throw it to get slightly different changes in its movement. Rather than a loopy 12-6 curveball or a sharp cutting slurve, the knuckle curveball is designed to have the allusion of a regular curveball but have a hard-cutting action near the plate. This tighter grip helps a pitcher keep hitters off-balanced and balls off the barrel of the bat. Today, we go piece-by-piece through the process of how to grip the knuckle curveball, the proper ways to incorporate it into your delivery, and tips on ways to experiment with your own personal grip.

Music Credit: Saturday Morning by Raspberry Music
Video Credit: MLB & Pitching Ninja