Talk:Screwball

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What about the frozen dessert that goes by the same name?--x1987x 01:12, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

A circle change does not impart a movement similar to a screwball. No pitch breaks like a screwball except a screwball. The value of a circle change is that the pitcher's arm movement and velocity is similar to that of a fastball but the pitch's velocity is much slower. The value of the pitch is in speed deception, not in any movement of the pitch.

If anyone else wants to add their way of throwing this pitch, or any differences, please add it onto the current description. I've entered the way I've thrown it, and I know this is not the only way to throw it. The way I throw it, it tends to have a lot of movement but isn't extremely fast. I've heard of people doing it like a reverse-slide instead of a reverse-curveball (pressure on the right index finger, and pronate). I've tried this, but it seems quite difficult to generate a quick spin this way.