How to Identify Baseball Pitches: The Difference Between Changeups and Split-finger Fastballs

A breakdown of the different variations of off-speed pitches: changeups (CH) and splitters (SP) based off of their movement metrics.
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0:00 Intro
1:01 Fastball Context When Looking at Changeups
2:07 Vertical Break Differences in Changeups
2:26 Velocity Differences in Changeups
2:38 Horizontal Break Differences in Changeups
3:01 Josh Fleming's CH vs. Jharel Cotton's CH
4:07 Seam Shifted Wake/Non Magnus Movement
5:45 Standard Changeup
6:39 Parachute Changeup
6:50 Copycat Changeup
7:49 Bugs Bunny Changeup
8:12 Dropper
9:10 Parachute Dropper
9:30 Key Takeaways
10:01 Outro

[@2xNoodle]

This has been a great series on pitch type classification. I guess it's over now, unless y'all are doing a video on the ever rarer screwball?

[@drivelinebaseball]

Thanks for watching! The series finale will be Wednesday on how to throw changeups.

[@GucciCoochie38e7hde]

great video

[@AGBDej]

Hi can I please know if you are willing test Tennis plAyers, to analyse their swing, body movement etc for optimisation?

[@drivelinebaseball]

We currently only assess baseball and softball athletes, but maybe in the future we will expand to other sports!

[@nofurtherwest3474]

I'm new to pitching and have no idea what you're talking about 🤣🤣
My kid is 9 and has been pitching about a year, so I'm trying to learn. He's been throwing side arm lately. And releases the ball with some spin, but I have no idea what the pitch type would be called. Not that fast obviously as he is 9; maybe it's like 38 mph.
He can throw fairly fast for his age though, maybe 48 mph... but not as accurate.