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How to Successfully Hit Curve Balls?

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In order to hit the ball successfully&comma; baseball players need to recognize and respond to curve balls immediately&period; Unfortunately&comma; this can be quite difficult to do&period;  In fact&comma; good curve ball hitters are valued more than good fast ball hitters&period; It is true that there are more fast balls in the game&comma; than curve balls&period; Predicting the movement of fast balls is easier than handling curve balls&period; The faster we recognize that a curve ball being thrown&comma; the more opportunity we have to react&period; In a baseball game&comma; a fraction of a second may feel like an eternity&comma; as the pitcher is about to throw the ball&period; When the batter is a fraction of a second late in determining the type of ball being thrown&comma; it is less likely for him to hit the ball&period; There are different ways to quickly recognize curve balls&period; As an example&comma; batters should focus on the release point of the ball&comma; as it leaves the pitcher&&num;8217&semi;s hand&period; With enough practice&comma; it should be quite easy to differentiate the release point of a fastball and a curve ball&period; As soon as the ball leaves the pitcher&&num;8217&semi;s hand&comma; we should watch its trajectory&period; We should be able to notice slight arc that doesn&&num;8217&semi;t visible on any fast ball&period; The angle of pitcher&&num;8217&semi;s arm should also be observed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">When the pitcher is about throw a fast ball&comma; the pitcher may do it nearly overhand&comma; while with curve ball&comma; it needs to be dropped slightly&period; However&comma; each pitcher may have different hand movements&period; Players should watch many times how curve balls are thrown&period; This will allow them to sense whether a curve ball is being thrown&period; During training sessions&comma; curve balls could be thrown randomly between fast balls&comma; so players will be able to expect the unexpected&period; The pitcher may mix one curve ball with five or ten fast balls&period; This should allow pitchers to immediately recognize curve balls during important games&period; If players are serious about sensing and hitting a curve ball&comma; they will be more focused and train on how to react quickly&period; In order to become fully responsive&comma; players may need to deal with 100 of random curve balls each week during training sessions&period;  It takes a lot of practice if players want to improve recognition of curve balls&period; Quick hands are essential to successfully hit both curve ball and fast ball&period; Players with quick hands are able to respond faster and they could actually have a bit more time to sense the movement of the ball&period; Players should also avoid being over committing and they need to stay back&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">All the above techniques and methods are useful for players who don&&num;8217&semi;t want to be fooled by curve balls&period; Players should be properly balanced and they need to avoid positioning themselves too close to the players&period; Even so&comma; regardless what technique we use to accurately hit curve balls&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s no substitute for quick detection and quick hands&period; Some variants of curve balls can be especially hard to tackle&period; As an example&comma; some pitcher may throw low curve balls with downward movement&period; During training sessions&comma; it is important that players are familiarized with different forms of curve balls&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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