How do you throw a slider in baseball?

Question

please tell the grip and what you should do upon release

Answer 1

baseball nerd thats a cutter

Answer 2

OK say these are the seams: ) (

Now you put your index finger in between the seams, and you put your middle finger on the side of the seams. put pressure down on your middle finger and twist your wrist when you release. that is what i do and i have a crazy break on mine

Answer 3

kinda like a curveball but faster

Answer 4

Find an off center grip with your index and middle finger together on the baseball that feels comfortable to you.  It takes a lot of force for sliders to break well.  It is not so much the breaking of your wrist that makes the ball break, but how hard or fast you can move your hand from above your shoulder and behind your elbow through the rest of your pitching motion.  Sliders put a lot of stress on you elbow, because you have to bring you forearm, wrist and hand from the top of you motion, through the pitching zone and out of the release point with a lot of authority to make the ball break well and still give the impression of a fastball when released.

Answer 5

Step 1   Grip the baseball with your index and middle fingers across the seams at its widest point. Keep both fingers slightly toward the outside of the ball (off-center).

Step 2   Place your thumb under the ball and keep the ring finger and pinkie off to the side. These two fingers should not make any real contact with the ball's surface.

Step 3  Exert pressure on the ball with your thumb and middle finger.

Step 4  Go into your windup. Remember to pivot and shift your body weight from the back foot forward toward home plate.

Step 5  Keep your wrist loose as you release the ball, and try not to drive it forward with more than an adequate amount of force.

Step 6   Throw the slider like a fastball, but 'cut' through the ball with the middle finger. Keep your fingers on the top of the ball until the actual release. Try not to twist your wrist; instead, turn the ball with your fingers. The greater the angle created by turning the fingers, the wider the break on the slider.

Step 7   Follow through. Your feet should be parallel at the end of the pitch, and your throwing arm should come across the front of your body.

Step 8  Note that the pitch should break late in its flight in the opposite direction from a curve ball. A left-handed pitcher's slider should break down and away from left-handed hitters, and down and in on right-handed hitters - vice versa for right-handed pitchers.

WARNING:

Throwing a slider can cause serious and possibly permanent damage to your shoulder, elbow and wrist. For this reason, most managers and coaches advise that young players avoid this pitch until they reach physical maturity.