TheKnuckler
Journeyman  
Posts 35
Registered 9-3-2003 Location Canada Member Is Offline Mood: feel like stick
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| posted on 9-26-2003 at 08:12 PM |
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yoyo
my friend showed me this pitch called the yo-yo ball. when u bring your hand past your ear, the back of your hand is facing up and then u snap your
wrist down. when u do it right, and snap really hard, it drops off the table. 
--Betty
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mark in nashville
Knuckleball Elite 
Posts 314
Registered 7-28-2002 Location Nashville, TN Member Is Offline Mood: Licenseto Pitch
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| posted on 9-26-2003 at 09:54 PM |
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Yo-Yo curve
Ive just been waiting for someone to post about the yo-yo curve. My leftfielder invented that pitch 2 years ago while in warm-ups just screwing
around. It will drop off the table if you throw it hard but is extremely hard to control. It is a great ephus pitch if thrown slow. Because when its
thrown slow the ball will not accelerate in the horizontal direction due to the drag force created by air resistance, so the ball will have a constant
terminal velocity
(mass of ball)*(acceleration of ball)=(b_drag coefficint)(v_terminal velocity)^(n_another drag constant)
(v_velocity)=nth root of(mass * acceleration)/(b_drag constant)
Batters judge the ball by how fast it accelerates with the yo-yo curve and the knuckler the ball doesn't accelerate towards the plate so it is
hard to judge it .
[Edited on 9-26-2003 by mark in nashville]
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knuckleballer4life
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| posted on 9-26-2003 at 11:55 PM |
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nope...
A dallas Cowboy by the name of Stan Capers invented that pitch. Even though he was my baseball coach 5 years ago. He played football for the cowboys,
and played baseball in the minors. He invented that pitch a long time ago, its way more than 2 years old.
TheKnuckler
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KnucklerHQ-Dave
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| posted on 9-27-2003 at 12:19 PM |
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Yo-yo or no-no?
No one can say with any authority who invented this pitch. I fooled around with that kind of delivery, and I'm sure many more have, through the
years.
I'm sure the idea of a reverse spin has occured to pitchers since the beginning of baseball, especially since it's so close to a softball
release, only overhand.
I have to believe it would be a killer pitch but for three things: 1., It's impossible to control; 2., It's impossible to throw with any
velocity; 3., Your arm wouldn't last two minutes.
Nice concept... lousy execution.
--Dave C.
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knuckleballer4life
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| posted on 9-27-2003 at 04:47 PM |
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yeah..
Yeah thats true. Capers had a nasty yo yo though.
TheKnuckler
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TheKnuckler
Journeyman
Posts 35
Registered 9-3-2003 Location Canada Member Is Offline Mood: feel like stick
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| posted on 9-28-2003 at 01:50 AM |
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i cant control it, but i can still fire it pretty fast
--Betty
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Taylor
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| posted on 9-28-2003 at 02:13 AM |
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i'm sure it could be controlled if you threw it a ton, only question would be whether or not your arm would get extremely sore in the process
just like anything else, it's not gonna be a consistent strike when you first start throwing it, i still had trouble controlling my circle
change and not having it fly over the batters head up till a few weeks ago when i raised my pinky on the side of the ball
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knuckleballer4life
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| posted on 9-28-2003 at 03:41 AM |
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maybe...
I will have to try it..
TheKnuckler
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knuckleballer4life
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| posted on 9-28-2003 at 03:41 AM |
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also...
I was throwing today and My knuckle ball just dropped off the table. My friend had no chance to catch it.
TheKnuckler
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knucklemaster333
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| posted on 9-28-2003 at 04:43 PM |
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if you throw it at full extension think of the stress on the elbow no thanks i like my curveball enough
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knuckleballer4life
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| posted on 9-28-2003 at 05:33 PM |
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also...
Also its really easy to telegraph this pitch.
TheKnuckler
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spretro4
Veteran 
Posts 74
Registered 3-22-2003 Location east coast Member Is Offline Mood: conspicuous
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| posted on 9-28-2003 at 11:35 PM |
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i was reading the posts about the yoyo so i decided to mess around with it. its pretty nasty but after about the 5th pitch my arm killed.
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zach1819
Hall of Famer 
Posts 504
Registered 4-15-2005 Location New York Member Is Offline Mood: Knuckled
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| posted on 4-22-2011 at 05:00 AM |
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yoyo
ive been throwing the yoyo around recently and have been great drop but my elbow is killing me is this good pain like im building up yoyo muscles or
should i rest
Z-man
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