Palmball

The Palm Ball ( dt: palm litter) is a throwing technique a pitcher in baseball. Here, the baseball with your thumb and ring finger into the palm (English: "palm " ) is pressed, so that the ball deliberately flies slower.

Basic idea of ​​the Palm Ball is to have the same throwing motion as a fast fastball, but the ball deliberately less quick to throw ( changeup ), so that the opposing hitter swings too early. One of the best Palm Baller was Trevor Hoffman, longtime pitcher for the San Diego Padres, who is with 601 Saves statistically one of the best closing pitcher major-league history. His palm ball was around 15 km / h slower than his fastball, but he could disguise it so well that the opposing batsmen fell regularly clean it.