How I Learned To Pitch

Taylor Ramsden
English p. 1
10-17-07

1. Bryan Price got the author to stop over thinking by telling him to have a quiet mind
2. Bryan wanted to teach the author a change up first because it was the first step that separated the regular throwers from the pitchers.
3. To throw a change up you but your fingers in an “OK” sign around then ball. Then when you throw the ball, you throw it just as hard as you would throw a fastball.
4. Because of the finger placement on the ball it makes the ball come out of you’re had slower then it would for a fastball. That small speed difference makes the batter think the ball is coming in faster than it really is, making him swing to early.
5. A good pitching coach is someone that can look at a pitcher and see the small little mistakes and tweaks that the pitcher could change and also make the pitcher his own self- coach by making him know what he needs to do to be constant.

Thoughtful Questions

1. I think what you can learn in school from how Bryan Price taught pitching is that you should be able to teach your self in a way that if you get something wrong or didn’t study for a test enough, you should know that you have to go back and read over the topic or section that you got wrong or need to know more about. Therefore making yourself kind of like a self-coach,
2. A change up is equal to whatever each one person thinks. Maybe for someone it would be a poem. After writing a bunch of big essays and papers, you right a poem or something you enjoy to get your mind off big assignments; so then you can focus on the next one.
3. What I think the author means by that is if a pitcher is really focused and doing really good, he needs to keep a “quiet mind” so he doesn’t break down and start making mistakes.