Q&A for How to Throw Wiffle Ball Pitches

If you want to do an overhead pitch, you'll want to release the ball over your head. If you want to do a sidearm pitch, you'll want to release the ball at the side of your body, at waist-level.

A 3/4 submarine is pitched from half way between your underhand and sidearm. Make sure you take time to practice that pitching style as it is difficult to perfect.

Move your wrist as though you're throwing a curve. You'll flick your wrist down.

Submarine is the same as underhand and 3/4 submarine is between an underhand and sidearm pitch.

Not too hard, as you want it to break before it gets to the batter. Like in MLB, curve balls are way slower than fast balls. Be sure to flick your wrist.

It means that a batter was retired by a play in the field or received three strikes.

Try throwing it in different pitching styles (overhand, submarine, sidearm, etc.). Try flicking your wrist when you throw.

Yes, unless you completely mess something up, the natural break should be downwards.

Wiffle balls are plastic, hollow balls you hit with plastic bats, and baseballs have a rubber core with a leather wrap stitched around them, and are hit with metal or wood bats.

You throw the ball with your dominant hand. Keep the other hand free for catching, and your dominant hand has more power, naturally. Try mixing it up and practicing with your non-dominant hand, so you can trick batter more often.

Yes, you can, but it is much easier to master when pitching it sidearm. For an overhand throw, you need to add an incredible amount of backspin to ensure the ball breaks upwards. When pitching sidearm, simply position the holes on the ball downward and let it slide out of your fingers, allowing the air to pull it upwards.

To throw a riser, ensure the holes on the ball face downwards and throw it sidearm. This motion causes air to pass through the ball, pushing it upwards. When you release the pitch, let the ball glide out of your fingers, unlike a fastball. It is crucial that the holes always face downwards; otherwise, the ball will not break as intended, the pitch will be too low, or it will break incorrectly, likely resulting in an ineffective pitch.