Can't Find Your Fastball? Throw An Off-Speed Pitch!

It happens to all pitchers at all levels: You'll be on the mound, in a game ... without your fastball. Has it happened to you? Where you just can't find the strike zone?

The first thing most pitchers try to do in this situation is "muscle" through it by coming back with another fastball ... and another fastball ... and another.

Slow down here.

If you are having difficulty locating your fastball for strikes in a game, try throwing an off-speed pitch. It breaks the monotony. It'll force you to get your arm out in front of your body with your fingers on top of the baseball. (This, of course, being how you throw a good off-speed pitch.)  Then, when you go back to your fastball, you’ll likely find your arm path is back into perfect throwing position.

Sometimes all it takes to better locate your fastball is to throw an off-speed pitch.