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How Trevor Hoffman throws his changeup

Reader_questionsshermanreed asks -- Anyone know where I can find pics of how Trevor Hoffman grips his change up? Maybe an article, along with the pics of his grip, that explains how he throws it?

Trevor Hoffman throws a variation of the circle change -- where a baseball pitcher makes an "OK" sign around the ball, and pronates the pitch inward (thumb down) as it's released. He says he grips it by pinching the seam between his thumb and index finger, right near the printed logo on the baseball. He also uses pressure with his thumb and lets the ball settle into the palm of his hand, resting on the ball of the hand below his fingers. He says it takes some soft touch in his hand, but the full arm action of a fastball.

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Posted by Steven Ellis on April 19, 2007
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