{"id":51280,"date":"2024-11-13T09:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T13:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/?p=51280"},"modified":"2024-11-13T09:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T13:03:27","slug":"neal-heaton-importance-of-throwing-a-changeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2024\/11\/13\/neal-heaton-importance-of-throwing-a-changeup\/","title":{"rendered":"Neal Heaton: Importance of Throwing a Changeup"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Neal Heaton<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you look at the strikeout numbers for top pitchers, how many of them are at the top of the lineup?<\/p>\n

When you go to a big-time Division-I they are all legit hitters that batted in the middle of the order in high school. If you don\u2019t develop your change up early in high school, you will get shellshocked.<\/p>\n

Many of the top pitchers on Long Island blow kids away, but it won\u2019t be the same when you get to the next level.<\/p>\n

Coaches should be forcing their pitchers to throw changeups multiples times per game so they develop it.<\/p>\n

For me, it didn\u2019t click until I got to Miami when they started to turn around my fastball and I said to myself I need to make an adjustment or I won\u2019t make it. Then I had to make another adjustment in pro ball where I had to actually locate it and not just throw it.<\/p>\n

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Stony Brook-commit Tommy Ventimiglia (Longwood 2021) discusses his change up grip pic.twitter.com\/WZSc6hjmeq<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) January 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n