The answer is different depending on what you're asking. If your wondering how much a curveball drops realitive to how much break it has it will usually drop 66% more than it goes to the side. However if you're wondering how much it drops period that REALLY varies on a case to case to basis. For instance, if you take a Josh Beckett curveball that's going to drop sometimes over a foot. While some pitchers will throw it and hardly get anything on it at all, as if all of them are hanging. You just have to try it and see what happens.
The key differences between a slider and a curveball are in their spin and movement. A slider has more side-to-side movement due to its lateral spin, while a curveball has more vertical drop due to its topspin. In a slider vs curveball diagram, the slider would show a more horizontal trajectory with a sharper break to the side, while the curveball would show a more arcing path with a downward drop. The spin direction and axis of rotation can also be represented to visually differentiate between the two pitches.
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A hanging curveball is a curveball that is thrown in a way that makes it easier to hit. A good example of one is a slow curveball that is thrown down the middle. If you get one of these babies thrown to you while your at the plate, swing at it. It is an easy pitch to crush for a dinger or at least a double.
Kind of like a sinker but his fingers are a little bit higher on the seams. So his fingers are about in between a curveball and a sinker. And I am talking about the traditonal grip for a curveball.
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This is because of an optical illusion. If you look at a curveball, it looks like it's coming stragiht at you, but it's actually curving.
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You can perform a curveball in many sports, Soccer, Cricket, Tennis, Baseball, almost every sport that contains a ball