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Throwing a Baseball overarm will usually make the ball move further than if one were to throw it sidearm. This is because the movement of the body is able to follow through with the motion more when the throw is overarm.

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underarm An addition in the interests of not assuming too much knowledge--- Softball pitching is underarm, but the fielders almost always throw overarm after making a play on the ball. An exception you'll see pretty often would be a short underarm toss used by an infielder who has fielded the ball fairly close to the base.

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i myself am a pitcher, and i learned by watching professional pitchers on t.v. and also having a trainer and he said that i was a natural because i pitched at speeds that kids way older than me pitch. But how to pitch the ball is very simple. First you step on the mound and get your feet in the right position, then you get your grip on the ball and decide what kind of pitch your going to throw, but you do this inside your glove so the batter can't see what pitch your throwing. Then you start in your wind up motion, and then once you go once around with your arm, you let the ball throw to the catchers glove. But make sure that you don't let go too early or too soon because the pitch will not go straight to the catchers glove. But once you practice the motion and get the simple basics done, you can then worry about your speed. But if your planning on being a pitcher, heres some advice: If you mess up, try again. If you keep on trying, you will eventually get it, and when your not having a good throwing day, just shake it off and move on.

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No. Only in softball.

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underarm.

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