An inside view of Coach Ernie's indoor pitching area. In these web pages you will find many different ways to grip the softball to pitch various pitches. In almost every case there are more than one way to grip a softball to obtain the same pitch or result. Each pitcher should experiment to determine which grip will produce the best results for that particular pitch.
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Coach Ernie has many pictures from different countries that have benefited from his expertise in fastball pitching. His favorite picture is of him on a camel.

In side Coach Ernie pitching area are photos of various students during the many years of coaching.

Jessica, an 11 year old softball player, just started taking pitching lessons with Coach Ernie.

If you don't have a catcher you can rig up some string to form a square and pitch through it. The lower string should be just knee high.

Coach Ernie just moments before showing the many fastpitch grips for the various pitches.

There are many different grips to pitch a softball depending on the type of pitch as well as how well the pitcher throws the ball. This grip is for a fast ball.

Front view of the fast ball grip.

Back hand change up.

Circle grip change up.

Palm ball change up.
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