The curveball has a sideward spin that causes it to break inward. Hold the ball with your wrist bent at a 90-degree angle. Your palm should be facing in, toward your body. Your grip is simple: the second and middle fingers should lay across two seams of the ball. Spin is given by applying pressure with your middle finger as you flick your wrist downward. The pitch is thrown with an outward snap of your wrist that causes the back of your hand to face the batter.
The slider is nothing more than a fast curveball. It even looks like a fastball until it starts to break. Sliders are often thrown sidearm, and because of that, the grip is slightly different from that of a curve. Hold the ball with your wrist bent at a 45-degree angle, with your palm half facing in toward you. Your index and middle fingers should be placed along the seam on the two-seam side of the ball. The middle finger should be cut across the center axis of the baseball, turned toward you. This may sound like a contortionist act, but when you pick up a baseball you will discover it's not very difficult at all. And when you throw the pitch you'll find it breaks less than a conventional curveball and moves down and across on an even plane.
Matt: CORRECT
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