January 17, 2011
Features of the One and Three-Quarter Turn

The 13/4 turn requires a slightly different muscular action of the arm and a little more wrist-action than the 11/4 turn. Having an additional half-turn to make, the 13/4 shoe opens a little slower. It is not so easily affected by wind as other type shoes. Most players using the 13/4 turn, find that the shoe balances better when held near the toe. It can be pitched fairly low and made to wobble nicely in flight. (A good flight wobble is desirable.) As a rule, however, the 13/4 shoe must be pitched higher than the 1 1/4 shoe. As stated before, it needs more time to complete the extra half-turn and “break open.”

Gripping the shoe near the heel makes it open more quickly. Actually, it does not turn any faster, but when held near the heel – with the thumb in a parallel position to the shank – the shoe is already turned in the hand. In reality, this is a one and five-eighths turn. When gripped near the toe, the opening of the shoe is pointed halfway between the right and front. (That is when the shoe is extended, in the flat position, before the player.) This is, in reality, a one and seven-eighth turn. However, regardless of the pointing of the shoe, the turn is called the one and three-quarter. The slightest change in your grip will make a difference in the way your shoe balances and turns. Pitchers with long, supple swings, find it unnecessary to hold their shoes near the heel to secure enough turns.

Features of the One and One-Quarter Turn

As a rule the 1 1/4 turn requires more careful attention than the 1 3/4 turn. Less wrist-motion is required to pitch the 1 1/4 turn. It is easier to watch in flight. It can be pitched rather low and made to wobble nicely in flight. Usually, the fingers are spread a little more widely on the shank of the shoe. Holding the 1 1/4 shoe near the toe, with the thumb placed in a parallel position of the shank, makes it a one and one-eight turn. Gripping near the heel will produce a one and three-eighths turn. However, this turn is always called the one and one-quarter. It is not as good a wind shoe as the 13/4 shoe. A slow turning 1 1/4 shoe that lands too flat is likely to rebound off the stake. But when given a good wobble and made to book the stake from the right and left sides, the 1 1/4 shoe is very effective.

How to select a Turn

To find out which turn is best for your style of pitching, experiment with both for awhile. Choose the one that is easiest to control. After selecting the turn you prefer, stay with it until you master it. Don’t try to change your grip and turn to conform to that of every expert you meet. Some players, after using a turn for years, try to improve their pitching by changing to the other turn. After doing this, they may play well for awhile, then begin to “get off” their game. This adverse reaction may be due to the fact that their muscles have been trained for a long time to function for the first turn. When the novelty of the second turn has worn off, the player begins to lose control because his muscles have not been properly trained for the new turn.

Some players can switch turns without much difficulty. Many of the experts can throw all the various turns, but rely on their most natural one for competitive playing. The average pitcher will do best by sticking to his original turn, providing it is one of the two championship turns.

Unorthodox or “Off” Turns

Without correct instruction, many beginners make a great mistake by starting with the three-quarter (3/4) turn. Because it is easy to watch in flight, they deceive themselves by thinking it is their natural turn. Here are several reasons why the three-quarter turn is a poor one:

(1) To be controlled in the air, the shoe must be delivered in a low, swift manner. This calls for a stiff-armed delivery on the part of the player. After using a stiff arm for awhile, he/she finds it difficult to change to a better turn. (2) A shoe that turns less than 1 1/4 times in flight is hard to control because it does not have enough flight-wobble to break the velocity of its fall. it goes too straight on the stake. More ringers are lost, due to rebound, with the three-quarter turn than any other, with the possible exception of the flop-over shoes. (3) The way the three-quarter shoe must be delivered prevents a player from keeping a consistent line on the stakes. To keep the shoe from turning too much, he/she has to swing it by the leg in a flat or horizontal position. To avoid fouling the shoe against the leg, he/she has to either pull the leg inward at the knee or swing the shoe farther out or away from the. leg. Either method prevents him/her from keeping the swing in line with the stake.

A turn that is faster than the 13/4 is difficult to watch and control. It turns too fast to permit the accurate timing required for it to arrive open at the stake. Besides, pitching a fast-turning shoe requires too much arm and wrist effort, which works a hardship on the player. The poorest turns of all are the single and double-flop (tumble) shoes. That is a shoe that turns end over end, instead of around, in flight. The least bit of wind affects them adversely. Like the three-quarter turn shoes, the flop-over shoes go too straight on the stake and rebound badly.

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