How do wiffle-ball players curve their ball as much as they do? 

Written by: Theodore, reporter in ISFM

In this article, we’ll be talking about how wiffle-ball players curve the ball so well.

First, we need to look at the ball itself. It’s made out of plastic and has holes on one side and you can see the hollow inside made to remove weight that causes more force needed to throw the ball. The holes are there to help curve the ball and slow it down and not make it impossible to hit while batting. Vortices are created which make the ball curve because of the unbalance the air flowing through the holes makes. The pitching method is also a key factor, and  actually differs from baseball methods. The ball is thrown underhand and not overhand like in baseball. Secondly, the underhand style lets younger people play and allows the ball to move differently from baseball. Some players like Jimmy Knorp have mastered their throws making it very hard to hit. Not even professional baseball players have an easy time hitting the ball. He does it by aiming lower than normal, and curves it in the same way as a soccer player would do. His colleague Brendan Jorgensen instead makes the ball go up and back down called the drop. He aims above and puts his index finger on the hole which should leave last. Kyle Schultz does the opposite called; well I hope you guessed it: The riser. He instead puts the holes facing down, aims low, and throws it low (1ft). He also curves it to the left so it’s even harder to hit it. Dallas makes it curve in a banana-like shape towards the hitter so the hitter has to hit a ball that is already hard/almost impossible to hit and dodge it at the same time. These are only some of the many methods and variations. Hope you have learned some things about wiffle ball and physiques.

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Thank you for reading! Written by: Theodore, reporter in ISFM