Switch Pitching 101

Aiden McNasby Age: 8  (2011) Little League Team: Roseville Pirates School: Kaseberg Elementary, Roseville, CA Aiden McNasby is a young pitcher who can throw strikes using either arm. That's right, he's a switch pitcher. Dan, Aiden's father, said - "When I use to practice with him, he would throw with both arms. Put the ball in front of him - which ever hand he picked it up with he would throw it back to you  ... he would pick it up one time as a right, the next time he would do it as a left." Aiden says that he can pitch really well with both hands. When asked which hand is easier to throw with, Aiden responded:   "I don't know what is the easiest part, all easiest parts."   "I do three (pitches) with one batter, then when he gets out I switch." Graylon Duncan, his pitching coach, said that Aiden doesn't really have a dominant side - "he's pretty standard from both sides." Aiden is allowed to throw 40...