스리 핑거 체인지업, Three finger change-up

단어 그대로 공을 가운데 세 손가락으로 잡는 체인지업. 스트레이트 체인지업(Straight-Changeup)으로도 불린다. 던지는 것 자체는 간단한 편이지만 낙폭이나 움직임이 적기 때문에 서클 체인지업에 비하면 잘 사용되지 않는다. 손가락을 세 개를 올리다보니 손가락 감각이 뛰어나다면 무브먼트보다 구속에 힘을 줘 속구처럼 던지는 응용도 가능하다고 한다.

국내에서는 양현종, 원태인, 이의리 등이 대표적이다. 이의리의 경우 위 사진처럼이 아닌 투심그립에서 실밥에 중지를 올리거나 그사이에 올려 구사한다. 과거 서재응도 스리핑거 체인지업을 사용했으며, 류현진은 서클 체인지업과 스리 핑거 체인지업의 두 그립과 감각을 이용해 같은 체인지업으로 125km/h에서 135km/h정도까지 속도를 조절할 수 있다고 한다. 참고로 류현진에게 체인지업을 전수해준 구대성은 스리 핑거가 아니라 중지를 띄워서 일종의 팜볼처럼 던진다고 한다. 손가락이 길어 할 수 있는 그립이다. 위 사진처럼이 아닌 투심그립에서 실밥에 중지를 올리거나 그사이에 올려 구사하는 이의리 같은 선수들도 있다.

메이저 리그에서도 위의 토미 케인리나 노아 신더가드 등 스리핑거 체인지업을 구사하는 선수가 드물게 존재한다. 서클 체인지업으로 유명했던 과거 요한 산타나도 가끔씩 스리핑거의 그립으로 체인지업을 던지기도 했다.

 

 

 

Literally speaking, the player holds the ball with the middle three fingers. It is also called "Straight-Changeup." Throwing the ball itself is simple, but it is rarely used compared to circle changeup because it causes fewer falls or movements. If you raise your three fingers, you can apply it like a fastball by tightening your grip rather than a movement.

Key players in Korea include Yang, Won Tae-in, and Lee Eui-ri. In the case of Lee, he puts his middle finger on a thread or puts it in between in the two-seam grip, not as shown in the photo above. Seo also used a three-finger change-up, while Ryu is said to be able to adjust the speed from 125km/h to 135km/h with the same change-up by using the two gripes and senses of circle change-up and three-finger change-up. For reference, Koo Dae-sung, who taught Ryu how to change-up, is said to throw it like a palm ball by floating his middle finger, not a three-finger. This is a grip that he can make with long fingers. Some players like Lee can put his middle finger on the thread or put it in between in the two-seam grip, not as shown in the photo above.

There are rare players in the Major League who can change-up the three-finger system such as Tommy Kainley and Noah Syndergaard. Johan Santana, who was famous for circle change-up, sometimes threw change-up with the grip of the three-finger system.