User blog comment:Emo121/Combat Arms - The Trouble's/@comment-222.155.154.20-20120512223012/@comment-4005921-20120513012814

It depends how long you hold the nade.

So say it takes 2 seconds to fully charge the pitcher meter, and you want to throw half that distance, so you would hold onto the nade for 1 second to throw instead of holding it for 2+.