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I still doubt I’ve seen anything over 66, and I saw all the top dogs in 18u this summer. I could be wrong.
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As in you don’t believe the radar guns or you have never seen a reading over 66? If it is the former, what is your frame of reference? Do you turn into a pumpkin if you see a pitch over 66?I still doubt I’ve seen anything over 66, and I saw all the top dogs in 18u this summer. I could be wrong.
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As in you don’t believe the radar guns or you have never seen a reading over 66? If it is the former, what is your frame of reference? Do you turn into a pumpkin if you see a pitch over 66?
I am on the edge of my seat..TB is over for me, soon I’ll tell you how the college pitchers aren’t throwing that hard either.
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There are pitchers that play D3 who throw 65 mph.
Just saying that 5% maybe larger than the numbers you looked at
I also do not think that the only goal for P5 is to find pitchers who throw High velocity. There are plenty of pitchers in D1 who don't throw faster than 64 mph but have tremendous Spin and accuracy.
Simply don't think High Velocity is the only thing top D1's look for.
Specifically because speed alone is not enough.
We played in a tournament recently (California for those wanting to know). Probably 20+ college coaches there watching. I sat with multiple college coaches and discussed pitching and the college game in general. One took their gun out and clocked 2 different 2023 pitchers because one of them stood out as "throwing harder."I don’t own a pocket radar, and haven’t paid much attention to people with them. My thinking is, if most of the pitchers are about the same (62-65), and there are a lot of those, then anything faster would jump out. Maybe my thinking is flawed, maybe I would turn into a pumpkin. Hasn’t happened yet though.
TB is over for me, soon I’ll tell you how the college pitchers aren’t throwing that hard either.
The confidence of some people to say, the "average" is X is comical IMHO.
Ok so give us a "non-comical" answer to the question posed in the OP since you seem to have a handle on the "data"?Data is data and the numbers are all over the map, and don't support the casual statements being tossed around.
Yes rocked both because those speeds are like hitting machines!Result?...60 to 64 top speeds. Our team rocked both of them at the plate BTW.
Yeah I'm not going to bite into an internet web-warrior war...but giving a range of 58-72 MPH is not any sort of an "average." That is a 14 MPH range...that's a joke right?Ok so give us a "non-comical" answer to the question posed in the OP since you seem to have a handle on the "data"?
The numbers being "all over the map" doesn't mean there isn't an average..
Concur with your comments. Unfortunately ignorance is bliss to those who know not.I know of NAIA school commits throwing 62+ and D1 girls who are lucky to hit 58.
So many variables to decide where a kid goes to school.
The confidence of some people to say, the "average" is X is comical IMHO. Even worse for those that say you have to throw Y to be even considered by a D1 school. Data is data and the numbers are all over the map, and don't support the casual statements being tossed around.