Overhand throwing velocity. What is the highest you have ever seen recorded?

[angispeds]

Mid 60s is what I would consider normal and necessary for a high level college recruit 70+ is exceptional! On our team last year of all division 1 commits and/or recruits we had 1 kid that threw 72…she was a MI but she had a slow transition and long throwing motion so our SS who was 64 actually usually delivered more outs due faster hands with a quicker release. The rest of our players all fell in that same range 60-68.


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[_MIA_]

so our SS who was 64 actually usually delivered more outs due faster hands with a quicker release.


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and who might this fundamentally sound SS be? You don't have to work your kid into every single post..

 

[LHV_NY_SB]

Hard to believe that a 2027 is throwing mid-70s.

We attended a PGF Metrics event down in Florida before a tourney in February where they measured overhand throw. I'm sure there's some wiggle room on the radar gun, but my daughter (a 2026) clocked in at 62 mph. Just went back and looked at the entire list which includes any PGF testing around the country this year and fastest was a 2024 at 70 mph.

 

[_MIA_]

Hard to believe that a 2027 is throwing mid-70s.

It isn't if you have seen her in person. If anybody throws that hard it is her. I have no idea what the actual number is but she has a gun. She throws the ball properly...that helps. She was playing for (and batting 4th) 18U IPF Dickel before she got injured this summer.

 

[ANNASDAD]

We played this game once with Anna as a senior, she had a ten round average of either 65 or 66 mph from SS, think it was 65 though...

 

[erniekru]

People who train for the overhand throw can see 74+.. It is such a fake throw.. Imagine running, turning your back to the target and then spinning and chucking it wildly. Think shot put or javelin.

Functional throws, like ones you'd see in a game, 66 and above is really good.

 

[uncdrew]

Hard to believe that a 2027 is throwing mid-70s.

We attended a PGF Metrics event down in Florida before a tourney in February where they measured overhand throw. I'm sure there's some wiggle room on the radar gun, but my daughter (a 2026) clocked in at 62 mph. Just went back and looked at the entire list which includes any PGF testing around the country this year and fastest was a 2024 at 70 mph.

It certainly is easy to put almost anything into those write-ups...

 

[Rolling Hard]

This kid has an absolute cannon and it says her OH velocity is 74 I would like to see what 84 looks like on the softball diamond ..would be cool


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74 mph over hand speed should have better pop times than 1.8. She sound like a stud but there is room to improve those pop times. She "picks and throws." RAD student??? LOL

 

[_MIA_]

74 mph over hand speed should have better pop times than 1.8. She sound like a stud but there is room to improve those pop times. She "picks and throws." RAD student??? LOL

I think she is a better 3B than C...I don't think she will catch at the next level but I could be wrong. She didn't catch much for the IPF Dickel team. I think the main reason is she hits too well and seems to get beat up catching..lol.

I mean, it ain't my kid. If she throws 54 and the writeup was exaggerated so be it . I've seen her play and I would like to think I know a good arm when I see one and she has one..

 

[CoachJD]

Maybe someone could throw 84 mph. I don't want to say it's impossible.

But that someone is not a "local girl" that nobody has ever heard of.