Radar mats

[Softball.Mom.72]

There is a pitching Coach that uses a mat that reads the velocity of a pitch thrown into it and then it is displayed on a phone. How accurate is this device and what is it called...anyone know?

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[Lance Steckler]

i have no idea, but I question accuracy. Without a reference to how quickly an object goes from point a to B, How is velocity determined??

I guess you could possibly back figure a velocity based on impact energy with a known weight object, but accuracy would be very suspect.

 

[lostcreek1]

Are you sure it is the mat that is reading the velocity? The pocket radar will display the reading on your phone, visually, and verbally.

 

[Softball.Mom.72]

Are you sure it is the mat that is reading the velocity? The pocket radar will display the reading on your phone, visually, and verbally.

I think so. Here is what it looks like on the phone.

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[The Man In Blue]

My guess is it has sensors throughout the mat and measures the time it takes for the ball to travel from sensor to sensor.

There is a new "laser plate" that is being used at top-end umpiring schools. It provides a sensor-measured strike zone.

 

[jsoftballcoach]

My guess is it has sensors throughout the mat and measures the time it takes for the ball to travel from sensor to sensor.

There is a new "laser plate" that is being used at top-end umpiring schools. It provides a sensor-measured strike zone.

Wouldn’t it need to know when the ball left the hand? Maybe there was there a special ball?

My guess is the radar was setup near the mat and it just seemed that the mat had something to do with it?


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[The Man In Blue]

Wouldn’t it need to know when the ball left the hand? Maybe there was there a special ball?

My guess is the radar was setup near the mat and it just seemed that the mat had something to do with it?


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I'm guessing it isn't measuring the time it takes to go from the pitcher to the plate. I'm assuming it is measuring the time it takes for the ball to travel from the front of the mat to the back of the mat. You can calculate velocity using time between any two distances*, no matter how small or how large. Accuracy may be impacted ...

*(d1 - d2)/t or distance travelled divided by time

 

[The Man In Blue]

Here is the "laser plate" tool I referenced. This is not the device the OP is asking about.

 

[wheresmycar]

Is the mat in front of the catcher? You really want the velocity at release, not at the plate. Pocket radar displays the highest speed recorded, which will be immediately after release. I would not waste your money on a mat that is in front of the catcher to measure pitching velocity.