Yes, the pitched ball will vary dramatically in height and angle ( dead center of home plate versus off the outside edge for example). The ball may arrive anywhere from knees to high chest and be called a strike as long as it’s close to being “over the plate.” So while trajectory and direction...
The best one can do to help with this is to be sure and “show” the batter the ball before placing it in the throwing mechanism. In this way, the batter knows that the ball will soon be on the way. After a few repetitions, the batter’s timing adjusts. It is the same as live action in respect...
Yes Jbriggs. For 10 year old Little League it’s perfect! Thank you so much! I will share in my baseball dads forums because this is really good information. Lots of dads take their kids to the batting cages and just guess. I believe in making it realistic to game conditions and this is just...
I like your method much better Jbriggs. Is this a formula I could use to move through the the little league speed ranges? There’s about a 10 mph range in each age group of average pitches and it bumps up about 5 mph every year until you leave little league. So to mix it up, I could just use...
I think the answer is 38 mph. Setting the machine at 38 mph will cause the ball to arrive at home plate in .627 seconds at 36 feet. A pitched ball at 50 mph will arrive at home plate in .627 seconds at a distance of 46 feet.
I suppose that one would calculate the time it takes for an object to travel 46 feet @50mph. And then calculate the speed variable for an object to travel 36 feet to match the same time interval discovered in the first equation.
Yes Jbriggs. The problem is the distance on the field from the pitchers mound to home plate is 46 feet in little league. The top kids throw about a 50 mph fastball in 10 year old leagues. So excluding the reality that 50 mph is the top speed, not a constant speed as Scott correctly points...
Homework Statement:: I'm trying to figure out what miles per hour setting I need to use to simulate a pitched baseball traveling 50 miles per hour from a distance of 46 feet. I need to know the equivalent speed setting on a pitching machine to simulate the same speed at a distance of 36 feet...