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Reply to "Marking Launch angles in batting cages?"

Dominik85 posted:
cabbagedad posted:
2020dad posted:

... Folks can we clear this up for the last time...  physics are physics and old school mentality doesn't change that. If you hit the back of the cage first off it might just be caught by the pitcher second it better be absolutely smoked or it may not even make it out of the infield. Second base is 127' 3 3/8" from home plate as we know. A good shortstop who can range behind the bag may be 150'? From the plate. Unless you hit the very top of the back of the cage that's a ground ball. Could it be a ground ball up the middle base hit?  Sure. But better have a pretty good exit velocity. And even so if a guy hits .300 with all singles up the middle...  that's called a useless hitter. Same BA as slugging pct.  not good.  We have to fight this mentality that home runs are 'mistakes'. Home runs and extra base hits are the goal. Pop ups and ground balls are the mistakes. Oh and by the way Dom I know you are meticulous in your research so you may be interested to know that a ball hit at the optimum launch angle if 25 degrees strikes the top of the cage - ready - 12 to 15 feet from the plate depending on how high your cage is and if pitch was high or low. Guarantee kid rips one and it hits top 15 feet down the tobacco spitters are all over him. Dom keep up the good work. Our organization just got hit trax for our brand new facility. Should be operational within the month. Can't wait. Little Johnny with the 65mph exit velocity hitting the back of the cage is officially out of business. Til you can get hit trax or similar the rope idea is great - combined with a gun of course, launch angle without exit velocity is an incomplete picture. Good luck!

2020, so you are a proponent of teaching little Johnny  with 65mph exit velo to try to hit the ball at a launch angle of 25 degrees, correct?   And it sounds like you include the average HS player in the group that is little Johnny, correct?

Approximately what swing plane are you proposing to be taught to achieve that angle?  What level/s of play is the data from that tells us that this is the optimal angle?

25 degrees is not really that steep, it is listed as a high line drive by statcast. 

I would guess a ball hit at 65 degrees at 25 degrees lands behind the infield and in front of the of most of the time at least on the small field (most hs players will probably hit 70+ anyway). 

OK, while I'm waiting for 2020's response, I'll ask you some similar questions...

So, you put most HS players at 70+ exit velo.  What would you say such a player should have as a target launch angle?  And what swing plane would you teach to the average HS player?  

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