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Reply to "Why the perfect launch angle is 15 degrees and not 30"

The bathead drops below the pitch but not really below the pitch plane. The ideal ball is slightly undercut but the graph shows there are just as many hit over than hit under balls.

The data I cited were launch angles and not attack angles (which are probably like 8 to 15 degrees) if guys like trout could consistently undercut the ball their launch angle would higher than their attack angle but it isn't.

The ball is still hit below center but only in relation to the ground and not to the pitch plane.

Of course trouts homers are still hit under but it seems like they are more of a byproduct.

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