@22and25 posted:With all of that said, I don’t think coaches care at all about a pull down. It’s a number that hints at overall capacity but is useless on its on. Sending a coach a pull down velocity would be akin to sending them a 1 rep deadlift max.....yawn.....
A crow hop throw from the OF will show the velo potential for any player. When performing that kind of throw a player tends not to think - instead they rely on their athletic ability to create momentum and they use their lower half in delivering the throw. So coaches absolutely do care about velo from those throws. However it doesn’t necessarily mean that a player can transfer that velo to their delivery when on the mound. There shouldn’t be any difference in arm action. The major difference is in how the lower body is incorporated into the throw -or not. I have seen kids hit 95 from the OF but not be over 82 on the mound b/c they can’t figure out how to optimize getting their legs into the pitching delivery.