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Reply to "The average pitching speed at age X is this!"

I think you need to look at how these figures are sourced (individual pitching coach - recording day 1 speeds).  I would say the population is rather small and many of these day 1 speeds are recorded before any significant instruction on good pitching mechanics.  Go back and look at the "goal" speed for these ages - quite a bit higher than these averages.  I think the small population and how data gets captured (new student - day 1 pitch speed) may have something to do with the 14/15 sppeds not showing significant movement.  If you are looking for averages, I'd go try to find something that taps into a much, much larger population.  As for the older kids, I think the PG percentiles by class is a pretty good measuring stick.

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