Reply to "Thrown down accuracy and pop times"

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Originally posted by Catch43:
Thats very wierd. I read somewhere on this site that the difference from a crouch and regular should just be up to 5 mph...

Catch43,

You may be refering to an article I have written and posted on this forum where I discuss the difference between "crow-Hop" velocity and crouch velocity.

In that article I indicated that a good athlete should have no more then a 5% (percent) drop from their max velocity (usually crowhop) down to their crouch velocity.

If there is more then a 5% drop then there is something in their mechanics that is "eating" MPH and needs to be fixed.

The example given of the PG kid with 90+ outfield throwing velocity on only 77 from behind the plate reflects a 15% loss of velocity. If there are no unusual circumstances going on there and this is the normal difference in his throws, then that young man has some serious issues with his throwing mechanics to be loosing that much velocity.

5/14/0811:49 AM

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