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Reply to "Velocity from SS"

Linedrive_07 posted:

One thing I have noticed in these showcases like PBR and PG, many players (not all), are throwing technique out the door to hit a high velo for the gun to put on their profile.  You see Long pitching arm action, with some almost in a crow hop style into a pull-down.  These are throws from balls hit to SS.  I am sure they are probably getting an additional 5mph (or more) on their throws, but give up time to release.  They get high-lighted for their throws across the field leading the competition.  Seems we are rewarding this...  I would hope that the college coaches are looking at the arm action with these throws to be sure they are comparing apples to apples.  Take two players, one that is throwing 90mph across the field, and one that is throwing 80mph across the field.  Doing the math, for say a 120ft throw across, the 90mph player has rough 1/10 of a second longer to wait to throw for his ball to reach first compared to the 80mph throw.  Looking at it another way, the 80mph arm action player only has to release 1/10s quicker to be on par with 90mph.  You can lose .2s easy in arm action alone with bad technique.  With that said, I would put a big emphasis on technique and skill as well.  Anyone else seeing the same trends?  

The perspective is it’s easier to fix mechanics than increase velocity. It’s better to throw a laser into the third row of seats than an accurate better than average throw in front of a coach/scout. 

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