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It is just one way of measuring batting performance while taking away the variable of a pitched ball. (velocity, location, etc) If you have ever been to a showcase and watched BP, many times the batters performance has as much to do with the guy throwing BP as the hitter. (for two equal hitters, or the same guy in different rounds) They did this at the Stanford camp and I believe the results were in the 70-90MPH range. They could measure bat velocity, but this gives a more representative figure to what someone might see in real life.
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Originally posted by BOF:
1. They did this at the Stanford camp and I believe the results were in the 70-90MPH range.

2. They could measure bat velocity, but this gives a more representative figure to what someone might see in real life.


1. You mean off the tee or from pitching?

2. When you say "this", you mean a radar reading off the tee?

Thanks for the insight
My son hits off the tee throughout the winter in the garage and we have radar setup behind the screen.

1) It helps him focus on quality swings when hitting off the tee.

2) he has used it over the years to test different bats, sizes and weights of bats to help determine what bat he uses.

Just got everything setup in the gargae a couple weeks ago and with his 32/29 school bat he is conistently 70-74 mph off the tee. With wood bat of the same size and roughly same weight 67-72 mph. So I see about a 4-5 mph difference between wood and non-wood bats.

I have no idea where these numbers are for other kids his age but I am not too concerned about that. we use it as a tool to make sure he is working hard on every swing, also can tell when he starts getting tired and swing starts to break down and makes it easy to track improvement from year to year.
The exit speed velocities are not high. We have been evaluating exit speed off T for the past 2 yrs. My sophomore son has worked really hard this off season. His exit speed off of a T has improved from his freshman year by 6mph using wood. He is consistently gunned at 88 during his bimonthly lessons. I think this is due to his work in the gym and just the natural maturation process of being a teenager. His goal is to be 90+ by his Junior year.

OK - trying to get a grasp of where my son is. They are having tryouts now and although my son tore his ACL/MCL in football and is unlikely to play until May - he has been cleared to hit. They measured exit speeds today and he hit 91mph off a tee (metal bat) which seems to be really good from reading the above posts.

 

For the last 3 months we have been swinging from a seated position and using mostly upper body and working on quick hands  - it seems to be working well as he was one of the highest on the team. In the last 2 weeks he was cleared to swing away (as long as he is wearing brace). Looks like working on hands and swing path over the last 3 months has worked out well.

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