Now this might be a dumb question ,oh well,
but I wanted to know if there was a way to calculate pitching speed without a radar?, my son was working on pitching for his new team, but he's not a pitcher , he's a catcher, so I recorded him ,he hasn't been radar on anything since early march. and it looked pretty hard. just curious ..
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you can use a stop watch, but its highly inaccurate. just google it and you will find the formula as well as websites that help you convert it. Again, its highly inaccurate.
c2019 posted:Now this might be a dumb question ,oh well,
but I wanted to know if there was a way to calculate pitching speed without a radar?, my son was working on pitching for his new team, but he's not a pitcher , he's a catcher, so I recorded him ,he hasn't been radar on anything since early march. and it looked pretty hard. just curious ..
There are apps who stopp the flight time but that is extremely inaccurate.
The most accurate way is probably long toss distance.
I used to film the pitch, then open the video in a video editing software, count the seconds from the ball releases to ball crossing the plate, then use the distance from mound to plate minus the stride, divide by the time, and you got the average speed.
As you can see, it's complicated and you only get average speed, not instance speed at release. After doing this for a while and getting inconsistent result, I bought a pocket radar. 
Bogeyorpar posted:I used to film the pitch, then open the video in a video editing software, count the seconds from the ball releases to ball crossing the plate, then use the distance from mound to plate minus the stride, divide by the time, and you got the average speed.
As you can see, it's complicated and you only get average speed, not instance speed at release. After doing this for a while and getting inconsistent result, I bought a pocket radar.
How about i send you the video lol
I will give you the short answer. NO
Best answer yet lol
You could drive around town until you see one of those rigs that shows your speed compared to the speed limit and have him throw toward that.
JCG posted:You could drive around town until you see one of those rigs that shows your speed compared to the speed limit and have him throw toward that.
Just like the rookie
Just make up a number. That's what most Dads do.
In theory IF you know the exact distance thrown (have to take in account how far he was past the rubber during the release), and you know exactly how long it took for the ball to travel that distance, then yes you could figure out the pitching speed. But I think it would be easier to purchase a radar gun.
