Not sure it's the same person. His radar gun and my Pocket Coach Radar got the same speed for my DD.
When did your DD first throw 60 mph?
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Not sure it's the same person. His radar gun and my Pocket Coach Radar got the same speed for my DD.
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Must be doing some group lessons there...one hour lessons would be 54 hours a week and I am assuming these kids actually go to school so he fits his lesson in between 4pm and 8pm plus Saturdays? there is not even that many hours available? and at a super discount of $30 per hour that's $85K per year pretty nice living for youth pitching coach? I'm with [MENTION=2415]ScottyDont[/MENTION] on this one in throwing the BS flag on mph stats as well; I know CT is a small sample size but our Gatorade POY last year was a stud I watched her junior and senior year lead her team to state and she was sub 65, I'm just not buying it average DI pitchers are not throwing 65 and and that one coach has six, if it sounds to good to be true it probably is. Now that is not saying he is working with a talented group of girls many of whom probably throw over 60 sometimes but my guess is most of them are cruising just below an he has a "friendly" radar gun
Must be doing some group lessons there...one hour lessons would be 54 hours a week and I am assuming these kids actually go to school so he fits his lesson in between 4pm and 8pm plus Saturdays? there is not even that many hours available? and at a super discount of $30 per hour that's $85K per year pretty nice living for youth pitching coach? I'm with [MENTION=2415]ScottyDont[/MENTION] on this one in throwing the BS flag on mph stats as well; I know CT is a small sample size but our Gatorade POY last year was a stud I watched her junior and senior year lead her team to state and she was sub 65, I'm just not buying it average DI pitchers are not throwing 65 and and that one coach has six, if it sounds to good to be true it probably is. Now that is not saying he is working with a talented group of girls many of whom probably throw over 60 sometimes but my guess is most of them are cruising just below an he has a "friendly" radar gun
Yes he does group lessons. $150 for 6 one hour classes. On Saturday and Sunday he starts at 4pm and has different levels of classes based on the pitchers skill level until 9pm at night. During the week he starts at 6pm and goes to 9pm. In my daughters level 1 beginner class there were 10-15 kids each Sunday. When she moved up to intermediate, there were 15-20 kids. The advanced at 7pm looked like there were maybe 7-10 kids. I never stayed for the 8 and 9 pm classes.
We moved to a different PC, but I watched him for 2 years do the radar gun and even caught some of the kids he gunned and he would show me the results as they happened. He tracked every result. If he said a kid hit 60, I believe him.
EDIT: Like I said earlier, he gunned my daughter in the 42-46 mph range. When I gunned her using pocket radar coach, I get the same readings. The pocket radar coach has been said to be 1-2 mph SLOWER than most guns, so take it for what it's worth. I'm sure you could just find he has lessons at, show up at 9pm and watch the girls throw if you need confirmation. He does lessons in Northern Jersey so CT shouldn't be too far a drive.
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Sorry if this has been covered as I don't have the fortitude to read all of the posts in this thread, but throwing 60+ at a lesson and
throwing 60+ in a game sometimes are 2 different things. This is the defining factor between
a practice pitcher and a gamer.
throwing 60+ in a game sometimes are 2 different things. This is the defining factor between
a practice pitcher and a gamer.
Sorry....since this thread continues on, I couldn't resist. Overhand or underhand pitching? Overhand DD reached 60+ MPH several years ago after Austin Wasserman came out with his ebook. Underhand pitching...she is 17 and is throwing 58 MPH, but then again...she's a catcher now so....
Still has great control though
Still has great control though
Thanks for the post. At those speeds and at those ages D1 schools would be/are all over them and will take the gamble. So, in regards to the 2020 class you mentioned. Do you know where these 8 girls (guessing 14 years old) are committed (verbally) to? 65+ at 14 years old will absolutely get you a verbal pretty much anywhere you want to go so would love to know where they are going. Please share when you can.
Thanks,
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It looks like 8 over 60 and 1 of those 8 over 65.
You are right. Read it wrong.....Thanks!
Not sure where. My DD doesn't use the PC anymore. I did some checking and the 2017 girl who threw 70 verballed to Monmouth and the two 2017 girls who threw 65, one verballed to Binghamton U, the other I think verballed to South Carolina. The 2020 who threw 65 has not verballed anywhere yet. Most of his pitchers go to NE regional schools like Central Connecticut State, LIU, etc.
