- Sep 30, 2013
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I know you like to equate softball with baseball but there are many differences especially when it come to pitching. In baseball the smaller ball and longer distance and pitching from an elevated mound are all important variables that make baseball pitching different than fastpitch. The decrease in velocity for baseblall doesn't have to be as great to be effective as it needs to be for fastptich.
Of course the two games have differences, but the laws of physics still apply to both.
But back to velocity differences between the FB and CU. I certainly hope someone with a lot of SB experience chimes in because I have no way of knowing what’s really taking place. But here’s what I don’t understand. A 60mph pitch takes .4943 seconds to go 43’. An 84 mph pitch takes .4929 seconds to go 60’. So if a baseball pitcher’s FB is 84 and his CU is considered “good” at 10% or roughly 76, why would a SB pitcher who’s FB is 60 need to be so much more than 10% difference?