Had a dad on our HS team with an app that you tap a button on the release and tap the button again once hits catchers mitt and it calculates mph based off the distance. App said girl was throwing 70+ and damn if he wasn't convinced of it. Last i heard "she had a lot of interest" and they are still waiting on a phone call. shes a super sweet girl though and is just happy to be part of the team, dad on the other hand.
If she’s really cruising at 62-64 in HS it’s not her speed keeping her from P5 looks. That would eliminate half the young women already at P5 schools.Not a pitcher parent but my real world example is a kiddo who looks the look tall and lanky. Top travel team. #1 pitcher on her nationally ranked high school team. Cruising speed 62-64. She doesn’t break 65 and is struggling to get looks from p5 schools. She has lots of other D1 interest and some from lower/building p5 programs. 65 seems to the magic number for significant highest level interest.
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How much movement does Fouts have? Honest question as I have a hard noticing movement in softball since it is so much less than what you see in baseball…Thr better question is what is the RPM's and speed of power 5 pitchers. You can throw 70 and if there's now movement power 5 hitters will tee off on you.
I watched some of the Athletes Unlimted games and most of the pitchers were between 62-66 but they all had movement.
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I think Fouts has less movement than some but considerably more speed. She's one I believe cruises above 70. Of course, she's about 10' away from the plate on release with her gigantic stride, so the ball doesn't have time to break.How much movement does Fouts have? Honest question as I have a hard noticing movement in softball since it is so much less than what you see in baseball…
Yeah well the guy I responded to said 70 without good movement was BP for P5 teams……Once you hit the best-of-the-best level of velocity, movement isn't as important. A ball thrown at 70mph with 2 inches of break will be exponentially harder to hit than a ball thrown at 60mph with 4 inches of break.
A those elite, upper 1% levels of the game, reaction time for the batter (or lack thereof) trumps everything.