Has anyone noticed a direct correlation to a pitchers grip strength and how fast that player throws underhand?
My daughter went to a camp and they took metrics of the players. There were 35, 9u, and 10u players at the camp so relatively small sample size. I understand metrics for 9 and 10 year old kids are pretty useless but it was part of the camp cost. There was older kids at the camp that the metrics would mean more for those kids.
Something that caught my eye was there were two pitchers at the camp that threw over 50 mph at the 10u level. Both those kids had the highest grip strength out of all the 9 and 10u girls. One of the girls throws 55mph underhand and the other is at 52mph. Also, neither of the girls are extremely large kids. The average grip strength of all the kids was about 48, these two pitchers grip strength were in the 65 area.
My daughter went to a camp and they took metrics of the players. There were 35, 9u, and 10u players at the camp so relatively small sample size. I understand metrics for 9 and 10 year old kids are pretty useless but it was part of the camp cost. There was older kids at the camp that the metrics would mean more for those kids.
Something that caught my eye was there were two pitchers at the camp that threw over 50 mph at the 10u level. Both those kids had the highest grip strength out of all the 9 and 10u girls. One of the girls throws 55mph underhand and the other is at 52mph. Also, neither of the girls are extremely large kids. The average grip strength of all the kids was about 48, these two pitchers grip strength were in the 65 area.