When did your DD first throw 60 mph?

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obbay

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DD is a junior and will be contacting college coaches this year and I'm thinking of 60 as being a benchmark that Coaches would be looking for in recruits that plan to pitch.

we all hear about stud 7th and 8th grade pitchers who throw in the 60's, but I'm just wondering about real kids and how many are actually throwing 60's in high school
 
Dec 23, 2009
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I don't know if DD has ever hit 60 on the radar gun. What I do know is that with her control and ball movement, she got a scholarship and is beginning her 2nd year of college ball. Granted it's not at Oklahoma or Alabama, but it was her dream at 8 years old to pitch in college and that's what she is doing. :cool:
 
Jul 16, 2013
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DD is a junior. Just hit 60 a couple of weeks ago. 58 was common for her throughout the summer. By comparison, a friend of hers was throwing 80 as a 7th grader, according to her dad :)
 
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I'm kind of curious as to the number of middle school phenoms who had brilliant college careers versus pitchers who didn't start to shine until high school.
 

obbay

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I'm also curious about the number of MS phenoms that actually make it to pitch in college.
FWIW- Lauren Haeger said she didn't start pitching until she was 13. she was a catcher before that.
 
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So from what I'm hearing here, my 9 year old's goal of hitting 61 by this time next year is probably a bit of a stretch. lol
 
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For my DD, hopefully within the next four or five years. She's 11 now and just starting to approach 50.

For most parents I talk to, their kids hit 60 and even 70 somewhere around 10.

For most radar guns, I would say somewhere around 15 to 16 for most girls.

The last young girl I personally heard of hitting 60+ at a young age was 13. Though my pocket radar said she topped out at 51, the dad assured me she was just having an off day.
 

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