9 YO Throwing 60

[quincy]

It is hard to predict, there are some tiny SB and baseball pitchers. Most SB pitchers are on the large size though.

Finch was short but not small.

 

[Sting Ray]

It is hard to predict, there are some tiny SB and baseball pitchers. Most SB pitchers are on the large size though.

Finch was short but not small.

Finch was short? Compared to who? an NBA player?

 

[GunnerShotgun]

Size makes me nervous for my little one.
Her mom is 5'1" and I'm only 5'8". She is 4'9" 90lbs and 10.5, this is her 1st year in 10u.
She is also one of those flamethrowers. Makes me sick thinking her best years might just be in 10u, sick...

There is no correlation between height and velocity.

 

[Eric F]

Size makes me nervous for my little one.
Her mom is 5'1" and I'm only 5'8". She is 4'9" 90lbs and 10.5, this is her 1st year in 10u.
She is also one of those flamethrowers. Makes me sick thinking her best years might just be in 10u, sick...

If she's small and throwing heat, it tends to indicate that she's getting the job done with great mechanics rather than brute strength, which is a very good thing. As I added in the edit of my previous post, the best 12U pitchers aren't usually relying on pure speed. Control, movement, and velocity changes start to become more important.

 

[Eric F]

It is hard to predict, there are some tiny SB and baseball pitchers. Most SB pitchers are on the large size though.

Finch was short but not small.

Not sure about the ladies you hang out with, but in my 'hood, women of Jennie's height are considered...umm..."not short".

 

[schwabach]

Size makes me nervous for my little one.
Her mom is 5'1" and I'm only 5'8". She is 4'9" 90lbs and 10.5, this is her 1st year in 10u.
She is also one of those flamethrowers. Makes me sick thinking her best years might just be in 10u, sick...

The University of Georgia has a pitcher who is 5'0".

 

[JJsqueeze]

Size makes me nervous for my little one.
Her mom is 5'1" and I'm only 5'8". She is 4'9" 90lbs and 10.5, this is her 1st year in 10u.
She is also one of those flamethrowers. Makes me sick thinking her best years might just be in 10u, sick...

Depends on what you mean by best years. If you mean most strikeouts then YES...she will most likely never see the Ks pile up like that again. The older they get the more the hitters get an advantage as the ball gets bigger and the pitching distance gets further. But since the competition gets better, the moments ahead are far superior than 10U.

I would choose watching DD losing a well pitched game against a national powerhouse vs. watching all of her no hitters at 10u any day of the week.

 

[STRIKE3]

Mine is the Ball Coach version. It was really pricey compared to the Bushnell. I figured if we were going to get one we should get the one most likely to be accurate. But it definitely does seem slower than the Bushnells.

I posted on this awhile back and I think radars can read differently for a variety of reasons. I am not questioning your experience at all with the Ball Coach and the Bushnell and I can definitely see where one reads higher than the other depending on a number of potential factors. With that said, I have both and mine read within +-1 mph of each other. The only difference I see with mine is the Ball Coach has less "misses" than the Bushnell and of course the price. Again, just my experience with the two that I have.

 

[MNDad]

Finch was short? Compared to who? an NBA player?

For the record this is the only comparison I'd make between DD and Finch.

 

[WARRIORMIKE]

I once saw the lochness monster and bigfoot making out under UFO lights above them.......