Bat Speed vs. Exit Speed?

[Bobby Shirer]

if you eat too much you will die, if you drink too much water you will drown, if you work out too much you will break down. If you swing too hard and fast you lose control or efficiency or both. Too much of anything plays everywhere !!

If you go through life worrying about trying too hard all you'll wind up with is regret for not giving it your all and you're life will suck.
I'd rather strike out swinging for the fence than hit fly balls outs to the warning track for fear of striking out.
Most MLB owners agree and that's why the numbers reflect it. Homers are up/ so are strikeouts. The best get good at 100%.

 

[Bobby Shirer]

Could it be that men are so much stronger in the upper body than women?

Maybe that's why men's fences are 300-400 feet and they use wood bats and the women's fences are 200-220 and bats are composite?
No.
Bat speed, bat weight, and angle efficiencies have everything to do with it. The ball doesn't care about the sex of the batter.

 

[BigSkyHi]

Maybe that's why men's fences are 300-400 feet and they use wood bats and the women's fences are 200-220 and bats are composite?
No.
Bat speed, bat weight, and angle efficiencies have everything to do with it. The ball doesn't care about the sex of the batter.

Don’t know physics so I have to study physical.
So you’re saying a 6’6” 250 lb male with 20” forearms doesn’t have a better chance of getting more exit speed than bat speed than a 5’10” 150 lb female with 12” forearms?

 

[Bonesaw]

Blast is the most reliable knob sensor I think, both accuracy and precision wise.

That being said its still +/- 3mph.

I've been looking for the q in the following equation for a fastpitch bat and ball.
The formula (1+q)(batspeed)+(q*pitchspeed) seems to work for MLB ball and wood bats(with a q of .2). That is for a perfectly struck ball. So for an 85 mph bat speed you'd expect 102 mph off a tee and ~118 from a 90 mph pitch(83 at the plate.)

Here's a good one from hitting vault

Understanding Exit Speed - The Hitting Vault

Exit speed is the speed of the ball off the bat. Learn how to effectively measure exit speed for baseball and softball hitters with this article.

thehittingvault.com

Here's one that has a lot of good stuff also(that equation with q.)

Bat Speed, Batted Ball Speed (Exit Speed) by Age Group

Chart showing the average range of bat speed, batted ball speed, exit speed by age group.

www.efastball.com

 

[Bobby Shirer]

Don’t know physics so I have to study physical.
So you’re saying a 6’6” 250 lb male with 20” forearms doesn’t have a better chance of getting more exit speed than bat speed than a 5’10” 150 lb female with 12” forearms?

saying the ball doesn't know/care the sex or size of the batter.

 

[Bobby Shirer]

Blast is the most reliable knob sensor I think, both accuracy and precision wise.

That being said its still +/- 3mph.

I've been looking for the q in the following equation for a fastpitch bat and ball.
The formula (1+q)(batspeed)+(q*pitchspeed) seems to work for MLB ball and wood bats(with a q of .2). That is for a perfectly struck ball. So for an 85 mph bat speed you'd expect 102 mph off a tee and ~118 from a 90 mph pitch(83 at the plate.)

Here's a good one from hitting vault

Understanding Exit Speed - The Hitting Vault

Exit speed is the speed of the ball off the bat. Learn how to effectively measure exit speed for baseball and softball hitters with this article.

thehittingvault.com

Here's one that has a lot of good stuff also(that equation with q.)

Bat Speed, Batted Ball Speed (Exit Speed) by Age Group

Chart showing the average range of bat speed, batted ball speed, exit speed by age group.

www.efastball.com

When you find the softball "Q" please post it.

 

[Work=wins]

See a lot of players from the islands using the back foot in a manner similar to this for off speed and hitting to opposite field. Some also collapse back knee.

yes !

 

[efastball]

folks should really explore and understand number 2. The faster the bat speed is... the shorter time it’s in the hitting zone right? The shorter time it’s on plane with the pitch?

of course we want ‘fast enough’. Law of diminishing returns plays in everything.

You cant be serious. You are telling people to limit their bat speed?? I must be reading this wrong.

 

[Work=wins]

You cant be serious. You are telling people to limit their bat speed?? I must be reading this wrong.

bobby is that you? Lol. The faster the bat goes the quicker you are out of the hitting zone. The Shorter time your bat will be on plane. It works both ways. You guys cant see the forrest for the trees.

read the very first post again.Number 2 bullet point. The BEST players have LoWeR bat speeds.

 

[justanotherguy]

Blast is the most reliable knob sensor I think, both accuracy and precision wise.

That being said its still +/- 3mph.

I've been looking for the q in the following equation for a fastpitch bat and ball.
The formula (1+q)(batspeed)+(q*pitchspeed) seems to work for MLB ball and wood bats(with a q of .2). That is for a perfectly struck ball. So for an 85 mph bat speed you'd expect 102 mph off a tee and ~118 from a 90 mph pitch(83 at the plate.)

Here's a good one from hitting vault

Understanding Exit Speed - The Hitting Vault

Exit speed is the speed of the ball off the bat. Learn how to effectively measure exit speed for baseball and softball hitters with this article.

thehittingvault.com

Here's one that has a lot of good stuff also(that equation with q.)

Bat Speed, Batted Ball Speed (Exit Speed) by Age Group

Chart showing the average range of bat speed, batted ball speed, exit speed by age group.

www.efastball.com

Ok, so Coach Lisle says (for softball players) if you can hit 75+, give him a call. How do I give him a call?!?! I figure hitting a ball 290+ feet is getting close to 85mph exit speed, minimum 80.