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Confusion now hath made his masterpiece! Will most have been foreseeing the hitting forums when he was composing this.I'm just amazed anyone got the reference, let alone an engineering professor.
Confusion now hath made his masterpiece! Will most have been foreseeing the hitting forums when he was composing this.I'm just amazed anyone got the reference, let alone an engineering professor.
Just to be a part of a thread older than my daughter as well - the backspin (as I understand it), is what gives it that "jump" in optics when your brain realizes it's not sinking like it's supposed to. I imagine this also helps immensely when trying to throw a low rise, as I can't see how a bulletspin rise (aka "rampball") would generate many swings and misses, unless the batter misreads it as a drop?My DD is starting to learn a backspin rise, but I don’t get what impact the backspin (coming from a human) would have on the pitch. It seems only a few high-end college pitchers throw their rise this way, with most being bullet spin.
... and I was here when the thread started.My kid (now playing 16's, but still 14's eligible..) wasn't even born when this thread started..
You are experienced... and I was here when the thread started.
My DD is starting to learn a backspin rise, but I don’t get what impact the backspin (coming from a human) would have on the pitch. It seems only a few high-end college pitchers throw their rise this way, with most being bullet spin.
I think that depends on if your daughter is the pitcher or the batter.Does the heart really sink? I mean, people say that all the time when something sad or depressing happens, right? When a good pitcher throws an effective riseball and the batters mind, optics and mechanics react to where they thought the ball was going to be at the hoped for moment of contact and then...swooosh, swing and a miss. Did the heart drop more than the ball rose?