This is true, and it's pretty likely the "up up up" is 30 degrees. Check out this Napoli HR - it practically looks like he hit it straight up but the launch angle was 29.8 degrees, Napoli's two-run moonshot | MLB.com .
Exit Velocity/Launch Angle ????
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- Feb 17, 2014
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Was at a camp today where the college coach said that between 20-30 degrees had the most HR & highest BA in college softball last season.
My indoor facility has a hit trax machine, and we have been fortunate enough to have Lauren Chamberlain, Amanda Chidester, and Sam Fischer all hit off of it. They are all ridiculously powerful hitters with exit speeds in the 70's with the highest at 78 mph exit velocity. The longest homeruns were in the 25-35 launch angle range. We do homerun derby's for fun for our members. We play off a machine, soft toss, and tee. The furthest I have seen off a tee was 227 feet and that was a 32 degree launch angle with a velocity of 71 MPH. This is a 13 (now 14 year old) girl that topped out at 73 MPH. It was pretty incredible.
I don't know how to convert this link to a video you can play off this post, but it shows a 225-foot hit off a tee as measured by a HitTraxx machine. Notice ball placement. As I noted, if you want distance, you can manipulate tee placement to your advantage.
[video]https://twitter.com/BRrebellion/status/796507834997411840/video/1[/video]
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I wish we had a Hit Trax close to us. When DD attended a camp a few years ago she said you need about 70mph ball exit speed to make it over their 220 fence...sounds like the hit Trax is pretty accurate.
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I think they're pretty accurate. My DD has been measured several times, and her distances as measured by Hit Trax are very similar to those as measured by Google Maps.
Also, Alex Hugo was measured by Hit Trax at Baseball Rebellion in N.C., and she was hitting them 300+ feet with exit speeds of around 78-80, if I remember correctly.
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In a study done with MLB swings a launch angle between 25-29 degrees produced the most homeruns. A launch angle between 10-14 degrees yielded the highest batting average at .775.....
It's pretty eye opening what part of the cage you should be hitting.....
It's pretty eye opening what part of the cage you should be hitting.....
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In a study done with MLB swings a launch angle between 25-29 degrees produced the most homeruns. A launch angle between 10-14 degrees yielded the highest batting average at .775.....
It's pretty eye opening what part of the cage you should be hitting.....
I think for most Players it is best to stay between 5 and 25 degrees instead of optimizing for max distance. that way you hit for a high BA and 20-25 still can go for a HR if you hit it hard. maybe you can hit it a Little farther at 28-35 but the average will also go down if you don't have the power.
still the back of the Cage Thing is not good advice, since back of the Cage is 10 degree max. so I would say hit the top of the back half of the Cage.
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I think for most Players it is best to stay between 5 and 25 degrees instead of optimizing for max distance. that way you hit for a high BA and 20-25 still can go for a HR if you hit it hard. maybe you can hit it a Little farther at 28-35 but the average will also go down if you don't have the power.
still the back of the Cage Thing is not good advice, since back of the Cage is 10 degree max. so I would say hit the top of the back half of the Cage.
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This is why I had to put weights around the perimeter of the cage in our basement.
My DDs were smashing the heck out of the ceiling with an exit angle of ~ 30*, when the ball would hit the top of the cage and carry the net into the ceiling tile.
