- Nov 18, 2013
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Here is question that I would like to throw out there since radars/rev fire were talked about. anybody have any thoughts on what the affect of movement on a pitch does to the accuracy of a radar/Rev fire reading. since I have both and seen some patterns develop. Ive come to the conclusion that the more movement a pitch has the slower the pitch will be recorded. I know since the rev fire measures release to pop the less of a straight line the pitch travels to longer the distance so the more inaccurate the speed reading will be to the slow side. Also with a pocket radar same thing if the ball is not traveling in as straight line at the device you would think it might read a little slow. I would be curios if a pocket radar would be somewhat accurate in gauging the speed of a boomerang type trajectory. I have noticed that even though hello elbow/peel drop style looks fast compared to IR/ movement pitcher of the same age and skill but when you gun them the IR pitcher records much faster no matter the method of recording used.
I use a pocket radar and have found it to be very accurate when used correctly. Standing too far off to one side will give different results. If you’re lined directly in front or behind the pitcher I don’t think a ball near the strike zone moves enough to significantly throw off any radar. I’m no physicist though. I sometimes get false, or no readings when pitches get away, but that’s it.
Some of DD’s movement pitches register lower speeds, but only because she’s throwing them slower.