Pitching examples

[Shawn]

I saw this girl this spring in college, she cruised at 63-64. Not much variety that I could see though.

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This is exactly what I wanted to see, leg drive isn’t just pushing as hard as you can.

 

[Shawn]

The impressive thing about this video is that it is continuous, not pitch by pitch, that shows her control.

How hard is she throwing or ended up throwing? If you know.

Her spring releases at a angle, not right at the target. Steps to right a little. Which when combined makes it look like she closes more.

We can compare it to Garcia above who releases straight at the target and looks more open.

 

[Shawn]

Then you have someone straight on, open/close.



So, this is very different than the pitchers I clocked at 60 Sunday who stayed open. Just an example,

 

[Rolling Hard]

Awesome idea.

I recorded many pitchers Sunday throwing 60 mph. I want to be understand the differences between 50 60 70.

50 is 10 mph slower than 60 and 70 is 10 mph faster. That was easy!

 

[ArmWhip]

How hard is she throwing or ended up throwing? If you know.

Her spring releases at a angle, not right at the target. Steps to right a little. Which when combined makes it look like she closes more.

We can compare it to Garcia above who releases straight at the target and looks more open.

The first two pitchers are both D3. The lefty is one of the top pitchers in her conference, she threw upper 50's at best. She had pinpoint control with several pitches, that was why she was so good.

"I want to be understand the differences between 50 60 70."

Looking at mechanics is only part of the story, you have to take into account natural athletic ability, some girls just have 'live arms' and you can't see that in a video.

There are many contributors to velocity and each pitcher is a unique blend. I believe that the arm action is by far the most important. Some pitchers rely more on the arm/ball circle (Finch, Pauley) and some rely more on IR (Ueno). I don't feel that open/closed matters much as long as they stay within certain limits (don't get stuck open or close too early).

 

[Shawn]

Here is one pitcher

 

[Shawn]

How do you search on that recruiting site?

 

[_MIA_]

Low 60's at the time of this video (last June) I think.

 

[jdint]

Low 60's at the time of this video (last June) I think.

Wait a minute.........I was at this tournament........I don't remember seeing a big grumpy dude sitting out in the outfield.

 

[_MIA_]

Wait a minute.........I was at this tournament........I don't remember seeing a big grumpy dude sitting out in the outfield.

She didn't play for us last spring/summer. That team disbanded, we picked up her and another kid from them for this Fall. Marcela played for them a few years ago before moving to a different team in the org.