Ueno's dropball

[Edy]

Just sharing a video of a beautiful dropball I was lucky to find


[video=youtube_share;W389BnEwj40]http://youtu.be/W389BnEwj40[/video]

This is the original video on youtube => 上野選手　ドロップ

My Japanese is a little rusty but I'm pretty sure the guy says it's a "falling" FB.
I can only assume it's not just a slower FB with a more pronounced arc. It really breaks and it's really fast

 

[Spartans21]

Video is private...

 

[knightsb]

Are you sure that is a drop ball and not some off speed or change up? It looks like the batter is pretty far in front of that pitch is why I asked.

 

[Edy]

Video is private...

Sorry.. published again with public settings.
Please try again.

 

[colin]

looks like a change up

 

[Edy]

Are you sure that is a drop ball and not some off speed or change up? It looks like the batter is pretty far in front of that pitch is why I asked.

At first I thought that too.. but at the last part of the original video the narrator mentions it's a dropball and you can also see the word "drop" on the screen:

See translation for ドロップ here




Unfortunately we don't have the ball speed on the screen but assuming the video is 30 fps and it takes roughly 12 frames (0,4 sec) to the ball hit the catcher's glove (approximately 38 feet), we can estimate the speed as being approx. 65 mph.

One last thing, IMO the ball in the video has topspin at release and Ueno's change has backspin/sidespin on it. Besides, both motion and grip of her changeup are a bit different

 

[Ken B]

Awesome stuff! Guessing--I would call this an off-speed drop based on her motion going into release. Killer shot and thanks for sharing! Can't wait to play with this when time allows.

 

[WaSpeed02]

That grip is for a "slow drop", which explains both the off-speed aspect and the topspin. Wicked pitch.

 

[Perfect Circle]

Awesome stuff! Guessing--I would call this an off-speed drop based on her motion going into release. Killer shot and thanks for sharing! Can't wait to play with this when time allows.

 

[Perfect Circle]

Unfortunately we don't have the ball speed on the screen but assuming the video is 30 fps and it takes roughly 12 frames (0,4 sec) to the ball hit the catcher's glove (approximately 38 feet), we can estimate the speed as being approx. 65 mph.

I got it @ 59.97fpm