What advantage does Crow Hopping Gives to a Pitcher

[El Oso]

Yes, Kelly Barnhill crow hopped and she threw 70, but she came down short of the 8ft circle. Was the crow hopping responsible for her velocity?

Well the few times an ump decided to crack down on it, her velo went down. The old 2+2 method of common sense applies here but I'm sure if it doesn't fit a narrative it will be argued otherwise. Lol.....

But the fact remains there are crow hoppers that throw hard, which is the main point I was making by bringing up Barnhill. Taking a few anecdotal examples of crow hoppers not throwing it hard and painting all crow hoppers with that brush is what I was mainly concerned with rebutting.

 

[El Oso]

Kelly rarely hit 70 in real life

you should tell this to my pocket radar. What you say conflicts with what I witnessed it readout at the 2019 SEC Championship

 

[LEsoftballdad]

you should tell this to my pocket radar. What you say conflicts with what I witnessed it readout at the 2019 SEC Championship

Well, if we are to believe the players themselves, Donnie Gobourne is throwing in the upper 70s. Yes, she's claimed that in interviews on the SEC Network the last two days. She's having a magical run and pitching fantastic, but she isn't throwing upper 70s.

 

[_MIA_]

Well, if we are to believe the players themselves, Donnie Gobourne is throwing in the upper 70s. Yes, she's claimed that in interviews on the SEC Network the last two days. She's having a magical run and pitching fantastic, but she isn't throwing upper 70s.

She’s probably old enough where she has started listening to her Dad again….

 

[ArmWhip]

But the fact remains there are crow hoppers that throw hard,

Okay, who are they? I see pitchers with a little leap, but I can't come up with any who replant.

 

[RADcatcher]

If Rad were here, she'd tell everyone to be better hitters and not sweat the leaping.

Correct!

My comments were in part an homage to Rad, whereever she is. I hope she is well.

Thank you, doing well!

What I have noticed is
The times a pitcher has an advantage is when batters aren't good hitters/or bad eye in the box.

That said,
we can reflect on recent years pitchers being able to do new footwork at the start of their pitches,
one foot on the rubber, one foot back...
^^^ This blended in pretty smoothly with hitters. And from comments about it pitchers did seem to gain a few mph.
(relative to their feet, would still be a discussion)

 

[Gtrips07]

Is this documented somewhere? I would love to look at the numbers.

If you watch any of the televised games where she got called for it, you can see the decrease in velocity.

The teams that played against her have gunned her and know the difference as well.

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[Gtrips07]

Jordyn Bahl

Skippy Kelly Barnhill part II Either change the rule or call it - every time. Ridiculous.

www.discussfastpitch.com

Some folks don't like that you pick the poster child for pitching with a crow hop. Who cares when they graduated?

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[Gtrips07]

you should tell this to my pocket radar. What you say conflicts with what I witnessed it readout at the 2019 SEC Championship

You do know ESPN juices thier guns, correct? Have you ever personally clocked her or know someone on a collegiate staff that has? I do.

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[_MIA_]

Some folks don't like that you pick the poster child for pitching with a crow hop. Who cares when they graduated?

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You are right…there is no statute of limitations when it comes to old men getting their Big 12/SEC/PAC 12/ACC/Big 10 boxer shorts in a bunch about how some college kid throws a ball..