I agree. A couple weeks ago DD's team played a team that had a Bandits girl guest pitching. She was routinely hitting 61-62 at 14u on 2 different pocket radars. My DD was topping out at 58 and this girl was visibly faster. Oddly enough DD's team hit her fairly well (still lost). Came back the next week and got completely shut down by a girl topping out at 50 with not a lot of visible movement. I have no explanation for this.the speeds are in line with what i see at the fields
Funny this was one of my questions before buying the Rapsodo. I know we compared the two but I honestly can't remember what the difference was in the few times we have run both at the same time. I want to say they were pretty close, that is within 1-2 MPH. Based upon my lack of recognition I would assume that would be true (i.e. a significant difference would likely stick out). I'll try to remember to break out both next time we use the Rapsado and update.What's the general consensus on how accurate Rapsodo is compared to Pocket Radar?
I also bring the pocket radar to our 14U games and clock girls.I used to bring a radar gun to tournaments. Fun to stand behind to backstop and get actual readings.
I remember one 14U tournament where two girls were throwing 58-59, although neither could come close to the strike zone on most pitches. Most girls with control were 51-53.
I do not say my 12U DD speed she is throwing harder than most people who say they are in 50's. All the batters are late, so she is throwing harder than most, but I have not clocked her at 50. With that being said, I do not clock her a lot and if we do it is to measure the change up. From my catching perspective she tends to throw a little slower when she is trying to throw to the radar.Had a parent of another pitcher talking about how his daughter threw pretty hard but he had seen another pitcher throwing much harder. He had stated his daughter was around 50 but this girl must be around high 50’s or even 60’s. Found out he was talking about my kid and she has never been above 51 in her life on a pocket radar.
Was watching a video online today of a coach claiming his new student was throwing over 50 after just two lessons and it didn’t even look close to 50 in the video.
Made me wonder how many inflated numbers we see? Our kids see these numbers also and I wonder if it is setting unrealistic expectations for many of them.
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