BritJap From Japan, joined Aug 2006, 250 posts, RR: 2 Posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 1115 times:
Personally I find baseball to be a fairly uninteresting sport, but one aspect of the game that I have Plenty of respect for is the pitchers. Being able to put out a 150/160kph fastball is really awesome.
So, I was very happy to finally find a place in west Kobe where you can measure your own pitching speed.
I went along recently to test myself out,...but I was slightly disappointed with my result!!
The highest I managed was 123kph. I have never done any form of actual training so I think it is not bad, but I was really hoping to get 130 on the day.
So I have set myself a target of 130kph by the end of the year. (Though I am not really sure how one is supposed to go about getting better at such things).
So how about you guys?! Do we have any 140+ pitchers in our ranks?
And are there any training tips/techniques for pitching??
JCS17 From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 8065 posts, RR: 43 Reply 2, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 1100 times:
I've been clocked at 82 mph, several years ago. I was just throwing for speed though, I know I couldn't throw an actual strike that hard.
NeilYYZ From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 1092 times:
Quoting JCS17 (Reply 2): I've been clocked at 82 mph, several years ago. I was just throwing for speed though, I know I couldn't throw an actual strike that hard.
I guess that's the real key, control it at 82mph. I can't even throw close to 82mph personally, but softball in the summer doesn't require that thankfully!
GOCAPS16 From Japan, joined Jan 2000, 4304 posts, RR: 23 Reply 5, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1054 times:
I pitched throughout high school. I'm more of a control pitcher then speed, but I could average around 70-75 mph and still pitch on the corners, that's the 4 and 2 seam fastball, but my offspeed pitches can tend to be wild at times.
Could I pitch that fast now? Probably not, It's been 5 years since I last pitched, but once in awhile, I'll try those guess your speed pitching.
Flipdewaf From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2006, 1529 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 1048 times:
Quoting BritJap (Thread starter): Being able to put out a 150/160kph fastball is really awesome.
I don't play baseball but I find it interesting that this speed is almost exactly the same as the fast bowlers in cricket even thought the styles of getting a ball there is very different, do you think that this is some sort of human limitation of being able to transfer energy to a ball? I cant bowl fast at all, maybe 60mph, but i have fired balls at people in the nets with the machine at 99mph, its fast!
Flipdewaf From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2006, 1529 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 1018 times:
Quoting YYZflyer (Reply 8): The fastest I've ever pitched is only 55MPH. I'd like to get up to 65MPH. What kind of training or stretching would I have to do?
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Well from baseball I have seen on the telly the key is to grow an unbelievably enormous arse.
ONTFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 378 posts, RR: 3 Reply 10, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 1003 times:
I suppose I'm blessed with a rubber arm/shoulder. Played baseball and tennis competetively throughout high school and college, been a few years now what with family and career but as of 2001, I was clocked at 91mph fastball and 128mph serve. Not bad for a beaten down body now. Haha!
Dragon-wings From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 3922 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 998 times:
I never knew how fast I could pitch a baseball but when I played in high school I used to pitch batting practice, so I must of had some speed on the ball back then. (I was a outfielder)
Sleekjet From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 2045 posts, RR: 24 Reply 12, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 995 times:
I'm not sure one can increase speed with stretching. Pretty much a gift you're born with. A few mph can be added by tinkering with mechanics, but that's about it.
If you want to read a fascinating story, do research on a fellow named Steve Dalkowski, a guy who probably had the greatest arm ever...but no control. Supposedly, he was up in the 104-110 mph territory.
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