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NFT: Can an average guy hit a 95 MPH Fastball?

montanagiant : 4/15/2021 11:38 pm
I caught this on Youtube and it's a 23 min doc of a GQ sports writer learning in 2 days how to hit a 95 MPH fastball. Amazing how the science of body usage and technology interact together to show what is required to accomplish this. A very interesting little doc
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I mean that's pretty impressive  
shocktheworld : 4/15/2021 11:43 pm : link
but can an average guy get hit with a 95MPH fastball?? haha, sorry to miller the thread, but I got hit by an 85 mph fastball and have the broken orbital xray to prove it! I don't recommend...haha
RE: I mean that's pretty impressive  
montanagiant : 4/16/2021 12:10 am : link
In comment 15222645 shocktheworld said:
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but can an average guy get hit with a 95MPH fastball?? haha, sorry to miller the thread, but I got hit by an 85 mph fastball and have the broken orbital xray to prove it! I don't recommend...haha

Yeah they used pitching machines just because of the safety factor which actually makes it harder for the batter
That was cool and Thanks for sharing!  
Kev in Cali : 4/16/2021 12:24 am : link
I was thinking about my golf game and how some of it translates to a swing. Points taken in stabilizing the lower body and hip rotation.
RE: That was cool and Thanks for sharing!  
montanagiant : 4/16/2021 12:25 am : link
In comment 15222668 Kev in Cali said:
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I was thinking about my golf game and how some of it translates to a swing. Points taken in stabilizing the lower body and hip rotation.

That was exactly the first thing I thought of when watching his swing getting diagnosed
Should have said Hip deflection  
Kev in Cali : 4/16/2021 12:27 am : link
better word choice.
And....  
Kev in Cali : 4/16/2021 12:32 am : link
That I'm not sharing this video with my golf group. : )
RE: Should have said Hip deflection  
montanagiant : 4/16/2021 12:41 am : link
In comment 15222672 Kev in Cali said:
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better word choice.

The swings are also similar to the rotate-stable-rotate aspect from the upper body down. That coach really does a great job, especially when he says swing hard but don't try to hit the ball and the guy proceeds to clobber it
RE: I mean that's pretty impressive  
JoeMoney19 : 4/16/2021 2:11 am : link
In comment 15222645 shocktheworld said:
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but can an average guy get hit with a 95MPH fastball?? haha, sorry to miller the thread, but I got hit by an 85 mph fastball and have the broken orbital xray to prove it! I don't recommend...haha

Theoretically, yes haha.

Hitting machines are  
section125 : 4/16/2021 7:16 am : link
much harder to hit vs a real pitcher. With a real pitcher you can time the release easier.

Bigger question, can the average guy hit a 70 mph pitch from a softball pitcher?
RE: Hitting machines are  
FatMan in Charlotte : 4/16/2021 7:28 am : link
In comment 15222703 section125 said:
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much harder to hit vs a real pitcher. With a real pitcher you can time the release easier.

Bigger question, can the average guy hit a 70 mph pitch from a softball pitcher?


C'mon. Hitting machines are much easier to hit than a real pitcher.

With a real pitcher you have to determine the release point, determine what spin is being used (what pitch is coming), and you will have a pitch located anywhere. Pitching machines aren't completely consistent, but they all have a timing mechanism that is much easier to gauge and they are going to roughly put the ball in the same area.
There is a huge difference between...  
EricJ : 4/16/2021 8:05 am : link
finally making contact with a 95 mph fastball and "hitting". Anyone here can practice the timing of a pitching machine to eventually hit the ball....but not effectively.

The swing and the ability to adjust your timing for each pitcher is something you have to start learning at a young age. It is years of development and practice.

the takeaway...  
only1eli : 4/16/2021 8:44 am : link
from this thread is that shocktheworld, unsurprisingly, has suffered a head injury. ;)
I couldn't  
UConn4523 : 4/16/2021 8:51 am : link
95 mph is piss your pants fast, especially if its coming from a human who can lose control. Batting cages you can probably work your way towards, but no shot I'd step in there against a human.

Last time I played baseball was little league - fantastic glove at SS, terrible hitter, haha.
RE: I couldn't  
FatMan in Charlotte : 4/16/2021 8:55 am : link
In comment 15222779 UConn4523 said:
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95 mph is piss your pants fast, especially if its coming from a human who can lose control. Batting cages you can probably work your way towards, but no shot I'd step in there against a human.

Last time I played baseball was little league - fantastic glove at SS, terrible hitter, haha.


It's all timing and relative speed when facing a ball in a batting cage. The human element is what makes it a wild card.

In both college and high school, we'd dial up the pitching machines to up the velocity and you get used to learning the timing of the faster pitches. On the actual field, it was more difficult of course, but even then, you'd much prefer to face a guy just throwing heat than a guy who can bring it 90mph one pitch and 70mph the next. The speed differential is the aspect that even gives professional hitters difficulty.
in high school  
GiantsLaw : 4/16/2021 9:03 am : link
I used to get in the 90mph machine regularly and could smoke the ball. vs live pitching I was merely mediocre and couldn't hit a curveball for anything
Pitching machines  
Csonka : 4/16/2021 11:02 am : link
I tried hitting one set at 80 and I could barely see it!
I started swinging as soon as the red light went on. Dumb luck if I hit any. MLB hitters are amazing.
RE: I mean that's pretty impressive  
chopperhatch : 4/16/2021 11:17 am : link
In comment 15222645 shocktheworld said:
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but can an average guy get hit with a 95MPH fastball?? haha, sorry to miller the thread, but I got hit by an 85 mph fastball and have the broken orbital xray to prove it! I don't recommend...haha


That explains so much...
RE: RE: Hitting machines are  
Crispino : 4/18/2021 9:46 am : link
In comment 15222715 FatMan in Charlotte said:
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In comment 15222703 section125 said:


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much harder to hit vs a real pitcher. With a real pitcher you can time the release easier.

Bigger question, can the average guy hit a 70 mph pitch from a softball pitcher?



C'mon. Hitting machines are much easier to hit than a real pitcher.

With a real pitcher you have to determine the release point, determine what spin is being used (what pitch is coming), and you will have a pitch located anywhere. Pitching machines aren't completely consistent, but they all have a timing mechanism that is much easier to gauge and they are going to roughly put the ball in the same area.


I disagree. As long as we’re not talking about a pitcher changing speeds or throwing breaking balls, it easier to time a fastball out of a pitcher’s hand than from a pitching machine. If a guy is throwing fastballs, it may take a few to get the timing, but a machine is much more sudden. It’s just suddenly on you. That’s my experience anyway.
RE: RE: Hitting machines are  
section125 : 4/18/2021 10:31 am : link
In comment 15222715 FatMan in Charlotte said:
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In comment 15222703 section125 said:


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much harder to hit vs a real pitcher. With a real pitcher you can time the release easier.

Bigger question, can the average guy hit a 70 mph pitch from a softball pitcher?



C'mon. Hitting machines are much easier to hit than a real pitcher.

With a real pitcher you have to determine the release point, determine what spin is being used (what pitch is coming), and you will have a pitch located anywhere. Pitching machines aren't completely consistent, but they all have a timing mechanism that is much easier to gauge and they are going to roughly put the ball in the same area.


Not for me Fats, I hated pitching machines. I could at least time a live pitcher have seeing his motion. We are talking about a 95 mph FB only not a guy throwing changes, sliders etc. Just one pitch. So from that POV I still rather face a live pitcher.

I suppose it is personal.
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