Home grown radar gun.

[scorekeeper]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvG0k5bSRgg

[BallCoach06]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvG0k5bSRgg

I don't think I will be throwing away my Stalker anytime soon :D

[soceric]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvG0k5bSRgg

Clever.. but i don't think it's accurate... There is no way that that guy threw the ball 60 mph at the end.. and then notice that a couple of seconds after the gun registers 60 that it bumps up to 62.. He "maybe" threw that ball 45.. lol

[cubsphill]

Clever.. but i don't think it's accurate... There is no way that that guy threw the ball 60 mph at the end.. and then notice that a couple of seconds after the gun registers 60 that it bumps up to 62.. He "maybe" threw that ball 45.. lol

it looks like it clocked his release...

[dominik]

Clever.. but i don't think it's accurate... There is no way that that guy threw the ball 60 mph at the end.. and then notice that a couple of seconds after the gun registers 60 that it bumps up to 62.. He "maybe" threw that ball 45.. lol

Maybe it is kilometer?

[BallCoach06]

it looks like it clocked his release...

That is where a radar gun will record the MPH, at the release (out of the hand).

However, the newer Stalker Sport will record both, release and speed at the plate (which will be lower).

[cubsphill]

That is where a radar gun will record the MPH, at the release (out of the hand).

However, the newer Stalker Sport will record both, release and speed at the plate (which will be lower).

the way he set it up it only clocks the release...

[soceric]

Even with release speed... there is NO WAY that ball came out of his hand 60 MPH..

I'm going with the KPH theory.. lol

60 KPH = 37 MPH

[ShawnB]

When I coached my neice I bought a Jugs cordless, which is a pretty expensive radar gun.

And if you get the right conversion table, a stop watch can give you a pretty darn close reading. It might have it's limits, say your doing some overload and under load, or just experimenting and trying different things. Then the radar gun is better.

If your at a game and want to know how fast a pitcher is throwing, a stop watch and the correct conversion table can get you within 1-3 mph of the actual speed of the pitch. I experimented with the stop watch and the radar readings and the stop watch is pretty accurate with a little practice.

[Chris O'Leary]

Even with release speed... there is NO WAY that ball came out of his hand 60 MPH..

I'm going with the KPH theory.. lol

60 KPH = 37 MPH

I had the same thought.

[mudvnine]

When I coached my neice I bought a Jugs cordless, which is a pretty expensive radar gun.

And if you get the right conversion table, a stop watch can give you a pretty darn close reading. It might have it's limits, say your doing some overload and under load, or just experimenting and trying different things. Then the radar gun is better.

If your at a game and want to know how fast a pitcher is throwing, a stop watch and the correct conversion table can get you within 1-3 mph of the actual speed of the pitch. I experimented with the stop watch and the radar readings and the stop watch is pretty accurate with a little practice.

The ScoutWatch is pre-programmed with those chart numbers, to give you MPH for various pitching distances. It's fun to play with, but at 14U travel ball MPH is not really all that important, I use mine for the multiple pitcher pitch count and ball:strike ratio for both. They're OK for the $45 they want for them . . .

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[ShawnB]

That's pretty cool, like I said when I compared the stop watch to the radar gun it was pretty accurate.

You can know get radar guns for under a $100, as compared to what was available when I started.

There is even a real high price range Stalker coming out, or it might be out now, that records the pitch velocity and the ball exit velocity off the bat in live bp or a game.

Any radar gun can measure speed off the tee, and least mine did, although I think the new Stalker could be a very useful tool.

I think I'll buy that watch just to have it, and I'm looking for a new radar gun, and bat speed radar. I need the batspeed before the radar gun, I was stupid and sold my gun to a friend because I wasn't working with pitchers anymore. And I wish I hadn't done that.

[ShawnB]

I was just thinking about that stop watch. If your in a batting cage you could measure the time or a specific distance depending on the watches features of a batted ball. Using real balls, in some type of live BP.

Does it let you set any distance? Or is just set for known pitching distances in baseball and fastpitch?

I any case, you could time a specific distance, perhaps not how long it takes to hit the back screen, depending on the watch. Although you could pick a spot if there is only specific distances, and time contact to a specific distance (say 60 ft).

That would give you an inexpensive way of measuring live BP in a batting cage, that you could easily create or define a distance point.

I wouldn't measure the pitching machine balls, because their just not the same as a real ball. You could measure them, although often to much of hitting these balls (in softball anyone's) can develop bad habits because of their structure and without any real core.

[Jake Patterson]

The ScoutWatch is pre-programmed with those chart numbers, to give you MPH for various pitching distances. It's fun to play with, but at 14U travel ball MPH is not really all that important, I use mine for the multiple pitcher pitch count and ball:strike ratio for both. They're OK for the $45 they want for them . . .

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If you think this is a good thing to buy I would take 5 coaches with stop watches and measure 10 pitches. Evaluate the variabilty in time and see what that equates to in speed.

This item, in my opinion, is just another foolish devise that allows even more dads to boast about how they are destroying little Bobby's arm.