Posted by: jerry 220 hitter () on Sat Sep 12 21:23:53 2009

every year hundreds if not thousands of good ballplayers HS and college ball players graduate from school and are disappointed that their playing days are going no futher. they will not make the big college teams or be drafted in the June draft even though many many of the pitchers had big winning records and the batters hit the highest in there leagues confrences and counties .usally the reason is speed ,or lack of it. with pitchers its arm speed 90 mph will get you noticed with postion players it foot speed ,and bat speed how fast can a runner run to first? and with batters they want enough bat speed for the ball to really jump off the bat the more pop the more a player will be noticed by coaches and scouts at the next level. The scouts come with radar guns stop watches all in search of speed. But whats as impessive as any thing elese is real bat pop, and bat speed. eventually a pitcher will have to show control and batter will have to hit all the various pitches but arm speed and foot speed and bat speed will get you noticed