Posted by: Dave (dbias@cityofhuntingtonn.com) on Wed Oct 13 08:46:23 2010

Hitting instructor pulled out a radar gun at last nights hitting lesson and had me help take measurements of my daughters swings/hits. She, according to him, was putting up the best numbers of the day, mid to low 70's. I heard them talking about numbers with two other girls while my daughter was pitching. They were getting around 60-65. My question is while they are all rotational hitters, how can I be sure what the radar gun is measuring? The pitches he threw where around 55mph so i know it was not the pitch, but was it the speed of bat or ball going away from the plate after being hit?