Posted by: Alan (alan_lupinetti@toyota.com) on Thu Apr 11 10:29:02 2002

I am very uncomfortable with all the softball hitting coaches telling my daughter to move all the way to the front of the box. All this does is reduce reaction time (40 ft)which I feel is a very precious commodity (the more the better). In fact I've done some basic calculations (95mph @ 60 ft = 63.3mph @ 40ft)and of course we know how difficult it is to hit 95mph, but if we move them even closer to the pitcher (38 ft) it gets to the 100mph (equivalent) and how many people can effectively hit that. Is there something I'm missing here?