Posted by: Mark H. () on Sun Apr 14 23:21:27 2002

> Thanks Big Daddy,I figured they moved the mound back for scoring. Does anyone have any data to prove this has helped.

You could probably get quantitative answers to that either on the NFCA site or Fastpitch Forum.





By the way i'm glad somebody else has caught these pitchers and seen how much a softball really breaks. If you have caught in the past like I did you understand that when you set a target and the pitcher starts the ball towards that spot in tracking to catch the ball you move from this spot to the point you actually catch it, the difference is how far it moves. Suffice to say it is not as gerat as most people would lead you to believe, but what do you expect in 40 ft, the same can be said of the Little League distance of 45 ft. If you catch someone from 60 ft the spin of the ball has 20 and/or 15 ft more to work with.
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If total volume of break were effective, we would not talk about big hanging curves. The size of the break is unimportant compared to the sharpness of the break and the timing of the break. To repeat myself, the smaller ball can not be made to dance the way the bigger ball can. Even the eleven inch softball won't do what the twelve inch ball will. More surface area to work with I suppose.

Mark H.