Posted by: Ronnie (rwynn@comsouth.net) on Fri Feb 4 13:23:16 2011

> my 15 yr old son swung a 34 inch wood bat 86 mph on a set pro machine two of his other friends a yr older swung the same bat 78 mph and 72 mph.But I dont put to much stock in that because the friend who consistly swung the bat the slowest his bat speed was 72 mph is the only power hitter out of the 3 of them .so I rather show the power on the field then on the bat speed monitor

Good post Jerry! I agree, the real measure is results on the field. You can see the ball exit speed is different for the better hitters. The ability to hit the sweet spot is not learned on a tee. Bat speed for my son was 85 at age 15, now 92 at age 16 measuring ball exit speed off a tee. I personally put no real value on bat speed unless it is hitting pitched ball.