Posted by: victoriab (victory89@hotmail.com) on Fri Dec 6 15:13:28 2002

>I've watched the Womens College World Series. > You are pitting the best pitchers against the worst hitters in your question. Not a fair comparison. Good rotation will NOT produce 52 mph swings. My daughter is 5'1", 115 lbs and has 70-75 mph batspeed. It is not size, it is technique. Rotation produces faster batspeed.

Is that true, that a 5'1 115 lb. female have a 75 mph bat speed? What's the secret - - tell us what you did to get those results?

Is 75 mph bat speed the norm for females? Any studies or numbers on females who use the "right mechanics" other than this guy's daughter? It's hard to understand why with those mechanics and that kind of bat speed as only a senior in high school why she would end up at a D3 school. What is her success rate against the better pitchers? Who is the best pitcher she has ever faced and what were the results?

Is that true -- that "SIZE" and strength have nothing to do with bat speed? That it is all technique? I cannot buy that.

I watched the College World Series and that is exactly what I see - - the best pitchers in the world/game throwing mid 60s vs. pitiful hitters bat speed wise; and from the program, the avg. size is about 5'6" and the avg. weight is about 140 (most of the players at the D1 level are taller and bigger and stronger than avg., esp. at the World Series) and they do not have 75 mph bat speed and they do not hit the better pitching. Even the ones who "rotate" properly from the ground up, as you say, and use the right technique are not successfull against these pitchers.