Posted by: Teacherman () on Fri Feb 7 07:52:43 2003

Thanks again Teacherman. Your scarcasm adds nothing to the discussion.
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> Johnny, you have asked a very complex question. Distance of a softball depends on MANY factors, including:
> - bat speed
> - pitched ball speed
> - ball compression
> - ball COR
> - bat construction (wood, alloy, composite)
> - bat "pop" (flexibility, trampoline effect, etc)
> - weather (affects ball compression)
> - spin imparted to the ball (backspin creates lift - more lift=more distance)
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> I have seen a (outlawed) Titanium bat hit a slow-pitched high compression ball over 400 ft.
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> These two links are geared towards baseball, but they may be of some help. Keep in mind that the variables of ball compression and COR and multi-wall and composite bats in softball make it much more complex an equation than wood bats in MLB.
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> http://www.npl.uiuc.edu/~a-nathan/pob/
> http://www.npl.uiuc.edu/~a-nathan/pob/Parkland/sld001.htm

I get a kick out of someone who asks a question, gets the answer, realizes the question was stu....well...worded wrong and then criticizes the answer instead of rewording the question.
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