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SOFTBALLDATA GUIDE

HOW TO SET UP YOUR RAPSODO MONITOR

PITCH DESIGN CHART - NCAA D1 AVERAGES

HITTING UNITPITCHING UNIT

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OF HOME PLATE

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RIGHT HANDED PITCHER (AVERAGES)PITCH TYPE SPIN DIRECTION VERTICAL BREAK HORIZONTAL BREAKFB 5:00-8:00 -5.1” -0.9”DB 5:00-7:30 -5.5” -1.0”RB 10:00-1:00 5.0” -1.0”CB 7:30-10:30 -1.1” -3.5”Side Spin CH 7:00-10:00 0.6” -6.4”Slight Side CH 6:00-8:30 -4.0” -4.4”Top Spin CH 5:00-8:00 -6.2” -2.9”Back Spin CH 10:00-12:00 3.6” -2.9”

LEFT HANDED PITCHER (AVERAGES)PITCH TYPE SPIN DIRECTION VERTICAL BREAK HORIZONTAL BREAKFB 4:30-7:30 -4.9” 0.8”DB 5:00-7:00 -6.5” 0.5”RB 11:00-2:00 4.8” 1.5”CB 1:30-4:30 1.0” 3.5”Side Spin CH 2:00-4:30 -1.6” 6.0”Slight Side CH 4:00-5:30 -6.7” 4.6”Top Spin CH 5:00-7:00 -7.0” 0.2”Back Spin CH 00:30-2:00 4.0” 4.3”

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PITCH NPF NCAA D1

18U 16U 14U 12U

FB 62.3 61.4 56.8 55.6 51 45.4CH 50.3 49.2 44.5 44 41.5 38.5DB 61.4 60.4 55.1 53.3 50.1 42CB 61.2 60 56 54.3 49.6 -SB 60.9 59.9 55 54 50 -RB 60.6 59.6 54.5 53.8 - -

VELOCITY AVERAGES (MPH) GYRO DEGREE

SPIN DIRECTION

TOTAL SPINPITCH NPF NCAA

D118U 16U 14U 12U

FB 1131 1093 1064 977 941 902CH* 1021 992 874 859 847 728DB 1059 1055 1002 966 932 840CB 1290 1237 1062 962 942 -SB 1141 1196 1105 1118 1025 -RB 1435 1337 1221 1131 - -

SPIN RATE (RPM)

Total RPM from Side, Top/Back, and Gyro (Bullet) SpinHigh RPM = More spin-related movement (“Life” to the pitch)Low RPM = Natural sink (“Heavy ball”)

*Varies based on type

SPIN EFFICIENCY (TRUE SPIN/TOTAL SPIN)PITCH SPIN EFFICIENCY RANGE

FB 65-85%CH* 68-80%DB 75-90%CB 50-60%SB 10-20%RB 60-80%

TRUE SPINRPMs that contribute to spin related movement Top/back = vertical movementSide spin = horizontal movementGyro/bullet spin = no spin related movement

SPIN DIRECTION

Spin direction averages vary by player

RELEASE HEIGHT AND RELEASE SIDE

Release Side - The distance from the center of rubber at release from the pitchers point of view

Release Height - Vertical height above the ground when pitch is released

RELEASE ANGLE AND HORIZONTAL ANGLERelease Angle = Vertical degree when the ball leaves the hand Horizontal Angle = Directional degree when the ball leaves the hand (left is negative and right is positive) This is true no matter LHP vs RPH.

3D BALL FLIGHT

STRIKE ZONE

Dashed line shows ball path with no spin related movement. Solid line is actual ball path

Break Markers - Show the 1st inch of spin related break and the 2nd inch of substantial movement.

P I T C H I N G SOFTBALL DATA GUIDE

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100% Spin Efficient Fastball,

Riseball/Drop

Pure Gyro (Bullet) Spin Screwball

Riseball

Dropball/Fastball

RHPCurveball

LHPCurveball

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4

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VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL BREAK

Vertical Break – Created from back/top spin RPMs. Higher spin efficiency results in higher Vertical Break

Horizontal Break – Created from side spin RPMs. Horizontal break is maximized at spin directions 3:00 and 9:00

Break Chart – Shown from pitcher point of view. Spin induced break is shown in inches.

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RHP BACKSPIN

RHPTOP SPIN

LHP BACKSPIN

LHP TOP SPIN

3

4

3.5’

1.5’20”

17”

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LHP SIDE SPIN

RHPSIDE SPIN

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