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P I T C H I N G
SOFTBALLDATA GUIDE
HOW TO SET UP YOUR RAPSODO MONITOR
PITCH DESIGN CHART - NCAA D1 AVERAGES
HITTING UNITPITCHING UNIT
SET THE RAPSODO PITCHING UNIT 15 FEET 6 INCHES FROM THE FRONT
OF HOME PLATE
SET THE RAPSODO HITTING UNIT 14 FEET FROM THE FRONT OF
HOME PLATE
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”
RDS-003-220
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
0º 90º45º
100% Spin Efficient Fastball,
Riseball/Drop
Pure Gyro (Bullet) Spin Screwball
Riseball
Dropball/Fastball
RHPCurveball
LHPCurveball
121
2
3
4
57
11
10
9
8
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1
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3
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98
8
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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
RECORD VIDEO10Point and shoot slow-mo video directly from the Rapsodo iPad application, including data overlay and auto-cropping.
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