43 feet/Homeruns

You Already Have !!

Tish Mahon per Nike not the Guru says she is one of the fastest kids in the USA...Remember Nike said this not Guru...But you have already named them...All I am saying is that you change anything it will change everything...Guru Logic.....LOL

 

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I'm not upset I'm just wondering why parents that have kids in the next level or graduated are on here anyways to stir up things,,,,,except Fishdaddy he is welcome anythime !!!-- Guru......

 

The extra 3 feet does give the batter more time to react. That should result in higher batting averages. In other words, there will be more singles, doubles, triples, home runs.

The 3 feet does nothing to change the distance to the fence. A HR will be a HR. And there should be more of them--all other things being equal.

 

I have coached and caught pitchers for around 14 years or so. I can tell you this. I could tell a real difference catching the girls when we moved to 43'. Being used to 40 feet it seemed the ball took a lot longer to get there at 43'. As others stated the breaking balls seemed to move a little more but for sure the reaction time for hitters showed a noticeable increase.

 

Alright Got An Idea..

Let's do this take your strongest hitters from last year if they are still with you ,and let's compare batting averages from 2009 to 2010 at the end of the season, if it varies more than .100 to the better I will agree, and we can go on... But just remember some of the guns are gone, but I want consider that in the equation !!

Guru

 

Guru, don't take this wrong as I'm not arguing just wondering, you obviously think the 3' doesn't make a difference in it being easier to hit. why then did colleges and high schools make the change? I know when the colleges made the change they said it was to put more offense in the game and it did make a noticeable difference, and along the lines of this thread the number of homeruns increased with the change.
Is there another for moving the rubber back the 3'?

 

I do think it make a difference to some extent, but not so much that everybody that couldn't hit the ball last year will hit this year. For an example there are a lot of Seniors that are playing collegiate ball in D2 and D3 schools that were POY's, Allstate Players, etc..in 2009, but are toting less than .150 batting averages in 2010....before you say anything about high school pitching verses college pitching....I'm not an idiot, but if these kids are truly POY, Allstate players than they can adjust to the collegiate pitching, and hit for higher average than what they are producing. I'm trying to prevent somebody starting a war because the high school player hit from 43' vs 40' they didn't really break a record...now do you understand ???--- Guru

P.S. Go back to the composite bat issue, now how many HR's would all these kids have without 98mph rating bats to hit with ???

 

I'm all for moving the distance out to like 55' or having the pitcher pitch with thier non-dominant hand. But that will never happen. These great teams in the RRC an excellent role models for my beginners. It is very humbling to see runners leave the base early, or bat from the opposite side of the plate and never, and i mean never, make one ioda of protest either verbally or physically with body language. Even though that triple would look better on the stat sheet as a HR or that double would look better as a triple or more, these young ladies understand this game is more than statistics. I have to say that there are some class act coaches in the RRC, who understand that this beautiful game is more than wins and loses, its about love of the sport and playing in the dirt.

Thank you all
Freddy Alvarez
MHS softball

 

More homeruns this year. YES
Longer reaction time YES
Technology better from last year. NO
Same hitters. YES

I could go on but its obvious the distance is helping the hitters in most cases. One thing I would like to hear; are the top pitchers from last year giving up more Hr"s? Only speculation but I would bet that your best pitchers in the state are giving up less hitting and yes less Hrs,but on the other hand good to average pitchers would be getting hit farther.

Will the record be broken It looks like it may but remember conference play is here and those lady's who are hitting Hrs will not see much. To argue hitters are much better all of the sudden makes no sense. If only one or maybe two hitters were on a tear at the plate then maybe you could argue it had nothing to do with the distance.

 

Let me add that in no way does this discussion diminish the fact that you have to be a good hitter to hit a homerun. And the distance is whatever; break the record its yours and you earned it; the long hours in those cages and on the field, yea you would have earned it. Whether it was from 40 or 43 it will mean the same. Good luck