i am 13 and turning 14 in december. i am not too big i weigh 110 and i am 5' 2.5". i am a baseball junkie. today i maxed out at 67 miles per hour. by your judgement what do you think would be the average pitching speed for my size and/or age?
2007-11-08 12:04:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
55-70, I'm a little older than you and thats what I throw and thats what most middle school ballplayers that I know throw.
2007-11-08 12:11:45 · answer #1 · answered by Harry C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a little older, a Sophomore in HS, played on Freshman team last year and i can only pitch 72-73. But are you talking pitching or just throwing like with a crow hop, cuz that adds a lot of velocity. I'm not a pitcher either so i'm not the best person to go off of cuz i can throw a lot harder than i pitch. Pitchers on our team last year threw about 75-80. So, i think you're in pretty good shape. Keep working out your legs. They're much more important than your arm when pitching.
2007-11-08 12:57:45 · answer #2 · answered by Blueberries Thompson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just answered a question similar to yours, please read,
but I'd say ur right on a good average speed! :)
heres what I wrote for another 14 yr olds father.. said his kid pitching 70-72 I think.
Yes in the 70's is very good! :) but I agree he shouldn't push it ALL the time, save that shoulder a little. (gotta save some steam and surprise the other team time to time! lots a fun! lol) .. But my son and his buddies around 13-14 yrs old. all pitched around low 60's. and these were our Star pitchers! Good Luck to the Kid! Protect that shoulder with no horse playing with buddies, my son injured his shoulder that way, landed hard on it while goofing around, and always got sore prematurely while pitching because of it, after that incident. *~*
But when boys wanna goof around, they dont listen to reason. lol, (So Protect the Shoulder from injury as much as possible!) well, the arm too lol.
2007-11-08 13:54:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats pretty good for a kid your size. Keep throwing and make sure your not hurting your arm. The average speed for your age is usually at little league level, 65-70, and at Babe Ruth level 55-65.
Your paced to do good things so keep working at it, don't get cocky and remember to always focus on hitting one thing. The Catchers mit.
Good Luck!
2007-11-08 13:03:56 · answer #4 · answered by Chris Stewart 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey im i just turned 14 but when i was late 13 i threw 75-80 but that was very uncommon if ur a throwing 65-70 ur good
2007-11-09 15:37:49 · answer #5 · answered by minioutlaw50 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well im 12 and the average in my boys pe class is 45 miles per hour and my record is 64 miles per hour... but then not everybody is good at pitching.. and a am the top few in my pe class... for your age ... maybe 50 miles per hour for boys
2007-11-08 12:13:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow...when you get past 3 years old, you leave off the quarters and halves off your age. for a 13 (and 3 quarter) year old its about 65-75 mph
2007-11-08 12:25:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe 70 mph tops.
2007-11-09 02:05:03 · answer #8 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
68.75 mph
2007-11-08 13:12:10 · answer #9 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋