softball speed to baseball speed conversion

[texas_snowman]

Here is a little spreadsheet based on queenbee's post which sounded logical to me. Feel free to spruce it up and make it look official so your friend can shut that know-it-all up once and for all

(feel free to correct any vodka induce errors you may find in this little gem)

[Lefty's Dad]

Thanks Snowman! That is perfect, I will give her that and claim that I did it all on my own I'm kidding but seriously thanks everyone. I really didn't want to spark yet another debate on speed v movement. I really just needed the formula and the speasheet was the added bonus.

Thanks again!

[slider201]

A little information about interpreting ball speed:

radar guns:
Common radar guns pulse every 0.2 seconds. If a pitched ball is in the air for say 0.4 seconds, the radar gun will get 2 readings - the first reading anywhere between the pitcher's release and the half way mark, and the second reading anywhere between the half way mark and the catcher's mit. Some guns average readings. Some guns show the maximum reading.

A high end (expensive) radar gun can pulse every 0.02 seconds.

air drag:
The drag calculation is complicated, but...
a 65 mph averaged softball pitch looses a little less than 5 mph over 43'.
a 90 mph averaged baseball pitch looses a little less than 7 mph over 60'.

Drag increases with the square of velocity.

[Lefty's Dad]

Man, my head hurts.