Fastball Speeds at NFCA Administered Camps 2008

[catchingcoach]

Lots of discussion on what is ave pitch speed for fastballs at different ages. I downloaded the results from the 5 NFCA Administered Camps held in 2008.

NFCA Pennsbury Recruiting Camp, Yardley, Penn., June 12
NFCA Great Lakes Recruiting Camp, Toledo, Ohio, June 19
NFCA Colorado Sparkler Recruiting Camp, Westminster, Colo., June 30
NFCA Colorado Fireworks Recruiting Camp, Aurora, Colo., July 1
NFCA Elite College Showcase Recruiting Camp, Plano, Texas, July 24

Now I have no way of knowing if any of the pitchers went to more then one but here is how the numbers worked out.

633 different pitchers results were tallied from the 5 camps

Each pitcher had the speed of 2 fastballs recorded.

The data for 1266 recorded fastballs showed an average MPH for all 1266 pitches as 56.5MPH

123 girls had at least one pitch at 60mph or faster

63 girls had both pitches at 60 or faster

Maximum MPH was 66, thrown 3 times by 3 different girls

Not sure what would be the ave age of these 633 girl.

[3Bsnag]

I'm a geek and keep some of those results too. If you look at LV, it breaks the pitchers down by grad year. Out of 91 total '08 & '09 pitchers (17 and 18 yrs old), only 19 had two pitches that were 60+.

At the NE camp, one pitcher had a fastball at 47mph and a change up at 49. I hope that was a misprint!

[GIMNEPIWO]

This is why our HS Coach dials the pitching machine up to 70+mph ... to mess up everyones timing...