Bushnell radar gun!

General Pitching Topics
#1

Just Bought a Radar Gun on ebay and I’m going to be getting it in the mail on monday-wensday not really sure which day yet. The radar gun I bought was a bushnell radar gun brand new and never opened. I hope to pitch on tuesday Vs Live hitters And Find out my MPH and then Post it on this form to tell everyone what it said. I know there not 100% accurate but for 84$ and free 2 day shipping it’s pretty good.

I figure if in practice it say’s 75 and 72 then i pitch in that range for my Fastball.

I will let you know when I’m going to post my MPH and when I get it in the mail.

#2

Try to throw your normal velocity. Don’t try to throw “extra hard” for the gun as that’s how pitchers hurt themselves.

#3

The Bushnell gun doesn’t have much range so you’ll want the person taking the readings to be as close to the catcher as possible.

#4

Would 10 feet away from the gun be ok???

Good point roger I was thinking that My self I’m just going to focus on one spot and try to hit it like i noramly do. Not try to do anything different.

#5

what is the speed difference between it, the Jugs and the stalker?

#6

The speed difference is 1/2 mph for jugs to 1 mph to bushnell.

I just have received the bushnell radar gun in the mail today and I have a scheduled double header that I’m going to be starting the 1st or 2nd game. So I will be able to find out how hard I throw by saturday night. If I play the 1st game and pitch the 2nd my velocity might be done a little due to throwing more.

My estimate right now is 70-75 with little to no good training. It could be more Idk. But my goal is 78-80 concistently by next baseball season I think I can make it happen.

So saturday’s 1st game starts at 4 pm and the next game is 30 minutes after the 1st one so I will be posting at around 10 pm Est time if you wanna know how fast i throw.

#7

thanks for telling us wut time youll be posting :expressionless:

#8

no I ment lwhat is the difference in speed readings between them

because the stalker reads 3 mph slower than the jugs but how does the bushell compare to both

#9

Ok I have a dead arm at the moment BUT I’m still throwing with average velocity for my age I think.

Weak Arm MPH {due to long season} 68-72
When healthy I throw about 2-3 mph faster then tonights game
So when healthy I throw around 70-75.

My mechanics felt VERY GOOD but my arm is tired and fatigued when i pitched due to a long season of pitching and playing baseball.

Is the range of 70-75 AVERAGE, BELOW AVERAGE OR ABOVE AVERAGE for a 15 year old?

Also the distance of the radar gun to mound was 100 feet so that kind of sucked. I hate big backstops. 100 feet is max distance to get good reading.