Rising fastball

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Originally Posted by NIump50

I can't prove it with the law of physics, but last year during winter practice they put a gun on my son, aimed near the release point, and clocked him at 75-77 on his fastball. And no it wasn't rising.
When we pointed the gun nearer the catcher he was clocking at 73-75.
Very unscientific, but I think the ball loses some velocity, certainly not 9%.

The faster the pitch, the less likely to lose speed due to increased inertia. A radar takes an average scan and is accurate to + or - 1 mph because the baseball or vehicle maintain a constant speed during that 1/2 second measurement. So if this POPULAR MECHANICS article is so OFF the MARK; wouldn't it be a logical conclusion that the rest of this MYTH is BUSTED.

Yet a quick search of the internet turned up some new articles that were not there 4 to 5 months ago. Here is another version of the same point made on this website.

http://www.girls-softball.com/2006/0...rs-rising.html

We are not alone.