LSU pitcher's curveball has a spin of 2500 rpm's

[HammerOfTheDogs]

How does anyone calculate RPMs on a curveball?

 

[8dog]

How does anyone calculate RPMs on a curveball?

Trackman

 

[onewoof]

That's a lot of Vaseline

 

[MaxwellSmart]

That's a lot of Vaseline

He said RPM's not strokes.

 

[Msuirondawgs]

Trackman

Yup

 

[eckie1]

How does anyone calculate RPMs on a curveball?

Built in tachometer. D’uh.*****

 

[85Bears]

About the same as my Hyundai before the engine blew up at 60000 miles.

id imagine they could just slow it down frame by frame and calculate it per minute.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

About the same as my Hyundai before the engine blew up at 60000 miles.

Mine went at 80k

id imagine they could just slow it down frame by frame and calculate it per minute

Interns just count the rotation

 

[Tall Dawg]

Maybe we can get him out of the portal**

 

[vhdawg]

Why do we measure spin on a pitch in RPM when the ball takes less than a second to get from pitcher to catcher? 41.7 rotations per second is a much more digestable measure.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Why do we measure spin on a pitch in RPM when the ball takes less than a second to get from pitcher to catcher? 41.7 rotations per second is a much more digestable measure.

Why not just say 19.83 rotations per pitch?