A couple weeks ago, I was watching college softball where one of the top ranked schools in the country—Alabama—has a 6’1 pitcher named Montana Fouts. She’s one of the most decorated and dominate college softball players of all time and I want to believe part of the reason is because she’s really freakin tall and has long arms.
Does having long arms create a longer leaver, creating more momentum, thus making the ball go faster or am I confusing something?
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Imagine a ball attached to a 1m long lever and another ball attached to a 2m lever. Now let’s assume both of these levers need to complete 1 rotation/360 degrees at the same time. The ball on the 2m lever has to travel a further distance in the same time so it has to be travelling faster for that to happen. So yes longer arms help in being able to throw a ball faster.
Strength and technique also play a part so it is not a guarantee that someone with longer arms can throw the ball faster, but it certainly helps.
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