Okay, so a while back, I got really into baseball. I mean, I was watching games, reading articles, the whole nine yards. And I kept coming across this term, “velo,” and I was like, “What the heck is that?” I mean, it sounds cool and all, but I had no clue what it meant in the baseball world.
So, naturally, I hit up Google. I started typing in “what is velo in baseball,” and a bunch of stuff popped up. Mostly articles and forum discussions. I started skimming through them, and that’s when it clicked. Turns out, “velo” is just a slang way of saying velocity, as in the speed of the pitch. You know, like how fast the ball is traveling from the pitcher’s hand to the catcher’s mitt.
Once I figured that out, I was curious about how it was measured, after all my main purpose was to learn about this. I did some more digging. Turns out, it was measured in miles per hour. The higher the number, the faster the pitch. That’s just make sense. I also learned that there are these things called radar guns that scouts and teams use to measure velo. Pretty high-tech stuff, if you ask me.
My Own Little Experiment
After learning all this, I decided to see how my own velocity is. I mean, I’m no professional pitcher, but I figured it would be fun to try. So, I grabbed a baseball, went out into my backyard, and started throwing against a wall. Of course, I didn’t have a radar gun, so I couldn’t get an exact number. But, I could get a general sense of how hard I was throwing, and it felt like I improved after a while. The first several times I threw the ball, I just made sure I could throw hard, and then I started to care about the speed. In order to throw faster, I tried using my strength to throw the ball while ensuring the accuracy of the throw.
- Step 1: I found a wall in my backyard.
- Step 2: I warmed up my arm a bit, doing some stretches. I found these from a video.
- Step 3: I started throwing the ball against the wall, focusing on my form and using my whole body to throw the ball as hard as possible.
- Step 4: I kept practicing, trying to increase my “velo” with each throw.
It was a fun little experiment. I might not have learned my exact velo, but I definitely got a better understanding of what it is and how important it is in baseball. And hey, I got a little workout in too!
