Induced vertical break is the movement due to the magnus force, as you point out. But it's not the difference between that straight line and the red line as depicted. Induced vertical break compares actual movement to a hypothetical pitch with no spin - meaning it compares the red line in your video to a line that is shaped like a parabola (due to gravity). "Dropped less than anticipated" is a great way to put it! Positive movement (which is compared to the straight line) would mean that the pitch actually rose. Love your videos. Thanks!
Correct - the red line indicates the 0,0 mark of the movement chart (or a pitch with no spin). Any pitch movements that are spit out are going to be the result of magnus force. I appreciate the clarifying comment! Thanks.
Hey man - love the channel! Great vids. Don't think it's a huge deal, but when you're describing the sinker at minute 3:09, you say the pitch has 10",5" - but at minute 3:22 in the video it labels the sinker at 5,10. Not sure if you meant to do that, but figured it would have to be at a different point on the graph.
TJ, thanks for the comment man! I must’ve slipped up a little bit there - the example of a right handed sinker in this video should have 10” of HB and around 5” of VB. Good catch!
I’m not super familiar with all of the metrics that the DK pitch tracker produces, but to my understanding it provides a good set of spin data (such as tilt, and spin rate) as well as velocity. Check out some of my latest videos on individual pitch design sessions - hopefully that will give you a good base for applying that technology to certain pitches. Thanks for the comment, and thanks for watching!
Absolutely! I can look to cover that in a future video, but here’s an article you can look through for now: medium.com/balk-it-off/in-zone-whiff-rate-and-pitcher-stuff-9085afb63d4d
Induced vertical break is the movement due to the magnus force, as you point out. But it's not the difference between that straight line and the red line as depicted. Induced vertical break compares actual movement to a hypothetical pitch with no spin - meaning it compares the red line in your video to a line that is shaped like a parabola (due to gravity).
"Dropped less than anticipated" is a great way to put it! Positive movement (which is compared to the straight line) would mean that the pitch actually rose.
Love your videos. Thanks!
Correct - the red line indicates the 0,0 mark of the movement chart (or a pitch with no spin). Any pitch movements that are spit out are going to be the result of magnus force.
I appreciate the clarifying comment! Thanks.
Hey man - love the channel! Great vids. Don't think it's a huge deal, but when you're describing the sinker at minute 3:09, you say the pitch has 10",5" - but at minute 3:22 in the video it labels the sinker at 5,10. Not sure if you meant to do that, but figured it would have to be at a different point on the graph.
TJ, thanks for the comment man! I must’ve slipped up a little bit there - the example of a right handed sinker in this video should have 10” of HB and around 5” of VB. Good catch!
great video school just got Rapsodo and trying to understand more about ti
I want to apply these metics to my staff. What is the best way to approach that with a tracking tool such as DK Pitch Tracker? Thanks
I’m not super familiar with all of the metrics that the DK pitch tracker produces, but to my understanding it provides a good set of spin data (such as tilt, and spin rate) as well as velocity.
Check out some of my latest videos on individual pitch design sessions - hopefully that will give you a good base for applying that technology to certain pitches.
Thanks for the comment, and thanks for watching!
This is awesome.
Is there a correlation between the amount of pitch movement and whiff rate
Absolutely! I can look to cover that in a future video, but here’s an article you can look through for now:
medium.com/balk-it-off/in-zone-whiff-rate-and-pitcher-stuff-9085afb63d4d
How do I read the IVB on the chart?
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