can it read speed of a baseball
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Thank you for your inquiry! Our group used it for land speed racing but according to the website and a quick test it can read the speed of a baseball: http://bushnell.com/spectator/outdoor-technology/velocity-speed-gun#. Please let me know if you have any additional questions. Best, KG
345534
Yes, we use it for baseball all the time. We get a reading APPROX 70% of the time if used properly. "stand behind a net/fence and throw at the gun into the net/fence" if you use a catcher your reading can pick up the catcher movements.
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Yes but you have to add 5 mph to be clocked speed. The radar gun is slow to pick up ball speed on the pitchers release
1222582
no to swing speed. measures the ball speed and angle of the flight of the ball
394899
No. This is a great interval timer, but it does not track distance or average speed.
773772
Hi James H.You can press the SPEED button on the unit to select speed. Thanks. >Joffrey
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No, it would not give you an accurate read. It is meant for running/walking.
95173
It will not work. Please read about "cosine effect" in this document: http://www.bushnell.com/getmedia/bbd74176-444d-436c-967c-a9958411a2c5/101911-Velocity.pdf?ext=.pdf. However, it is not necessary to be accurately straight (for example if you measure vehicle speed from top of bridge), but then you got to do speed correction of measured speed.
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I used it on cars and buses just for a test, and use it regularly for softball pitchers. I tested it on cars in urban environment, so the speed was low -- 30 to 50 mph -- and standing on the side of the road. Product description gives ranges which I could not test. For softball it works fine.
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It uses soft balls and it is good for getting timing down... You can adjust the "apparent speed" by adjusting the distance between the machine and the batter. It really helped my son (and his teammates) consistently getting the bat on the ball, but the light weight of the ball prevents the development of a powerful swing. We found the utility maxes out at 12-13 years old and a "real ball" machine is needed.
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I have not used this for tennis but I would think it would work the same as baseball pitching. You press and release the button when the throwing arm is back. It then records the ball movement. From what I read it actually records multiple images and displays the fastest one. I have found it to be very easy to use and accurate.
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I think it would work to calculate your distance on the soccer field. It is good at keeping track of distance and time and pace. You probably don't care about pace, but if it connects to satellite, it will tell distance!!
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My friend has one of these. When he complained to me that it stopped working, I wrote an android app to perform the same function. See it at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gdalya.BaseballScoreboard.
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Yes, you can see the speed and nunbers but it is not as visable as versus using the film.Some films are of a better quality and the numerals are much clearer .
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Not at this time, it does give swing speed. As i understand, that is an item that is requested for the future, but really swing speed is all you need. Distance is a more complicated function, spin rates, lofts, center of hit, etc.
785447
No...but you can hook up a simple device to give you speed and distance. It isn't exactly easy, but I got it set up and it was accurate.
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Yes. It has a cable that you can run down to either wheel (the rear is easier to hide the cable) and a set of magnets that you attach to the wheel. When the magnets rotate past the sensor on the wire, it gives the speedometer your speed. The more magnets you use, the faster your signal.
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Yes it does tell you your speed by gps. Its not a very good map on the gps like it doesnt show a very accurate lake map but it does show you bottom depth, water temp, and speed.
1047078
No, the swing byte focuses on the motion of the club. They do provide info on club head speed and orientation so that you can infer whether a swing would have been longer or shorter than a comparison swing and improve your distance, but they have not pretended that they can give accurate distance info with no data on ball spin. This is very honest of the company. For real ball flight info you need a track man or similar device for 10x as much money....