My son is trying out for a 3B position. He's always played middle infield. The coach timed the players "pop time" from third to first. Can anyone tell me what a good timing is for that play. All I can find refer to catcher to second. Thanks.

The throw from third to first is usually measured in MPH, unlike the "pop" from catcher to second.

The high school coach probably doesn't have a radar gun so they time the throws with a stop watch.

But, the coach could use the pop times from third to first for all the players to still find the strongest arm on the team.

You could also take the "pop" time and convert to MPH by doing the math.

I can't remember on a Friday night what the distance is from 3rd to 1st. It's the same from home to second. 122 or 132, just can't bring it up.

It's difficult to say what MPH would be good for a high school player. It could be very different for a high school freshman to a senior.

I think pro scouts would start to take really take notice at 85 and over.

Less than 85 might still be noticed depending on the size and maturity of the player.

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
The length of the throw from third to first, c, is equal to √16,200 which is 127.279221 feet.

Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!

Ol' Thaggy didn't take into account the perversity of baseball rules. Part of OBR rule 1.04 states:
"The distance between first base and third base is 127 feet, 3 3/8 inches." That's about 1/40th of an inch longer than your result. And Thaggy tended to like self-consistency, but the rules of baseball aren't troubled by such narrow minded thinking. The rules claim that the distance from home to second should be the same as third to first, but give clear directions on how to layout the diamond, and those directions would yield a shorter third to first distance.

I think I'll just settle for 127 feet 3 inches.

Okay guys! Is the point here to show me that I know even less about math than I do about baseball or what?? LOL

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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Good 3FingeredGlove...I'll settle for one of these...with Thaggy.

My POP time on one of these is in range of 0.225 secs. My best case time is 0.1995 secs. Is this good enough to make all HSBBW team?