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PRESS RELEASE: March 21, 2007
Contact:
David Marinelli
720-221-6874
RevFire™ First to Measure Spin Rate on Baseball and Softball Pitches
Boulder, Colorado; March 21, 2007 – As pitchers fiercely compete for a spot on the team roster in
spring training, new technology is announced that can shed light on their performance. The newly
released RevFire is the first product that can measure the spin rate of a pitched ball. The
handheld RevFire displays the spin rate of a pitch in revolutions per second (RPS) as well as the
speed in miles per hour (MPH). Strong spin is required to put ‘movement’ on a fastball or to throw
an effective curveball, slider, sinker, or screwball. Until now pitchers and coaches lacked the
benefit of performance feedback in hard numbers.
Putting movement on a pitch and throwing effective breaking balls are fundamental in the major
leagues. But even highly paid professional pitchers can lose their edge. In the January 26, 2007
issue of Collegiate Baseball, Coach John Pinkman, director of the Pinkman Baseball Academy in
Virginia, noted that with the RevFire “Coaches can utilize the hard numbers to indicate a pitcher
tiring or ‘losing’ his curve.” Coach Pinkman also stated that with the RevFire, “Pitchers get instant
feedback for more effective training.”
The deceptive curveball pitch has been studied and mathematically described by many scientists
over the last half century. Their mathematical equations are consistent; more spin creates more
curve. According to Mike White, a member of the USA National Men’s Fastpitch Softball team, ”
Before the RevFire, I had to rely on visual determination of the amount of spin in analyzing my
students. Now coaches have a tool that can measure spin rate, which directly corresponds to the
amount of movement possible for each pitch.”
Since the advent of radar gun technology, speed statistics on pitchers have been widely available
and are key to athlete evaluation and advancement. The RevFire’s patented technology makes
possible the collection of spin data on pitchers at all levels of play, creating a new metric for the
measurement and improvement of performance. Coach Mike White predicts, “I can envision RPS
being as common in judging pitchers in the future as MPH is today.”
RevFire Corporation is an electronics design and manufacturing company specializing in sporting
goods products. More information about the company and its products is available at www.revfire.com.
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Contact:
David Marinelli
720-221-6874
RevFire™ First to Measure Spin Rate on Baseball and Softball Pitches
Boulder, Colorado; March 21, 2007 – As pitchers fiercely compete for a spot on the team roster in
spring training, new technology is announced that can shed light on their performance. The newly
released RevFire is the first product that can measure the spin rate of a pitched ball. The
handheld RevFire displays the spin rate of a pitch in revolutions per second (RPS) as well as the
speed in miles per hour (MPH). Strong spin is required to put ‘movement’ on a fastball or to throw
an effective curveball, slider, sinker, or screwball. Until now pitchers and coaches lacked the
benefit of performance feedback in hard numbers.
Putting movement on a pitch and throwing effective breaking balls are fundamental in the major
leagues. But even highly paid professional pitchers can lose their edge. In the January 26, 2007
issue of Collegiate Baseball, Coach John Pinkman, director of the Pinkman Baseball Academy in
Virginia, noted that with the RevFire “Coaches can utilize the hard numbers to indicate a pitcher
tiring or ‘losing’ his curve.” Coach Pinkman also stated that with the RevFire, “Pitchers get instant
feedback for more effective training.”
The deceptive curveball pitch has been studied and mathematically described by many scientists
over the last half century. Their mathematical equations are consistent; more spin creates more
curve. According to Mike White, a member of the USA National Men’s Fastpitch Softball team, ”
Before the RevFire, I had to rely on visual determination of the amount of spin in analyzing my
students. Now coaches have a tool that can measure spin rate, which directly corresponds to the
amount of movement possible for each pitch.”
Since the advent of radar gun technology, speed statistics on pitchers have been widely available
and are key to athlete evaluation and advancement. The RevFire’s patented technology makes
possible the collection of spin data on pitchers at all levels of play, creating a new metric for the
measurement and improvement of performance. Coach Mike White predicts, “I can envision RPS
being as common in judging pitchers in the future as MPH is today.”
RevFire Corporation is an electronics design and manufacturing company specializing in sporting
goods products. More information about the company and its products is available at www.revfire.com.
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