Pocket Radar Ball Coach Radar: PR1000-BC

I have tested this against high-end Juggs...right on. D1 college park installed scoreboard guns....right on. The key is to be directly behind catcher. If you are slightly right or left...you might be one mile per hour off.

This product works well behind the pitcher or catcher, or standing behind the screen in a normal sized ball park (aka not a major league distance to the backstop). It was really helpful for coaches to assess velocity quickly during tryouts, is helpful to understand when a pitcher is starting to lose velocity in a game, can be used to assess the opposing pitcher and give hitters an idea of what they are facing, and is really good at testing the difference between fastball and off speed (i.e. is your changeup, curve, slider at 5mph or 10 mph difference from fastball). I have never seen a scout using one of these at the ball park. For that I think you need something that projects better and picks up all angles. But I am not a scout...so it works great for our team.

Bought this after i had some suspicions my Bushnell gun was off. Much improved! The bushnell is accurate if you're very close -within about 20 ft. -otherwise it picks up the ball too late to give an accurate read and gives a lot of misreads. Was constantly off by ~7-10 mph. Ball coach has good range, easy to use, and accurate. Wish I'd bought it sooner. It's expensive, but personally, an inaccurate gun is useless. What's the point in measuring ball speed, using something that doesn't work (Bushnell). Would definitely recommend the upgrade.

Great product! Very impressed after a month of use. I'm a NCCP trained minor baseball coach (Canada), teaching aged 10 and 11 house league and all star teams. Awesome feedback tool for developing pitching skills. I'm finding the tool allows you to concentrate on good mechanics, with the speed measurement as excellent feedback for coach and player. Also using for batting speed purposes, but swing of bat seems to be judged sometimes too perhaps. Haven't totally isolated that issue yet. But absolutely awesome for pitch speed. A highly recommended and necessary tool for any serious coach.

Accurate to larger professional devices within 1-2 mph, provided that the user is correctly positioned. Recommended.