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Son Of Coco · 10-11-2012, 05:38 PM

It's not impossible, but people are notoriously inaccurate when guessing pace with the naked eye. The only way to know is to get on the speed gun. If you're built a bit bigger than the average 17 year old then maybe. We were told a young bloke bowled 85 mph when I was playing in Devon...he didn't, wasn't even close.

If you're 125ish now and you're 17 then you'd expect that you'd get up to around 135-140 if you develop in strength between now and when you're 22-23. There's a lot of young blokes around who are apparently 120ish, but we don't see so many guys in their early 20's who are 135-140, so something's going wrong somewhere.

I don't know you though and have never seen you bowl, you may well be very fast.

10-11-2012, 05:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
Son Of Coco Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,061	It's not impossible, but people are notoriously inaccurate when guessing pace with the naked eye. The only way to know is to get on the speed gun. If you're built a bit bigger than the average 17 year old then maybe. We were told a young bloke bowled 85 mph when I was playing in Devon...he didn't, wasn't even close. If you're 125ish now and you're 17 then you'd expect that you'd get up to around 135-140 if you develop in strength between now and when you're 22-23. There's a lot of young blokes around who are apparently 120ish, but we don't see so many guys in their early 20's who are 135-140, so something's going wrong somewhere. I don't know you though and have never seen you bowl, you may well be very fast. __________________ "What is this what is this who is this guy shouting what is this going on in here?" - CP. (re: psxpro) R.I.P Craigos, you were a champion bloke. One of the best *R.I.P Fardin 'Bob' Qayyumi* Member of the Church of the Holy Glenn McGrath Last edited by Son Of Coco; 10-11-2012 at 05:45 PM.