How far can an average adult hit a wiffleball?
Reader question: How far can the average adult hit a wiffleball? – K
MLW Answer: That depends. What type of ball are you using?
A heavier ball, such as a Junk Ball or a Blitzball will travel farther. A ball without holes will usually travel farther than a ball with holes.
An official ‘Wiffle Ball’
MLW uses the Easton Training Baseballs, which have 26 holes cut uniformly througout. We tested many different wiffleballs, and unanimously chose these.
We practiced for a few feeks, and based on our hitting results, chose our deepest part of the park to be 81-feet to straightaway center field. Since we were playing in a cul-de-sac, the other dimensions were determined by default. The left field pole was 63-feet, and the right field pole was 78-feet. Most of our home runs traveled around 100 feet. A few balls were crushed, and probably traveled over 200 feet. However, that was probably helped by another factor…
Wind. The best wiffleball playing conditions are if the wind is lightly blowing out, or not at all. At MLW’s home field, “The Sac”, we dealt with constantly swirling light winds, once the ball reached about 25 feet in the air. The Easton balls were still affected by the wind, but not as much as the others.
Wind speed and strength have a huge effect on the distance and direction the ball travels. It doesn’t take much to slow down, speed up, or change the path of a ball of very little weight.
So there’s more than one answer to your question. Here at MLW, the maximum distance with an Easton ball is probably a little over 200 feet, but more regular home runs travel about half that distance.
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ii wanna join a wiffle ball leauge but idk how
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Chris, start with http://www.wiffleball.net, and use the Lost Wiffler link to search for a league in your area. If there aren’t any, try starting your own league. Feel free to use the tips and rules on http://www.majorleaguewiffleball.com as a guide.
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Average about 90 to 100 feet with a plain yellow wiffleball bat, but some guys can hit 150 regularly and even 200 with a friendly wind at his back. Also it depends on the ball and how hard its thrown, and the bat that is in use, namely how heavy it is.
B 31, Senators Wiffle Atl
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I don’t think you can call it “Wiffle ball” if you are not using an officially licensed Wiffle ball.
The Easton balls are great for soft toss or for off-season baseball practice, but that’s because they behave more like a baseball when thrown.
The whole point of playing Wiffle ball is that the ball moves a lot. Half of the game is pitching, half is hitting. If you’re not using a Wiffle ball, you’re not playing Wiffle ball.
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Is this the same “Balls Deep” from Deadspin? Whether it is or not, thanks for stopping by.
We try to make it very clear that we play “wiffleball”, not “Wiffle ball”. The latter is a trademark of the Wiffle Corporation. We like their ball, just not enough to use it.
No matter how you spell it, the sport has become an eponym for any baseball game played with a plastic ball.
To be honest, we play “plastic baseball”. More people identify it as wiffleball though, so that’s why we chose the name.
Thanks for offering your feedback. Believe it or not, I often look at this the same way.
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My brothers and friends have had a wiffleball league going since 1999, took a few years off but are getting back into it. I have to agree the original “wiffle ball” doesn’t provide the same gameplay as the others with holes throughout the ball.
I see you all use the Easton Training Ball. I recommend trying the Cosom Safe-T-Play ball as it proven to be by far the best ball we have used. We play more of a “plastic baseball” game rather than wiffleball though. The Easton balls can be a little soft and dent a little easier, the cosoms seam to react the best and provide the best durability….
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You guys play with a short fence our fence is 95 in left, 120 in left center, 95 in right center and 90 in right. One of our kids has hit a couple out in left center with no wind.
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Jordan — Yes, it can seem like a short distance, especially to left field, but very few homers go directly down the line, and most travel 20-30 feet beyond the fence.
Plus, we played in a cul-de-sac, and didn’t really have much of a choice on the distances. If we played any further back, we’d be in the “shaft” leading up to “The Sac”, and that would throw-off the base paths.
And, as I mentioned above, wind is always a problem too. But our distances seemed perfect for our situation.
Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.
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at our field in tucson, our fence dimensions are…
Left: 101ft Center: 110ft DeepRCF: 126ft Right: 91ft
and were talking about streching it out and making it even deeper to reduce homer runs even more. a good player hits 2-3 dingers a game with these dimensions. the biggest shots usually go around 150ft but there have been several well beyond that. and wind makes a HUGE difference
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My son and some friends were playing wiffle ball and hit a car. The hit initially hit a parked car (about 70 feet from home plate) and then hit a moving car (5 to 15 feet from the parked car). The owner of the moving car claims the wiffle ball dented their car. I’ve tried to explain to the owner the first car which took the direct hit was not effect by the impact. The moving car would have been hit by a glancing blow. I played wiffle ball for many years and we hit many of cars while playing in streets and never dented a car. They are getting ready to take us to court. Do you guys know of any websites that would help me prove my point for the boys?
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Jim,
My advice would be to get a lawyer. Your son might also want to find a new place to play wiffleball, more than 75-85 feet away from traffic.
This was never a problem at our field, so I can’t provide much help. I suppose it’s possible, but it does seem unlikely, especially in this case, that a Wiffle Ball could dent a car. A quick Google search (wiffle ball dent car) didn’t turn up any results, so that’s probably a good sign.
Good luck with this. Hopefully you’ll get a judge that’s familiar with wiffleball to rule in your favor.
-Shaun
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