Instrumented, angle-adjustable batting tee

A method for measuring a bat speed and a ball exit velocity associated with a hitter initiating contact with a ball positioned on a batting tee, comprising:

• positioning the ball on a batting tee configuration so that the ball is stationary on the batting tee configuration;
• positioning a bat speed radar coupled to the batting tee configuration within proximity of the ball positioned on the batting tee configuration below a swing plane of a hitter and fixed at a bat angle that is aligned with the swing plane of the hitter;
• measuring, by the bat speed radar a bat speed of a bat when contact is initiated between the bat and the ball, wherein the bat speed is a velocity of a bat when contact is initiated between the bat and the ball;
• positioning a ball exit velocity radar coupled to the batting tee configuration and fixed at a ball angle that is aligned with a ball exit velocity vector of the ball that is associated with a ball flight of the ball after contact between the bat and the ball and is positioned below the ball flight a distance from the ball positioned on the batting tee configuration;
• measuring, by the ball exit velocity radar a ball exit velocity of the ball after contact between the bat and before the ball exit velocity decreases when travelling along the ball flight and does not detect the bat as the bat travels through the ball flight, wherein the ball exit velocity is an exit velocity of the ball after contact between the bat and the ball;
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• measuring, by the bat speed radar and the ball exit velocity radar, both the bat speed and the ball exit velocity that result from a single swing of the bat in an attempt by the hitter to initiate contact with the ball by the bat.

An instrumented, angle-adjustable batting tee configuration, comprising:

• a batting tee configuration configured to hold a ball positioned on the batting tee configuration;
• a bat speed radar coupled to the batting tee configuration and positioned within proximity of the ball positioned on the batting tee configuration below a swing plane of a hitter and fixed at a bat angle that is aligned with the swing plane of the hitter and configured to measure the bat speed of a bat when contact is initiated between the bat and the ball, wherein the bat speed is a velocity of the bat when contact is initiated between the bat and the ball;
• a ball exit velocity radar coupled to the batting tee configuration and fixed at a ball angle that is aligned with a ball exit velocity vector of the ball that is associated with a ball flight of the ball after contact between the bat and the ball and is positioned below the ball flight of the ball a distance from the ball positioned on the batting tee configuration and configured to measure the ball exit velocity of the ball after contact between the bat and the ball before the ball exit velocity decreases when travelling along the ball flight and does not detect the bat as the bat travels through the ball flight, wherein the ball exit velocity is an exit velocity of the ball early in-flight after contact between the bat and the ball,
• wherein the bat speed radar and the ball exit velocity radar are configured to measure both the bat speed and the ball exit velocity that result from a single swing of the bat in an attempt by the hitter to initiate contact with the ball by the bat and transmit both the bat speed and the ball exit velocity to be displayed;
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• a communications device that includes a display that is configured to simultaneously or sequentially display the bat speed and the ball exit velocity received from the velocity measuring device.