Is 70 feet per second as fast as a Knuckleball (baseball)?
It's about seven-tenths as fast as a Knuckleball (baseball)
The speed of a Knuckleball (baseball) is about 98 feet per second.
(a.k.a. knuckler, a.k.a. floater, a.k.a. dancer, a.k.a. butterfly ball) (major league average)
The average speed of major league knuckleball pitch is 100 feet per second. Eddie Cicotte, who was later implicated in the 1919 Black Sox scandal, is credited with developing the pitch ca. 1906.
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