Max Acceleration — Captures how quickly a batter speeds up their swing from start until impact, and relates directly to the force and torque applied to the bat. Higher Max Acceleration allows you to start a swing later - thus giving you more time to recognize the pitch - but still produce a high rate of bat speed and momentum in the bat. | ||
Average | — | — |
21.0 G | — | — |
Impact Momentum — The amount of momentum in the bat when the bat makes contact with the ball. It is determined by barrel speed at impact, and the weight of the bat. The higher the Impact Momentum, the further the ball will travel after contact as it is directly connected to exit velocity. | ||
Average | — | — |
14.1 kg-m/sec | — | — |
Max Hand Speed — The maximum speed of your hands during the swing. Faster hand speed, along with faster bat rotation, leads to faster barrel speed which positively affects the ball exit velocity and distance a ball travels. | ||
Average | — | — |
17.9 mph | — | — |
Max Barrel Speed — The maximum speed of the bat's barrel during your swing, measured at a point 20% from the tip of the bat - or the sweet spot. Max Barrel Speed greatly affects both the distance and speed at which the ball travels after impact. According to Diamond Kinetics technical advisor Dr. Alan Nathan, "bat speed is roughly six times more important to batted ball exit velocity than the incoming velocity of the pitch. | ||
Average | — | — |
50.9 mph | — | — |
Trigger to Impact Time — Trigger To Impact is the amount of time - measured in milliseconds - elapsed from the start of your forward bat motion to the moment of impact. SwingTracker measures Trigger To Impact from the instant the player begins accelerating the bat toward ball, until the precise moment of impact. A lower Trigger To Impact time results in a higher Quickness score. Moreover, Trigger To Impact is directly related to a batter's timing. | ||
Average | — | — |
197.0 msec | — | — |
*Nation wide | 17U | 18U | Collegiate |
Professional - Minor Leagues |
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DK Metric | AVG | Top 20% | AVG | Top 20% | AVG | Top 20% | AVG | Top 20% |
Max Acceleration | 26.6 | 34.4 | 39.0 | 47.8 | 31.2 | 39.6 | 38.5 | 47.3 |
Impact Momentum | 20.9 | 24.2 | 22.3 | 25.3 | 22.9 | 26.2 | 24.4 | 28.3 |
Max Hand Speed | 20.5 | 23.3 | 20.9 | 23.0 | 20.8 | 23.2 | 22.3 | 24.8 |
Max Barrel Speed | 56.3 | 63.3 | 60.5 | 66.8 | 61.1 | 67.1 | 64.5 | 70.8 |
Trigger to Impact Time | 191.6 | 163.6 | 191.7 | 173.3 | 193.5 | 169.6 | 189.3 | 169.2 |