The Science Behind It:

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.

What Is It?

Why Does it Matter?

What Should Your Time Be?

How Does it Relate to Barrel Speed?

What Variables Affect Your Time?

What It Means For Hitters:

A lower Trigger To Impact time results in a higher Quickness score. Moreover, Trigger To Impact is directly related to a batter’s timing. According to Dr. Alan Nathan, “to get the highest home run probability requires swinging with a larger attack angle, keeping in mind that you will fail often if the swing is mis-timed.“

What It Means For Coaches:

Improving Trigger To Impact time will:

1) Help the batter wait longer to identify the pitch

2) Help the batter determine the location of the pitch

3) Help the batter catch up to, and make contact with faster pitches or make adjustments mid-swing

Real World Similarity

The amount of time it would take for a car to go from its starting point until its end point. In this instance, the end point would represent the bat making contact with the ball.