What Do Blast Baseball’s Swing Metrics Mean?

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Blast Baseball measures your swing in four groups: Swing Quality Scores, Swing Metrics, and Impact Metrics (all pre-impact), plus Ball Flight (post-impact). Together they give you the full picture of your swing.

Swing Quality Scores

Blast iQ assesses your swing and impact metrics, based on your level of play, and scores your performance on a bell curve.
– Plane
– Connection
– Rotation

Swing Metrics

The Blast sensor captures swing metrics that measure pre-impact swing mechanics centered on plane, connection, and rotation.
– On-Plane Efficiency
– Rotational Acceleration
– Early Connection
– Connection (at impact)

Impact Metrics

The Blast sensor captures impact metrics that measure performance outcomes based on ball contact.
– Bat Speed
– Attack Angle
– Vertical Bat Angle
– Time to Contact
– Peak Hand Speed
– Power

Ball Flight

Blast iQ’s machine vision measures the post-impact results of your swing, letting you visualize ball flight.
– Exit Velocity
– Launch Angle
– Distance

How to Watch Metric Definition Videos in the App

  1. Tap Training to view Metric Definitions.
  2. Scroll down to Metrics Definitions.
  3. Tap the Metrics Definitions box.
  4. Select a metric and tap its video.

FAQ

What’s the difference between Impact Metrics and Swing Metrics? Impact Metrics measure what happens at contact (like Bat Speed and Attack Angle); Swing Metrics measure pre-impact mechanics like plane and rotation, and require Premium.
What is Ball Flight? Ball Flight is a post-impact metric group (Exit Velocity, Launch Angle, Distance) captured using Blast iQ machine vision through your phone’s camera.

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