A little help please. In general, when timing a player from home to first when is the stopwatch started, when the player makes contact with the ball or when he takes his first step after contact?
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When you see the bat go forward start the watch. This is a split second before actual contact is made and more than a split second before the sound or "crack" of the bat. The time "a split second" it takes to click the watch will be very very close to when contact is made. When doing it this way, you will get true H-1B times, but you must remember to reset the stopwatch because it will be running everytime a swing starts.
H to 1B is contact until first base is touched. If you wait for the "crack" of the bat, you're too late.
H to 1B is contact until first base is touched. If you wait for the "crack" of the bat, you're too late.
PG - Just out of curiosity...what's the best H-1B time you've ever seen from a high schooler at a PG event?
DBat,
have to check the files on that one to be sure but I recall getting Denard Span in high school at 3.8 from the left side. He's with the Twins now, AA I think. He was a first round pick a couple years ago.
have to check the files on that one to be sure but I recall getting Denard Span in high school at 3.8 from the left side. He's with the Twins now, AA I think. He was a first round pick a couple years ago.