What should Time to Contact be?

The typical Time to Contact depends on age, strength, bat length and weight, experience level, swing style, and use case (practice swings vs game swings). Analysis from our database provides typical Time to Contact ranges for the following age groups and skill levels for baseball:

* Professional: 0.13 - 0.17 seconds
* Minor League MiLB: 0.13 - 0.17 seconds
* College: 0.14 - 0.18 seconds
* High School Varsity: 0.14 - 0.18 seconds
* High School Junior Varsity: 0.15 - 0.20 seconds
* Middle School: 0.16 - 0.21 seconds
* Youth: 0.17 - 0.23 seconds