Utah Preseason All-State: Blast Motion (Part One)
March 11, 2021
Utah Preseason All-State: Blast Motion (Part One)
Today PBR Utah dives into a little preview and history lesson, of what the 3 main components Blast Motion captures, to give indicators of what goes into a proper swing pattern. We will follow up in part two of this piece, with other important metrics and leaderboards for the players that attended the Invite only Utah Preseason All-State event that was held March 6, 2021.
Below is a look of the 3 components and listed below each category, is the brief description of that category.
PLANE
Measures the percentage of your swing where the bat is on the swing plane. Your vertical bat angle at contact establishes the plane for that swing. Plane is a great indicator for making more consistent contact on the barrel of the bat.
On Plane Efficiency
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | On Plane Eff (avg) |
| 1 | Stockton Mathis | UT | Jordan | 2023 | OF | 87 % |
| 2 | Sam Johanson | UT | Hurricane | 2023 | OF | 83 % |
| 3 | Austin Ellis | UT | Mountain Ridge | 2024 | C | 82 % |
| 4 | Grant Scholzen | UT | Hurricane | 2023 | SS | 80 % |
| 5 | Brayden Marx | UT | Pleasant Grove | 2023 | RHP | 79 % |
CONNECTION
Measures the relationship between your body tilt and vertical bat angle at impact. Maintaining good connection (90 degrees) for all pitch locations is an indicator of dynamic adjustability.
ROTATION
Measures how quickly your bat accelerates into the swing plane. Rotation is a good indicator of how you build bat speed by sequencing properly. The quicker your rotational acceleration, the more power you will have and the more time you have to adjust to pitch locations.
Max Rotational Acceleration
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Rot. Acc (max)
1
Jackson Bird
UT
Timpanogos
2021
C
31.8 g
2
Mic Paul
UT
Olympus
2022
OF
31.2 g
3
Cole Kershaw
UT
Jordan
2023
1B
29.0 g
4
Mason Strong
UT
Snow Canyon
2021
C
25.7 g
5
Ashton Johnson
UT
Olympus
2022
LHP
25.6 g
6
Cade Nalder
UT
Jordan
2023
C
25.2 g
7
Canyon Kutch
UT
Crimson Cliffs
2022
C
24.4 g
8
Austin Ellis
UT
Mountain Ridge
2024
C
23.9 g
9
Jackson Moeller
UT
Alta
2021
OF
23.4 g
10
Cole DeCastro
UT
Desert Hills
2023
SS
22.5 g
Avg Rotational Acceleration
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Rot. Acc (avg) |
| 1 | Jackson Bird | UT | Timpanogos | 2021 | C | 26.8 g |
| 2 | Cole Kershaw | UT | Jordan | 2023 | 1B | 25.4 g |
| 3 | Mic Paul | UT | Olympus | 2022 | OF | 25.0 g |
| 4 | Mason Strong | UT | Snow Canyon | 2021 | C | 24.7 g |
| 5 | Ashton Johnson | UT | Olympus | 2022 | LHP | 23.3 g |
| 6 | Cade Nalder | UT | Jordan | 2023 | C | 21.5 g |
| 7 | Canyon Kutch | UT | Crimson Cliffs | 2022 | C | 20.8 g |
| 8 | Jackson Moeller | UT | Alta | 2021 | OF | 20.5 g |
| 9 | Cole DeCastro | UT | Desert Hills | 2023 | SS | 19.6 g |
| 10 | Austin Ellis | UT | Mountain Ridge | 2024 | C | 18.5 g |