What is it?
Maximum Acceleration captures how quickly a batter speeds up their swing from start until impact, and relates directly to the force and torque applied to the bat.
Why is it Important?
Higher Maximum Acceleration allows you to start a swing later – thus giving you more time to recognize the pitch – but still produce a high rate of bat speed and momentum in the bat.
By applying more force and torque – and thus having more Maximum Acceleration – one can get the bat up to speed in a shorter time, allowing the batter to wait longer to recognize the pitch.
What Can You Compare Max Acceleration To?
When two cars accelerate from 0-to-60 miles per hour, the car with the highest acceleration gets to 60 MPH the quickest. Therefore, a batter with a quicker acceleration rate from the beginning of the swing until impact will be able to wait longer than his counterpart to identify a pitch, thus allowing for more time to identify if the pitch is a ball or strike.
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More Maximum Acceleration also allows the batter to get the bat up to a higher speed over a given period of time, thus generating more exit velocity after making contact on a squared-up ball. A bat that is too heavy, though, could potentially affect the Max Acceleration of a swing.
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