Hawaii Fall Invitational: Data Dive
October 13, 2025
Honoka‘a, Hawaii — The Prep Baseball staff hosted the Hawaii Fall Invitational at Honoka‘a Sports Complex, bringing together a strong collection of prospects from Hawaii’s 2026–2030 graduating classes. The event gave players an opportunity to showcase their growth and development following a busy summer schedule. A huge thank you goes out to the players, families, and coaches for helping making this event possible.
From Friday, October 10th through Sunday, October 12th, players representing Aloha Syndicate and Hawaii Wood Bat Academy competed in multiple games and participated in a full pro-style workout. The workout featured VALD-timed 60-yard dashes with splits, TrackMan-verified batting practice, BLAST Motion swing analysis, and positional velocities.
All highlights and results from the Hawaii Fall Invitational will be available on PrepBaseball.com, which is followed by nearly 1,000 colleges and professional scouts across the country. Stay tuned to our social media channels and website to see player data and content from the event in the next following days.
Today, we will take a look at the top overall data recorded on Friday, Ocotber 10th.
VALD PERFORMANCE
TOP 60-YARD DASH
Traditionally, the 60-yard dash has been the in-event standard to help measure a player's speed tool. We implemented three timing gates at the 10- and 30-yard splits, to capture athletes’ quickness, explosiveness and reaction time. From there, we will calculate an athlete’s top-end speed in miles per hour. While the measurement still has its utility, the 10-yard split has started to become more and more applicable in determining the player's burst and reaction time in-game, whether that's in the outfield or on the basepaths.
TOP RUN SPEED
TRACKMAN
MAX EXIT VELOCITY
HIGHEST AVG. EXIT VELOCITY
Exit Velocity: This metric measures the speed of the ball, measured in miles per hour, as it comes off the bat at the moment of impact.
MAX BATTED DISTANCE
HIGHEST SWEET SPOT%
Sweet Spot percentage: This metric is determined by how often the player produces a batted ball during the session with a launch angle between 8 to 32 degrees.
BLAST MOTION
HIGHEST AVG. HAND SPEED
Hand Speed: The observed speed as measured on the handle of the bat (measured six inches from the knob of the bat). Peak Hand Speed will occur prior to the moment of impact, very close to the commit time in the swing when the wrists unhinge.
HIGHEST AVG. BAT SPEED
Bat Speed: The observed speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact. The sweet spot of the bat is measured six inches from the tip of the bat.
HIGHEST AVG. ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION
Body Rotation: A swing that has the appropriate relative contributions of body and bat rotations is an efficient and powerful swing that maintains proper sequencing. An efficient baseball swing is one in which the body creates the initial movements, which is then transferred to the arms and out to the bat, thereby maximizing Bat Speed through this proximal-to-distal kinematic sequencing movement pattern.