New Orleans, LA - On September 20-21, 2025, the Prep Baseball Louisiana staff traveled to Tulane University to host our annual Louisiana State Games event, which featured over 100 of the state's best and brightest in the 2026-2029 classes.  Each participant went through a pro-style workout on Saturday that consisted of running a laser-timed 60 yard dash using Vald Performance, defensive evaluations, and batting practice using Trackman Baseball and Blast Motion.  Each position player competed in two games over the course of the weekend and each pitcher threw live to hitters during gameplay with Trackman Baseball running to receive all of their pitching data and metrics.  Below, we take a look at the top Blast Motion hitting metrics from this past weekend's event.  

*VIEW ALL EVENT STATS FROM THE 2025 LOUISIANA STATE GAMES HERE. 

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HAND SPEED (PEAK & AVERAGE)

Peak Hand Speed: The observed maximum 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.

 

BAT SPEED (MAX & AVERAGE)

RANK	NAME	STATE	SCHOOL	CLASS	BAT SPEED (MAX)
1	Braylen Montgomery	Walker	2026	OF	80.4 mph
2	Russell Barrett	Haughton	2027	1B	79.9 mph
-	Owen Nugent	Rummel	2027	OF	79.9 mph
3	Reece Tillman	Central (BR)	2027	OF	78.0 mph
4	John Parker Moak	Ruston	2027	OF	77.5 mph
5	Landyn Craft	St. Thomas More	2027	INF	76.8 mph

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.

 

ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION (PEAK & AVERAGE)

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.

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