Lots of things can affect pop time, but the thing I see holding up young players most often is the speed of their feet. Speeding up the tempo of the dance frequently results in an improvement in the speed of everything else in getting rid of the ball.
In 12U, we had a couple of catchers that were pretty opposite. One had a strong arm, but slow feet. The other had a weaker arm but got rid of the ball very quickly. The girl with the weaker arm was always quicker in getting the ball to the base.
I haven’t done much measuring of pop times for my DD over the the years. But have measured her at 1.8 from game video a few times last year (14yo, 14U/HS). This was from last HS season...
In 12U, we had a couple of catchers that were pretty opposite. One had a strong arm, but slow feet. The other had a weaker arm but got rid of the ball very quickly. The girl with the weaker arm was always quicker in getting the ball to the base.
I haven’t done much measuring of pop times for my DD over the the years. But have measured her at 1.8 from game video a few times last year (14yo, 14U/HS). This was from last HS season...