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Composite Baseball Bats

Posted on June 18th, 2009 by admin

What Advantages do Composite Bats have over Aluminum Bats? And are they worth the extra cost?Composite bats do offer distinct advantages to aluminum bats but they will certainly have a shorter life as they can, and probably will, break. They’re also much more susceptible to the cold. All bats warn you to not use them [...]

Doctoring Composite Bats – Tell Me More

Posted on June 17th, 2009 by admin

Rolling your bat is done by rolling the bat through two rollers which will increase the trampoline effect of the bat. This will improve the batted ball speed by approximately 10%. This equates to 30-40 feet. One commonly used method that is used along with shaving is end loading. By adding weight to the end [...]

When rolling a bat, it\’s placed between two rollers of a Bat Rolling Machine and then pressure is applied to the rollers like a vice. As the bat passes through the rollers the bats fibers are stretched out and the glue holding the layers together is broken down. The is the same thing that happens as [...]

Higher Performance from a Composite BatWhen rolling a bat, it\’s placed between two rollers of a bat rolling machine and then pressure is applied so that as the bat passes through the rollers the bats fibers are stretched out and the glue holding the layers together is broken down. The is the same thing that [...]

Everyone Is Doing ItHave you ever been to a tournament and gotten beaten by a team that you shouldn\’t of? Well this is the norm nowadays. Almost every competitive traveling team uses either a rolled or shaved bat. Since early after the release of composite bats it was determined that they get better and perform [...]

Composite Softball Bat Rolling – is it Allowed

Posted on June 16th, 2009 by admin

As bats go, composite bats are relatively new on the market, considering wooden bats have been around for well over a hundred years. While there are a number of prohibited ways to juice baseball bats, with corking of wooden bats being one of the oldest, the fact is that not all of them are prohibited.Not [...]