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Breaking in your composite bat is fun, easy, and can be done in about an hour. To properly break in your composite bat, we recommend taking 150-200 swings playing soft toss or off a tee using real baseballs. Begin swinging at 40% power and work your way up to full strength as you get closer to 200 swings.
How do you break in a new bat?
To break in your composite bat, the process is almost effortless and should take no more than one hour. Use a Game Ball. Rotate 1/4» After Each Swing. Hit 150 balls at 50% Work Your Way Up to Full Speed/Strength. Step Up to The Plate!.
How many hits does it take to break a bat in?
Accelerated Break-In Processes. So, there is data showing that the performance of composite bats improves as they are broken. Unfortunately, it takes 300-500 hits before a bat is fully broken-in, and many players are not willing to wait that long before bringing their composite bat to its full potential.
Do baseball bats need to be broken in?
Looking to learn more about composites? As you may know, composite baseball and softball bats require a “break-in” period to reach their optimum in-game performance level. Unlike alloy bats that are ready to use straight out of the wrapper, composite bats need a little warming up.
Is rolling your bat illegal?
Is It Illegal? Bat rolling is not illegal. As a matter of fact, all composite bats must be rolled in testing before they are deemed legal for play. Bat rolling is most prevalent amongst the slowpitch softball community, but in some occasions, fastpitch softball players also take to bat rolling.
Do batting cage balls damage bats?
Can I use my bat in a cage? You should not use your new bat in the batting cage. Batting cage balls are made of a more dense material than is used in a regulation baseball or softball and will cause denting. Bat failure due to use in a batting cage is very obvious and is not covered by the manufacturer’s warranty.
Is shaving a bat illegal?
4 Is bat shaving illegal? Bat shaving is illegal in all baseball and softball associations. They all consider this to be altering a bat. The reason for this is once a bat is shaved the associations’ distance restrictions on bats is no longer within limits.
What happens if you don’t break in a bat?
Never break in your bat in a cage that uses yellow dimpled balls. Yellow dimpled balls are very dense and can damage your bat and decrease its lifespan. Here is a quick video on how to break in your composite bat.
What do you do with a bat during the day?
If a bat is spotted during daytime, DO NOT try to be near, touch, kill, any bats under any circumstances. Call a wildlife rescue company immediately to capture it in a safe and humane way. It takes years of training, licensing and experience to trap a bat and relocate them humanely in the wild.
How can you tell if a bat is rolled?
Other ways to tell if a bat has been rolled is the graphics peeling off the bat in odd places, normally where the end of the rollers meet the bat. Another way to tell if a bat has been rolled is by residue from bat roller material left behind on the bat. On some bats there are “roller marks” left on the bat.
How long does it take to roll a bat?
traditional rolling. Each of our machines will slowly roll a bat between 75 to 135 minutes depending on material hardness and diameter.
Do Bbcor bats break?
The downside of using BBCOR bats is that there have been reportedly lower home runs. Moreover, for those asking do BBCOR bats lose pop, the answer is yes.
Is Rolling a bat worth it?
Many bat rolling companies advertise that they use “Heat Rolling”. We have done extensive testing rolling bats after heating them and found that it actually is counterproductive to breaking in the bat. The heat temporarily stretches out the bat’s fibers so that when you roll it you are not accomplishing any break in.
Do I need to break in an aluminum bat?
Aluminum / Alloy bats do not require a break-in period. If you feel your bat is not at optimal performance out of the wrapper, we recommend about 50-100 swings either off of a tee or by soft toss with a 1/4 rotation of the barrel after each swing.
Can you tell if a bat has been shaved?
The most obvious way to tell if a bat has been shaved is to open the top end cap and look inside. This is because a bat will be shaved along the inside wall of the barrel and the only way to tell if this has happened is to look on the inside of the bat.
Why is the Marucci CAT 5 illegal?
Admittedly, the Marucci CAT 5 BBCOR bats (MCB2) weren’t all banned, just the 33 inch and 34 inch models. The reason for the decertification was because the CAT 5 made any player a homerun threat. The bats were hotter than the sun’s surface and it didn’t take long for the governing bodies to notice.
Is a chipped bat legal?
Wooden, metal, graphite or ceramic bats manufactured for baseball play, which are round and not more than two and five eighths inches in diameter at the thickest part, not more than 42 inches in length, are acceptable. No bat shall be used if dented, cracked, modified or misshaped. Penalty: removal of the bat only.
