Little League International just announced on December 30th. 2010 that effective immediately, they are placing a ban on composite bats in all divisions including Majors and below. This news comes only a few months after Little League expressed it’s favorable position towards composite baseball bats being used in Little League. We have heard rumors of …
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BBCOR Bats will be required for play in California High Schools in 2011
Last night CIF announced on it’s website that baseball bats used in high school in California must follow the new BBCOR Bat Certification Standard. Based on what we have seen, BBCOR bat availability will be very low. Many bat makers are backordered until March and April on BBCOR bats. Our sources tell us many High …
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Pony Baseball Bats Barrel Sizes
For 2011 Pony Baseball has made some changes to their rules regarding bat barrel diameter. “Equipment, 8 (c) Wooden, metal, graphite or ceramic bats manufactured for baseball play, which are round and not more than two and five eighths inches in diameter (for Shetland, Pinto and Mustang effective in 2011 and Bronco, Pony, Colt and …
Little League Legal Baseball Bat List
Aluminum Bats and Composite Bats legal for play in Little League. Akadema Xtension Catapult -11 Xtension Catapult Akadema Xtension Catapult -12 Xtension Catapult Albin Athletics AYB07 Anderson Bat Company 015012 PyroTech XP Anderson Bat Company 015013 Techzilla Anderson Bat Company 015014 Techzilla XP Combat Baseball Bats Combat Baseball GEARYB2 B3 Gear Retrofit Combat Baseball EXIYB1 …
Composite Bats Banned in Little League?
Were composite bats banned in Little League? NO! 12-30-2010 UPDATE: YES!!! See our latest post regarding the banning of composite bats in Little League If you are in Majors or below and use a 2 1/4″ barrel, then you can you use any of these composite bats in Little League. Check out Little Leagues Non-Wood …
What is a BBCOR baseball bat?
What is BBCOR? Pull out your PHD and start reading. It is a extremely complicated, exhaustively wordy new standard for testing baseball bats for High School and College Baseball players. NCAA Standard for Testing Baseball Bat Performance − 1 of 11 − NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STANDARD FOR TESTING BASEBALL BAT PERFORMANCE BAT-BALL COEFFICIENT OF …
Composite Bats that are legal for High School (California excluded for now)
Visit the NFHS website to see a current list of composite bats legal for play in the 2011 High School baseball season. California may or may not be allowed to use the composite bats listed here for the 2011 high school baseball season. CIF has told us they will announce in January 2011 their ruling …
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California CIF Bat Rules
CIF Baseball Bat Implementation Questions and Answers CIF BASEBALL BAT IMPLEMENTATION (REVISED 10-1-10) (REVISED 11-16-10) The CIF Executive Committee had a special meeting by conference call and made several decisions which affect the upcoming baseball season. The following are questions that have been asked and our current responses. This information will be updated as necessary …
Composite Bat Ban by NFHS
Baseball Rules Change Puts Moratorium on Composite Bats Loading… Baseball Rules Change Puts Moratorium on Composite Bats FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Elliot Hopkins INDIANAPOLIS, IN (July 7, 2010) — One of six new rules changes by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Baseball Rules Committee forbids the use of composite bats until …
Composite Softball Bats and Composite Baseball Bats
Composite Bats quickly became a popular alternative to aluminum alloy softball and baseball bats in the mid 2000’s. Currently, nearly every manufacturer of baseball bats and softball bats produces composite bats. Composite bats ushered in a new era where the sweet spot of a baseball bat could be finely tuned by adding or subtracting carbon …
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