Hitting baseballs with a Xeno

[quandofloo]

Will it damage a 2015 Xeno to have my daughter hit front toss and 30-40 MPH pitched baseballs? We have older bats but they are lighter or her brother's old beater baseball bats. Just trying to do something to help focus her visual focus on a smaller target without slowing down to wiffle balls.

 

[stolenphoto]

I won't let my DD soft toss baseballs with her Mako or her older hand me down Stealth. Mako paperwork said no baseballs I'm pretty sure.

 

[Westwind]

Some will say yes and some will say no.

We hit stitched baseballs front toss and dimple machine balls out of machine all the time. (2x a week for dd's 12u team). Have not had any problems at all. Demarini, Xeno, LXT and a variety of Easton's. Remember, they have a smaller footprint but are also lighter. I think they may actually be easier on the bats but that is opinion.

Baseballs come off a fastpitch bat really well and they are hard to see. Be careful. As far as hitting something different, the front tossed ones move (curve) better and the machine balls fly a little different. Here comes another opinion: I kinda think they are easier to square up not harder once the girls are used to hitting them.

 

[Cowdogz]

Have you thought about a Tuff Sleeve? Guys on my baseball team swear by them for BP.

http://www.amazon.com/Markwort-Tuff...322&sr=8-2&keywords=tuff+sleeve+bat+protector


Otherwise, I might go for a -10 youth baseball bat off the clearance rack.

 

[Greenmonsters]

Just my opinion, but I wouldn't use my game bat with baseballs; however, Coresoftball has to eat, too!

 

[Westwind]

Yes GM, he does!

Hit it like you stole it!

I guess I think about it this way, we play USSSA a lot so we have to have newer bats. Practice with a new bat that has a warranty seems like a good plan to me. Have a buddy whose dd broke 3 LXT's. Just bad luck I think, (she's not in the bb hitting club, lol). Her dad got upset, now she's swinging a RT. Can anybody really say LXT's are fragile? ( I wouldn't.)

Seriously, people fuss about the Total Control Balls and baseballs but kids break bats sometimes. Most have never hit anything but softballs.

 

[vdubya]

Will it damage a 2015 Xeno to have my daughter hit front toss and 30-40 MPH pitched baseballs? .

Maybe not.

Can you afford to gamble?

I would choose alternative bats, but without a doubt, I advocate hitting a crap ton of baseballs on a very regular basis.

Good luck!

 

[Comocoach]

I wouldn't hit baseballs with any softball bat that you want available to swing in games. Why risk it?

 

[sftblldad7]

For baseball they make a cork ball that is a little bigger than a golf ball. They look like little baseball and do the same thing as the waffle golf balls but because they have a little more weight than a waffle ball it is easier to throw front toss and they don't blow around when outside. We use these and they don't damage the bats.

 

[CoreSoftball20]

Just my opinion, but I wouldn't use my game bat with baseballs; however, Coresoftball has to eat, too!

Heck, yeah...please hit baseballs and I will talk to you soon

In all seriousness, hitting a baseball with a SP or FP bat is...ummmmm...not a smart idea.