Looking to upgrade DDs bat

What colleges does Anderson Bat Co. sponsor, absdad?

If a lot of top colleges aren't using Rocket Techs, then why should a 16U or 18U elite softball player continue to use hers if she won't be able to at the next level? Might as well adjust now to something that she will be able to use.

I'm personally a fan of the teams without the fancy sponsorships that are swinging whatever kind of sticks they want to. It's interesting to see who is using what bat.

amanda_cake said:

What colleges does Anderson Bat Co. sponsor, absdad?

If a lot of top colleges aren't using Rocket Techs, then why should a 16U or 18U elite softball player continue to use hers if she won't be able to at the next level? Might as well adjust now to something that she will be able to use.

I'm personally a fan of the teams without the fancy sponsorships that are swinging whatever kind of sticks they want to. It's interesting to see who is using what bat.

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It has nothing to do with quality, it's just sponsorship money. Arizona uses Nike bats, and since you play, how many girls do you see with a nike bat? They suck. Arizona is arguably one of the best college teams in softball, so why would they use crummy bats? They're paid to. When my dd is playing in tournaments, I always see alot of Rocketechs, Techzillas, Nanoteks, etc. It's just word of mouth, people know they are very good bats. You have to remember, Anderson is really a small company. I'm like you though, I always like to see what players are using.

I have heard that if a girl is very adamant about using her glove, but goes to a college that is sponsored by another brand, they can use theirs, but must black out the logos. Not sure if that can be done with bats, since that might cover up the certification marks, and the rules for bat modifications are pretty strict.

I've seen one girl in my entire career with a Nike bat. She was a not so great rec player and her parents picked it up at the yard sale. I personally thought it was at the yard sale for a reason.

Probably nothing can be done to the bats, hence why they don't use them. I hadn't heard the things about gloves.

Anderson is a small company, but they are good at what they do and seem to sell a lot of bats--I see a ton of them out there.

Prior to U of A getting the Nike contract they used Worth bats, also do to a sponsorship. The bats were not popular.

Then, along comes the Nike contract. I thought that the bat that U of A uses is not available to the general public and that is why the NCAA made bats illegal that aren't available to other people.

What bat does the U of A use? I've seen that one Nike bat, but no others in the real world.