Bat for mushy balls?

[Westwind]

Ok, another thread mentioned how at tournaments they are noticing that the balls are “mushy”.

So.... DD claims that she can feel that when a bat is new, she can feel that the ball doesn’t compress the bat as well as an older well broken in bat.

So, if this is true, and the new bat has “stiffer” barrel as opposed to a “softer” barrel, is one better than the others for mushy balls? I swear I read a thread about this on a slow pitch site years ago. And yes, I’m serious, lol

 

[efastball]

 

[BrianTx01]

Aluminum is best for RIF balls. Not sure if that is ball you are using. I'm general...a bat that flexes less will be best for mushy balls.

 

[sydnishel]

For my daughter, the mizuno power carbon got much higher exit speeds than a well broken in demarini on older beat up balls. They were close on exit speed with newer softballs. Mizuno still a little higher.

 

[CoreSoftball20]

Slowpitch ASA went to a 52/300 years ago, That's when most bats went to the thinner barrel and inner tech to hit them better.
Now, there are certain balls better than others, but no "mush" stuff I have seen on real fields.

Unless the kids are small and using RIF balls, shouldn't be any real diff in the ones they use

 

[_MIA_]

The high end bat designers are going to try and optimize the trampoline effect in their bats for commonly used ball compression ratings. If you have balls which are far from the norm your situation will be "off design" and there probably won't be much advantage in using one bat vs. another.

 

[julray]

Wood bat,

 

[_MIA_]

Wood bat,

That will be the cheapest for sure...I like it!!

 

[julray]

That will be the cheapest for sure...I like it!!

Yep, mushy ball, swing the heaviest densest bat you can handle... plus it's cheap,. lol

 

[_MIA_]

Yep, mushy ball, swing the heaviest densest bat you can handle... plus it's cheap,. lol

Of course the whole drop 3 thing might be a problem but hey life is about choices right?