Ghost is toast!

[Strike2]

she swings on the average during her lessons twice a week 250-300 swings according to her blast.. and we do our tee work and drills on our own two other nites maybe 150-20 and a hour cage on Sunday. we have two holders that hold 24 balls and we pick up probably 4 -5 times..

That's a lot of swings. I think the most I put 18yo DD through is ~150, and that's in the cage when she's having issues. I was able to get her outside the other day on a ballfield for the first time this year. I cut it short <100 swings because things were going so well that throwing any more pitches was pointless. I think her arms would fall off at 200+ swings.

 

[erniekru]

I used to love the ghosts but they have always had a history of breaking and it seems like nothings really changed. It really shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

When DD was switched to Demarini, its amazing that all BP and all games she uses the same bat. They completely take a licking and keep on ticking. You could argue that the Demarini's aren't as hot, but if you buy a bat it seems like you should be able to use it all the times, dimpled balls or not.

 

[CoreSoftball20]

You're right about BP hits counting, but a bat should be able to survive one player using it regularly to hit actual softballs off a T or front-toss. I know that Ghosts have a high failure rate, possibly higher than any other bat, but I've not seen any bat fail on a team my DD was on that wasn't at least a year old AND used to hit dimple balls from Jugs machines. DD has never had a bat fail. She currently plays 18U, uses LS and DM, and can hit HRs with either.

And what was my point? Why you went into all the other stuff. I said BP counts...too many people count live games as their only hits.
This bat could have had 5 or 10K hits on it. Im glad you have had good luck Strike. Glad your dd is great with the bats she chooses.

 

[CoreSoftball20]

dimpled balls or not.

Every manufacturer urges you not to used dimple balls on bats

 

[Rolling Hard]

That's a lot of swings. I think the most I put 18yo DD through is ~150, and that's in the cage when she's having issues. I was able to get her outside the other day on a ballfield for the first time this year. I cut it short <100 swings because things were going so well that throwing any more pitches was pointless. I think her arms would fall off at 200+ swings.

I think blast is recording waggles as swings.

 

[uncdrew]

That's a lot of swings. I think the most I put 18yo DD through is ~150, and that's in the cage when she's having issues. I was able to get her outside the other day on a ballfield for the first time this year. I cut it short <100 swings because things were going so well that throwing any more pitches was pointless. I think her arms would fall off at 200+ swings.

Our bucket holds 25 balls. Two buckets is our norm in a session. Tee or front toss. So 50 swings. It's usually a bit higher as I catch a ball or it bounces out of the net.

If you hit 3 balls per minute, you'd hit 180 balls in an hour. With zero stops. Getting to 200 in a session is pretty remarkable.

 

[Strike2]

And what was my point? Why you went into all the other stuff. I said BP counts...too many people count live games as their only hits.

I understood your point to be that bats aren't made well enough to practice with. I'd say that people will eventually tire of paying $300-400 for something so fragile.

 

[CoreSoftball20]

I understood your point to be that bats aren't made well enough to practice with. I'd say that people will eventually tire of paying $300-400 for something so fragile.

No, my point was just because a bat has one tourny on it, the thousands of BP swings count as well
and you cant just discount that...but I have said for a long time, your BP bat shouldnt be a gamer.

If you have had great luck with other bats, thats great, then this shouldnt bother you.

 

[tim_s]

we're 14 months into our GA.......no school ball last year, but we were at the field 3-4 times a week april/may/june, maybe 50 swings each time......"full" travel season, and I'd say she used it for BP & games.....we only played 30, but.......and she's been practicing since october, one morning a week, and i'd say she used the GA for 85-90% of her swings........it's still going strong......but we did buy a new GA to take over, and we're saving the 'old' one just for games.......