Nemo's bat speed program.

[PEPPERS]

One of my daughter’s team mates is playing Georgia Perimeter College in Atlanta, GA shortly and we were thinking of going. If we go I will try and ask them about this also.

Georgia Perimeter is one of the colleges listed as using the program.

Thanks for the PM SB

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Five, what were the heavy bats you were using? The donuts don't work for the girls like they do for the guys do to the barrel size.

TDS, many used 28-oz barrels .... standard slowpitch 34/28. A few used wood ... 32/30. A few occasionally use a wood 32/34.

The 28-oz barrels became quite popular ... many favoring them over their normal ~$300 composite bats.

p.s.
Edited to add: Almost forgot ... some also used 33/30 composite wood and 33/31 wood. Ended up with one broken 33/30 ash wood bat.

 

[Ken B]

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[MadBandit22]

Nemo's Speed Bat And Training Program

Anyone try this program. He is from Oregon and the Portland State University and many high schools in that area all show using it on his web page. This kind of goes against what the school of thought of using a heavy bat , because his whole program is based on light bats and improving bat speed. Plus he has some comments about Ted Williams I thought was interesting. I have never used this product, but I like to research different ideas. "Ted Williams, who many believed was the greatest hitter of all time, stated in 1941 "The key to increased bat speed is a lighter bat with hundreds of repetitions."
Another quote""It means if you are using a heavy bat to warm up in the on-deck circle the, research indicates you are probably doing more harm than good. If you want to increase bat speed, science suggests that you put the lead bat and the doughnut ring away." Dr. Frank Spaniol.

Dr. Spaniol is the former head baseball coach at Morehead State University, Kentucky. The certified strength and conditioning specialist has published numerous articles and specializes in improving sports performance.

I’m not sure about this. I believe better bat speed is always the goal. The BIG question is how do you increase bat speed? I would suggest that by using a heavier bat in hitting drills it would increase strength. Also weight training/yoga/agility training should be performed with bat speed in mind.
I’m a proponent of using the lightest, best bat you can get your hands on. My train of thought is that you want to get the bat to the hitting zone as quickly as possible and have it there for as long as possible to elevate your chances of making solid contact.
So I would use heavy BP bats and lighter game bats for less drag through the hitting zone.
I know there are many proponents for using the heaviest bat your player can handle but I don’t subscribe to that theory on game day. Practice yes, game no.

 

[MadBandit22]

TDS, many used 28-oz barrels .... standard slowpitch 34/28. A few used wood ... 32/30. A few occasionally use a wood 32/34.

The 28-oz barrels became quite popular ... many favoring them over their normal ~$300 composite bats.

p.s.
Edited to add: Almost forgot ... some also used 33/30 composite wood and 33/31 wood. Ended up with one broken 33/30 ash wood bat.

Is 28oz the norm for SP now? I used to use a then Slugger 28oz Super light like 30 yrs ago. Best bat I ever had. I also had a 31oz Easton that was much more expensive but not nearly as good. Even being a big strong kid back then I always preferred light bats for killer bat speed.