All about Wood Softball Bats

Many players who have switched from aluminum to wood softball bats have asked what weight to order. Most people aim to attain a -5 because they believe bat speed is crucial. They are used to swinging the lightest aluminum bat possible because weight and mass behind the ball are irrelevant with aluminum bat barrels, which give all of the pop due to the material utilised and the thin walls. It is critical to have as much bulk behind the ball as possible with wood bats, especially for slow pitch.

The further and faster the ball travels, the heavier the bat you can swing. A wood softball bat with an equal weight disparity will strike the ball harder and farther than a bat with a -5 weight differential. Slow pitch players have plenty of time to begin their swing, therefore a light bat is not required to allow the player to wait as long as possible to prevent being misled by the pitch, as it is in baseball.

The heavier the wood bat you hit in softball, the harder and further the ball will travel. Slow pitch softball is all on the mass behind the ball. You can probably swing a broomstick quicker than a -5, but how far will the ball travel? Baseball players strive to use a lighter bat (really, a bat that feels lighter, which indicates it is more balanced, as the weight of the bat is not a reliable measure of how it “feels”) so they can swing at a pitch at the last fraction of a second.

The longer they can wait, the less likely they are to be duped by the pitcher. Slow pitch softball players have “all the time in the world” in comparison to baseball players, hence weight is unimportant. To smash the ball harder and farther, use the heaviest wood softball bats you can swing.

To lessen the chance of breakage when hitting a softball, wood softball bats sometimes have a stronger handle. Softball pitching is advancing significantly quicker than the game’s hitting. This is largely because softball players’ skills have deteriorated as bat technology has advanced, masking poor swings. Wooden softball bats can help hitters improve their hitting talents by strengthening their wrists, improving bat control, and training them to find the sweet spot with any stroke. Put a wooden softball bat in a cage and see how the scores stack up on game day.