Aluminum bats vs Wood
bats
By: Sam
What aluminum bats are made of and
how
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Aluminum bats consist of manly just aluminum. They but them in a 3 ton
comperes to shape the end of the bat. Then they soak it in water to get any
oily substances off. Then they put it into a 4 ton comperes to shape the whole
bat. Next they put on the grip. After that they but on any logos or decals.
What wooden bats are made of and how
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Wood bats are made out of wood. There are many different types of wood
bats but they all hit the same. At the Louisville slugger bat factory they make
it out of ash wood. In ten seconds a machine called a Lathe makes the wood
bats many shape. Then it gets sanded by a machine and by hand. The
company logo and model name is then branded into the bat and a final radial
sand is given. Finally the bat is dipped in tarnish and hung to dry.
Benefits of using a Aluminum bat in a
game
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Aluminum bats are much better to use in games then wooden bats for a
few reasons. 1st They are much lighter because they are hollow. This
means you can get the bat around the plate much quicker. 2nd reason is
that they have a much larger sweet spot. The sweet spot of the bat is on
the barrel. The 3rd reason is the something called the trampoline effect.
This happens when you hit the ball. When a baseball hits an aluminum
bat it tends to react like an object hitting a trampoline and bouncing
back off it. When the ball bounces off of an aluminum bat, the ball gets
increased speed from the pitch. This means that when you hit a ball with
an aluminum bat you are not only using the energy from your swing you
are also using the ball's own energy. This actually benefits the batter
against a fast pitcher. When college changed to aluminum bats in 1974
people saw the change in stats frim player to player. They found out that
the teams batting averages went up about twenty points and the homerun production about doubled.
Benefits of using a Aluminum bat in
practice
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It help to use it to get used to the bat you use. You can also use a heavy metal
bat to get stronger. It also helps you to learn how well you can hit.
Benefits of using a wooden bat in a
game
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There are not many reasons why this helps you in a game. One thing it does
do is that it keeps the game more competitive. This is because the people
aren’t getting hits after hit. This only helps for the people playing though
most people want to see a 8-9 game rather then a 2-1. Also with wooden bats
you have to try much harder and get a hard swing with it.
Benefits of using a wood bat in practice
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Wooden bats force a hitter to develop better mechanics and approach
to the ball by getting more feedback with contact. Also it has them use
more then just the bat and your arms to hit the ball. Although many
coach's have there kids use their whole body when using aluminum bats
when they don't they can still mange to hit the ball hard enough for a
hit in a gap. With wood bats when you don’t use your whole body you
hit a weak ground ball. when you get to the game you will have practice
using your whole body and will hit the ball harder if you are using an
aluminum bat.
safety
All bats are dangerous. With aluminum and wood bats f you
let go, throw or hit some one with your bat they can get
injured. With aluminum bats you hit the ball much harder
with aluminum bats the ball can come back at the pitcher
very fast and hit them. With wooden bats when the bat
breaks it can hit some one and hurt them because it is very
heavy and sharp.
Example 1
a bullet gains speed when it ricochets off an approaching artillery shell, but
looses almost all of its energy when shot into a wooden block.
Example 2
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When you drop a baseball on a wooden surface it still bounces but not that
high like a high. Then take an empty aluminum pop can. Then drop the ball
off that and it will bounce much higher because it is like an aluminum bat.
Which bat is the best
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The aluminum bat is much better then the wooden bat when used in a game.
You hit the ball much further. For practice wood bat helps because you learn
to use your whole body to hit the ball. Neither of the bats are safe and can
injure someone very bad.
Proving that a how aluminum bats hit
further