| Bat Rolling has been around for a few years and | | | | bat can make that big of distance with a batted |
| is just now starting to hit the mainstream in the | | | | ball. Even on the low end of the scale 20 feet is |
| baseball and fastpitch community. If you are | | | | like the size of two warning tracks. I know there |
| interested in getting your bats rolled, you have | | | | have been plenty of long fly balls I have hit that |
| probably read some information on the topic | | | | were snagged as outs. Bat rolling would have |
| before you are reading this. You would know that | | | | propelled these hits into homeruns, even if the |
| perpendicular rolling followed by parallel is how | | | | results were minimal. I was skeptical as I read |
| most companies are rolling bats (and it has | | | | about the results of rolling until I purchased a |
| proven to yield more distance). You probably | | | | machine to test it out on my own bats. I noticed |
| already know that this is just an accelerated | | | | a huge difference in distance as I rolled and then |
| break in process that can also be done manually | | | | hit a 2005 Synergy Extended. |
| from hitting about 500-700 balls. The last | | | | As of that moment, I understood rolling bats |
| sentence touched on one of the benefits of bat | | | | worked and would be a main stay in the slow |
| rolling; a speedy break in process. Composite bats | | | | pitch softball community. It then had worked its |
| get "hotter" as they hit baseballs or softballs and | | | | way into the fastpitch community and the |
| rolling simulates about 500-700 hits on a bat. | | | | collegiate baseball community. So now everyone |
| Along with this accelerated break in is a consistent | | | | was beginning to understand the benefits of rolling. |
| break in along the entire sweet spot. There will | | | | Recently the NCAA realized that bat rolling |
| not be a dead sot anywhere along the center of | | | | increased the distance of a batted ball also. |
| the bat. The biggest reason to get a bat rolled is | | | | Homeruns had increased dramatically from one |
| the distance that is gained. There has been a | | | | year to the next and accusations of rolling bats at |
| controlled scientific study that proves that bat | | | | the collegiate level were flying. The NCAA acted |
| rolling increases batted ball speed (which means | | | | by placing a ban on all composite bats and went |
| more distance). These studies came to the | | | | back to aluminum. The funny thing is that |
| conclusion that the bats they had rolled hit up to | | | | aluminum bats can also be rolled for an increase in |
| 40 feet. This was a study of just two bats but | | | | distance, although not as significant. |
| bat rolling companies go with the 20 to 40 feet | | | | Bat rolling will increase the batted ball's distance |
| increase in distance as a standard. There are | | | | with every type of baseball or softball bat and will |
| some YouTube videos out there that have the | | | | save time on breaking in the bat. If you don not |
| distance gained as high as 45 feet. | | | | mind giving up your bat for a little less than a |
| Some eBay bat rolling companies boast 60 feet | | | | week then bat rolling is definitely a huge plus for |
| gained and I would say this is a possibility on a | | | | any player on the diamond. |
| select few bats. Almost seems unbelievable that a | | | | |