I'm not sure how else a bat could be measured at a tournament. This has nothing to do with how they actually test bats - which is to measure the ball speed off the bat.There is a correlation though, as I had read in another old thread (different forum), a shaved alloy bat would get a very low compression rating compared to an undoctored one. Given what you describe, they wouldn't be touching my bats. I had read in another forum (old post more than a year old) that USSSA allows a lower compression, anyone know their margins? I'm just curious. I should have taken a photo of the compression parameter sheet, but failed to, but I believe the BBCOR Composites needed to be at around 1500 just for a comparison.ĭoes anyone have any experience with a similar issue? Were bats measured without being flush to the back of the device? The minimum compression rating was 450 to be acceptable for play in the tournament (non BBCOR).Ģ9' Combat Maxxums, Easton Mako, Demarini CFs all were okay as the barrels were long enough even when flush.Ģ9' MOAB Speed and MOAB Power, Combat Portents, and our Rawling Velo did not initially pass because barrels were too short, but did pass when shifted and re-tested.Ī 28' Easton Mako SL15MK9 did not pass even when measured on the sweet spot because compression levels were too low (300ish). My son's 29/19 2015 Rawlings Velo SLRVEL, was unreadable at first due to the barrel length not being long enough, but came back with a compression reading of 500 when shifted and re-tested. The official said she would get clarification if this was allowed. The official doing the testing was not sure if this was allowed (as she was simply following the manufacturer's instructions), but remeasured all of our bats that previously failed. We had asked that the bats be shifted up to measure the compression on the actual sweet spot of the bat rather than where the barrel starts to taper. If this is the case, all of these bats fail. The bat is not fully secure in the device and it moves around a bit. The anvil that is lowered to measure the compression is too far down the barrel to get an accurate reading when bats are flush to the rear of the device, it's trying to measure where the barrel begins to taper. However, many of our players are using bats smaller than 30' (they were measuring down to coach-pitch age). The issue that we were running into was that the instructions state that the 2 5/8' bat must be inserted all the way into the device. Does anyone have any insight on how the testing of these bats should be done? When we arrive, bats will be re-tested the day prior to the start of the tourney. We're in Hawaii, and the island we're going to, Kauai, does not have any stores where replacement bats could be picked up if bats failed. As we are leaving for PONY State Tournament play this week, we were asked to bring our bats in for compression testing yesterday.

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