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Slow Pitch Bats

If you are on a team or in a league, whatever the level, you should know that slow pitch equipment is as integral as your own skill when it comes to your success. And while some equipment, such as slow pitch gloves and mitts, actually becomes better with age, the same is not true of everything. Slow pitch bats, for instance, are not designed to last forever. In fact, chances are that if you have been using the same bat(s) for several seasons already, your performance is already starting to suffer as a result.

Why?

The fact is that no bat, regardless of its quality or engineering, is intended to be used forever. This is especially easy to understand when you consider the abuse that these types of bats are unfailingly exposed to over the course of their lives. Even slow pitch bats take quite a beating doing precisely what they are designed to do. This abuse manifests itself physically in the bat, causing microscopic stress fractures that weaken the bat overall, shrinks the sweet spot, and can lead to inconsistent hitting.

What to do about it?

There are several things you can do to get the most out of your bats and avoid the problems that go hand in hand with using an antiquated bat. First, to preserve your bats life (and performance) as long as possible, it is important to only use it as it was designed to be used. Secondly, take care when storing and transporting your bats. Throwing them around and/or having them clanging together for hours at a time as you travel can cause immeasurable damage. Third, replace your bats regularly. Be aware of their performance level when they are new, and do not hesitate to replace your slow pitch bats when their level of performance begins to show signs of decreasing. Finally, to ensure that the money you spend on your baseball equipment isn’t in vain, invest in high quality bats made by brands with good track records.

In order to find the best brands, it is recommended that you check consumer reviews. These tend to be the most honest forms of product reviews, and they tend to list the cons of each product as well a the pros, so you will be guaranteed an honest overview rather than just puffery intended to sell to you.

Where to find them?

While you can generally find slow pitch bats at any sporting goods department in any big retail store, you may have to go to a more specialized retailer to find the better quality ones. Don’t be dissuaded by price: of course the higher quality bats are going to have a steeper price tag than their inferior counterparts. However, when you look at overall cost of ownership for the life of any bat, you will generally find that you don’t spend much more over the entire life of the equipment to get something that boasts higher quality.