| Higher Performance from a Composite Bat | | | | recommended that you contact your local association |
| When rolling a bat, it's placed between two/three | | | | or league official to ensure you are not in violation of |
| rollers of a bat rolling machine and then pressure is | | | | any rules. If you participate in any outlaw leagues or |
| applied so that as the bat passes through the rollers | | | | home run derbies then you most likely don\'t have to |
| the bats fibers are stretched out and the glue holding | | | | worry about this. |
| the layers together is broken down. The is the same | | | | Risks associated with rolling or juicing |
| thing that happens as you take hours of batting | | | | Currently rolling is legal in only 1 slow pitch softball |
| practice. This causes the fibers to become more | | | | association and shaving is not legal in any associations. |
| flexible which greatly improves the bat's trampoline | | | | Rolling, is legal one association (ISA), they clearly |
| effect. This trampoline effect is what produces the | | | | state in their rule book that rolling is legal. In another |
| batted ball speed and distance. It will also widen the | | | | association (ASA), they have recently adopted a bat |
| sweet spot of the bat which will make you a more | | | | certification process that requires all bats to be |
| consistent hitter. | | | | tested after they have been rolled. This ensures |
| Make your bat hotter by having it rolled or shaved | | | | each bat that is certified by them does not exceed |
| by juicing | | | | their performance factor after being rolling. We |
| A juiced bat is just another name for a bat that has | | | | interpret this as rolling being legal even though it |
| been altered in some fashion. Typically a bat is juiced | | | | doesn\'t specifically say so. In USSSA, they do clearly |
| by either shaving or rolling. When you juice your bat | | | | state rolling is against the rules. Our opinion is that |
| you are improving the performance of the bat. When | | | | rolling your bat is doing nothing more than taking 500 |
| shaving a bat you are thinning the inner walls out. By | | | | BP swings. You\'re just doing it in a more controlled |
| doing this you allow the barrel of the bat to flex | | | | fashion and in a shorter period of time. Our advice to |
| more and this increases the trampoline effect which | | | | you is to check with your local association or league |
| will increase the batted ball speed and open up the | | | | and find out what their stance is on this subject. |
| sweet spot. When rolling a bat you are breaking | | | | Shaving your bat is without question illegal in ALL |
| down the glue that binds the fiber together. In both | | | | associations and you will get in allot of trouble if you |
| cases the bat may exceed the design specifications | | | | are found to be using a shaved bat. This includes |
| of the bat and this could effect whether or not the | | | | possible law suits and being banned from the |
| bat is legal in your particular association. It is | | | | association. |
