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The Cooperstown All Star Village is a dream destination for 12-year-old travel baseball teams, offering a week of unforgettable games and camaraderie. This guide provides eight essential tips to help players, coaches, and families prepare for an extraordinary baseball journey.
Testing showed a 1.0 mph increase in exit velocity after a 200-swing break-in period, supporting claims that composite bats perform better when broken in. We also discuss how to break it in and, after all that work, suggest you should likely let your bat work in naturally.
Attending a Perfect Game Showcase, while offering a unique experience and some benefits, often does not align with advancing a baseball career, as it lacks direct pathways to scholarships, top-level competition, or groundbreaking coaching, and can be expensive.
Great coaches focus on developing players rather than chasing immediate results, and the key to navigating different coaching styles lies in communication. Asking “Why?” fosters mutual understanding, helping players unlock their potential while building trust and mentorship with their coaches.
The 2025 DeMarini The Goods and Voodoo One cater to different types of hitters. The Goods offers a heavier, end-loaded, two-piece hybrid design perfect for power sluggers, while the Voodoo One features a lighter, one-piece alloy build that favors bat speed and control. Both bats deliver outstanding performance but suit different hitting styles.
Marucci + Victus = serious competition for Louisville Slugger's throne. Combined MLB market share challenges 130 years of dominance. The equipment landscape just shifted.
MLB players must use wood bats due to MLB rules that prioritize tradition and maintain a consistent level of performance. While metal or composite bats could match the pop of wood, their larger sweet spots and manipulated swing weights would fundamentally alter the game, making a shift away from wood unlikely.
When you move from Little League to Middle School baseball and are looking for the right bat, focus on plate coverage, and swing weight, and not worry about how far influencers can hit a bat.
You'll need to find a 13.5 ounce T-Ball bat if you want the lightest. But, beware, its seriously light.
All certified bats perform within 5% of each other. The 'hottest bat' marketing is BS. Pick based on feel, swing weight, and price—performance is basically identical.