Composite bats now banned?

I read on another baseball thread that the NCAA decided today to not allow the use of composite bats in NCAA baseball. Can anyone verify this. The source was apparently someone who works for a major bat company. If so, will high school baseball follow suit?

 

Vanderbilt HC, Tim Corbin, led the way to have the NCAA reverse their earlier decision and enforce the new rule that composite bats are now banned.

Initially, Coach Corbin received very little support from his fellow coaches, but the decision-makers at the NCAA agreed with him that "composite bats have made a mockery of the game."

We'll see if this decision filters down to the HS level. But I suspect that it will at some point.

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NCAA looks to ban use of composite bats

« on: July 27, 2009 - 10:46 AM »

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NCAA looks to ban use of composite bats
27 July 2009, 8:33 am



After lengthy and extensive controversy over the use of composite bats, fueled by an NCAA test of composite bats prior to the College World Series, the NCAA is moving to have the bats banned from college baseball.

The bats have been linked to a rise in power hitting in the collegiate game. After extended use, the composite bats generally tend to show more "spring" off the barrell and launch balls further than normal.

The NCAA tested all of the composite bats at the 2009 College World Series, and nearly 80% of the bats tested were above the NCAA acceptable performance level.

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Source: SEC Baseball

 

visit NCAA's site, you can google it too.....

bats w/composite barrels - think the handles can still be composite, but not sure....

son's coach informed his team about it at their start of the season meeting last week.

should help to level the playing field some

wish HS would go to wood - at least at the varsity level - it was wood 30 years ago -

of course, with the ash beetle problem, they may have to find other wood sources to use for woodies for the MLB.... bamboo is a grass so it can't be used, maple shatters easily, hickory is good but heavy...... the beetles are becoming a big problem in the north and northeast "burn it where you cut it" rule in effect in many areas - sure wish our government would stop allowing so many imported goods - the Hemlocks are being destroyed by imported Asian adelgids (sp) and now the ash trees by an imported asian beetle......

NCMtnBBdad - not sure if you were referring to my post, but in case you were, no major bat making company here - just a small time venture that son started to help pay for college expenses.....

 

Banned bats

anyone know where to find a list of bats that were banned ?
thanks,

 

if it is a composite barrelled bat, it is not allowed by the NCAA.