Very eloquently explained.. bravoTalking out my ass here in terms i can understand:
If you want to replace a tile on your shower wall, you need to break it out. Once the porcelain is broken, that's it. Porcelain does not stretch, it's either intact or it's broken, just like the fibers of a bat.
Now, you can lightly hit the tile with a hammer to slowly and "gently" break the tile. This will make the job last longer before you finally get where you need to be, but it will keep the underlying structure intact. OR you can smash that tile as hard as you can. That's gonna get the tile broken fast but it's also going to damage some stuff that was never meant to be damaged thus compromising the structural integrity of the whole thing.
So what's the difference? The flex present in the tile (bat) as a result of hitting it lightly will create a form of a cushion as microfractures that will help keep the important structure intact. If you just go ham on the tile (bat) the cushion created by lightly tapping doesn't exist and the underlying structure that is never meant to be broken is now completely compromised.
Can somebody here explain to my why Louisville’s break in system with 50% swings with 52’s makes the bat last long. It doesn’t make sense to me. From my understanding, composite fibers are gonna break down regardless how hard you swing. So how’s 100 swings at 50% off a tee make it more durable?
Great information guys. Once I get my new USSSA bat I will break it in just like an ASA bat. It makes sense to me to do it this way. I have not always done it this way. Maybe that's why a few of my bats broke earlier than expected? How many 52 cor ball swings would be a general rule......50-75?
i take 150 half swings with evil bp 52's - then i start taking a little bit harder swings (but not full swings) with the same balls - when i feel like the sound is starting to change - I check the compression - when it gets down to around 275 - then i start taking full swings with 52's when i'm below 270 doing that - i start taking swings with harder balls until it gets below 260 and then it becomes a game
I miss the simpler times when you bought a new Easton and just hit 2000 Stadiums as hard as you could.
This times 1000Oh, for sure. That was what BP was all about. I also miss the days when guys could make do with a bat that tested 300 or higher. Now everyone cries like little girls when the bats don't test at 250 or lower right away. People refuse to put any work in.
I don't BP my 240 bats at all simply because they can't take it. No sense in wasting game swings.