BBCOR vs. WOOD???

We have a full year of BBCOR under our belts in CA - last fall, HS season and summer ball. HS season - many teams used wood for pre-league games and switched to BBCOR for league. There are still more balls over the top and through the gaps with BBCOR than wood because the sweetspot is still bigger. So, slight misses certainly don't go as far as BESR but definitely further than wood. Dead on sweetspot shots, you'll get the same performance with both but that doesn't happen with high regularity with your typical HS players.
I've seen a lot of games over the last year with wood and with BBCOR and there is no doubt in my mind about this.
As proof, come HS playoff time, I didn't see any wood bats used. And they were allowed.

I know there are a ton of purist wood fans on this site (I love wood too) that will debate this but that's just the way it is as of now.

Iron

Comparing college season with bcor and summer in necbl with wood
Wood, son said prefers wood.

my son hit with both and tells me that he cannot really tell the difference other than a sweet spot hit with wood still feels better. the one thing he didn't care for were the composite wood bats , said they feel like plastic on his hands, definetly need gloves.

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Originally posted by nhmonty:
Iron

Comparing college season with bcor and summer in necbl with wood
Wood, son said prefers wood.

My son felt the same way. While using with wood during the summer league, you "feel" it when you tag it. With the BBCOR bats he used during last college season, you really can't tell if you hit it well or not on contact. He says, sometimes it feels like the ball doesn't travel, even when he feels he hit it well...

My son is adamant about hitting with wood and not a BBCOR bat. My guess is that he better be knocking the stuffings out of the ball come spring or his high school coach will make him switch.

Hi all. This is my first post, but I've been benefitting from reading this site for some time. My son is in the midst of a science fair project comparing BBCOR with several types of wood bats (ash, birch, and maple). He's collected about 140 data points thus far across 6 hitters. He's plannign to end up with at least 300 data points by the time he's finished. He has not yet done any statistical analysis of the data, but based on my peeking at the data, there doesn't appear to be any clear cut winner. He will wrap up the data collection and start the analysis around Thanksgiving -- I'll try to remember to post again after that with the results.

Wrightcrew, welcome, and thanks for the info. Look forward to learning what he comes up with.

Mr. Wright,I'm anxious to get some concrete info as well.

Thinking about whether or not to spend the $200-$300(or even DiMarini's $400)for a BBCOR is daunting. The more I begin to consider the negatives, can't use it it the summer or fall, could buy 4 wood for the price, the discussion of BBCOR vs. Wood seems way too large.

Unless the wrightcrew comes back and tell us the BBCOR travels 25 feet further, I might suggest staying with wood. Although, cold days in April present a another question.

good maple is the way to go in my book

Mike – BBCOR regulations are designed to make metal bats have the pop of wood bats. However, the BPF on metal BBCOR bats is still slightly higher than wood, meaning they have a larger sweet spot and more pop. You can test any of our 2012 BBCOR bats for free at a Demo House near you: http://bit.ly/iihmWc