Czech Baseball Association (ČBA) allows BBCOR bats from 2025

Czech Baseball Association (ČBA) allows BBCOR bats from 2025

BBCOR

A very interesting change is coming to junior competitions from the upcoming season. Czech youngsters will now be allowed to use composite BBCOR bats. The association announced the news on its website.

BBCOR bats may be familiar to fans from North American college league games, where Czech players compete as well. It was from them that Ondřej Rypar and Filip Procházka, the authors of the proposal, gathered some of their feedback.

“In theory, we should see more hits. From what the guys who used them in America tell us, these bats produce more hard-hit balls. That also makes infielders better. Today, when the younger boys play in a league, they basically cannot hit the ball past the infield and never really test it,” Ondřej Rypar told baseball.cz.

Players up to sixteen years of age in the junior league were already allowed to use these bats this season, but from now on the option will be open to every player. That is good news for players who want to take their career a step further and play overseas, because they will not have to get used to a different kind of bat.
 

September 10, 2024, Ján Jabrocký
https://milujeme-baseball.cz/

source: https://milujeme-baseball.cz/2024/09/cba-povolila-pouzivani-palek-bbcor-od-roku-2025/

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BBCOR

BBCOR (Bat-ball coefficient of restitution) is a baseball bat performance standard created by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to certify the performance of composite baseball bats used in competition.

From the standard:
To begin the certification process for all baseball bats made from materials other than one-piece solid wood, an interested bat manufacturer must send one of the NCAA certification centers written notice of its intent to request certification testing of the specific models it considers suitable for testing.

The standard took effect on January 1, 2011, and every bat made from composite materials used in NCAA competition must meet the BBCOR standard for its coefficient of restitution. The standard serves to certify “all baseball bats that are made from materials other than one-piece solid wood”.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBCOR