Wooden Bat/University Baseball｜Rule Rules on Bat ①～Points You Must Know

A wooden bat cannot be used for official games

Metal bats are used in Japanese high school baseball. And you all know that metal bats can't be used in college or adult baseball.

However, the bat used in college baseball or adult baseball is not just metal! It doesn't mean that. Many bats can be used in practice but not in official games. In other words, there are many rules for bats that can be used in official games, and only bats that clear them are used.

What kind of rules do you have? .. Therefore, in this web magazine, I would like to briefly introduce the [rule rules regarding bats] for both college baseball and adult baseball.

 

Rules for bats in college baseball

There are five major rules regarding bats.

(1) [Material] (2) [Shape/Standard] (3 colours】 (4) [Grip] (5) [Trademark]

From these, I would like to explain (1) [Material] here. The bat that can be used is"Bat made of one tree"is. That is,"Bonded wood butt", "Bamboo seamed bat" and "Compression bat" cannot be used.

There are also the following regulations.

●Bat of "maker making bat which agreed to rule" announced by All Japan Bat Industry Association, with [BFJ logo mark] in place
● A bat approved by the Japan Professional Baseball Organization with the [NPB logo mark] in place.

I see. .. By the way, Ballpark.com's [Maple Bat] is one of the brands announced by the All Japan Bat Association, so you can use it with confidence.

The logo mark in place is like this.

Even if you take one material, there are various regulations! For the other four items, please check the URL below!

http://www.japan-ballpark.com/user_data/batkisoku.php

http://www.jubf.net/material/bat.html