{"id":1944,"date":"2020-12-29T13:49:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T19:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maxbats.com\/blog\/?p=1944"},"modified":"2021-01-26T10:47:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T16:47:32","slug":"wood-bat-barrels-vs-aluminum-bat-barrels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxbats.com\/blog\/wood-bat-barrels-vs-aluminum-bat-barrels\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood Bat Barrels vs Aluminum Bat Barrels"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>WOOD BAT BARRELS VS. ALUMINUM BAT BARRELS<\/h2>\n<p>We want to shed some light on a common debate&#8230;&#8221;Wood bat barrels vs. aluminum bat barrels.&#8221; Please keep in mind that wood bat barrels and aluminum bat barrels are completely different animals. Because aluminum bats have a hollow barrel, those barrels can be designed larger.\u00a0 Aluminum bats have hollow barrels. So that typically makes them swing lighter than a wood bat barrel.\u00a0 And because the aluminum barrel compresses when making contact with the baseball, a trampoline effect helps propel the baseball. Wood bat barrels on the other hand have a solid barrel, and the baseball will compress (instead of the barrel) when making solid barrel contact. Because there is no trampoline effect from wood bats, we need to think of ways to help give the player more lift and carry when hitting a baseball. The way to do that is to put more backspin on the ball, and you don&#8217;t need to be a seasoned professional in order to do this.<\/p>\n<h3>Big Barrel vs. Small Barrel<\/h3>\n<p>This brings us back to the &#8220;big barrel vs. small barrel&#8221; argument and the &#8220;wood bat barrels vs. aluminum bat barrels&#8221;. Which is better? Well, because the diameter of the smaller barrel has greater curvatures than the bigger barrel, you&#8217;re able to put more backspin on a baseball with your natural swing. This gives the ball more lift and carry, which translates to more distance.\u00a0 The smaller wood bat barrel also forces the player to be a more disciplined hitter.\u00a0 If you swing at bad pitches you will sting your hands or break your bat when swinging wood.\u00a0 By nature you will have better plate discipline and and strike zone awareness.\u00a0 Whereas hitting a ball squarely with a large barreled bat can often result in the baseball &#8220;knuckling&#8221; off the barrel, limiting its&#8217; distance.\u00a0 Every level of professional baseball is played with a wood bat.\u00a0 So if you&#8217;re serious about baseball, swing wood!\u00a0 Check out MaxBat pro series wood bats:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxbats.com\/shop\/bats\/baseball\/?pro-series\">https:\/\/www.maxbats.com\/shop\/bats\/baseball\/?pro-series<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maxbats.com\/shop\/bats\/find-your-max\/ball-compression.jpg?resize=267%2C298&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ball compression on a wood bat barrel\" width=\"267\" height=\"298\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ball compression on a wood bat barrel<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WOOD BAT BARRELS VS. ALUMINUM BAT BARRELS We want to shed some light on a common debate&#8230;&#8221;Wood bat barrels vs. aluminum bat barrels.&#8221; Please keep in mind that wood bat barrels and aluminum bat barrels are completely different animals. Because aluminum bats have a hollow barrel, those barrels can be designed larger.\u00a0 Aluminum bats have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[189,211,223,206,218],"tags":[229,199,230,227,226,208,228,238],"class_list":["post-1944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baseball-bats","category-maple-bats","category-metal-bats","category-wood-baseball-bats","category-wood-bat","tag-baseball-bat","tag-maple-bats","tag-maple-wood-bats","tag-metal-basebal-bat","tag-metal-bat","tag-wood-bat","tag-wood-bat-barrel","tag-wooden-bat"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wood Bat Barrels vs Aluminum Bat Barrels - MaxBat Wood Baseball Bats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wood bat barrels vs. aluminum bat barrels. 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