How Do You Make A Baseball Bat Heavier?
One of the hardest things to do in all of sports is to make contact with an oncoming baseball by swinging a thin slab of wood. However, the faster you can move your bat through the strike zone, the greater your chances of striking the ball with sufficient force. To this end, many players attempt to increase the weight of their bats during practice so that when they return the bat to its original weight later on, they can trick their muscles into thinking the bat is heavier than it actually is. Swing several bats at the same time in the on-deck circle. This will result in a far slower swing in practice and allow you to really whip that single bat through the strike zone once you drop back down to one bat. Add a “donut” to your bat. A donut is a round piece of heavy cast iron that is specially shaped to slide down to the bottom of a bat, providing increased weight and resistance. Once the donut is removed, your muscles will continue to exert the force required to swing the “heavier” bat,
