NFHS Bat Rules

[WestMichBlue]

My KISS theory about legal bats and what to check.

1. All bats are legal, regardless of certification marks (2000 or 2004) or recert mark or absence of marks - if they are not on the banned list.

2. If that is true, then I do not need to carry the 16 page list of 300 - 400 legal bats. I only need the Banned List of 14 bats.

3. Eleven of the banned bats are SP bats. I can assume that high school age girls are not swinging 34", 27 to 30 oz bats. (If they are using a 34" bat, they want a "drop" of 10oz - 11 oz so they are using 23-24 oz bats.)

4. The three FP bats are all WORTH QUADS, models EST9, XEST9X, and QESTFP. (They are all 8.5 to 9 oz drop bats, so probably not too many girls are going to be using them.)

5. Only critical note is that WORTH is now selling a QESTFPA which is legal.

If my KISS theory is correct, then all I need is a bat ring and a look for WORTH QUADs. If I see a QUAD, I check the list of three banned bats.

Have I got it right?

WMB