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This new standard measures bat performance and replaces the previous BESR standard. Beginning in January 2011 for NCAA  (college) play and January 2012 for NFHS (high school) play, all bats must be BBCOR.5 certified. BESR (Ball Exit Speed Ratio) is no longer considered accurate enough to determine the actual performance of differing bat models.

Instead of measuring the speed of the ball after it is batted, BBCOR.50 measures the "bounciness" of the ball and bat, or the "trampoline" effect. When a bat hits a ball, the ball actually compresses / deforms by nearly a third at high pitch velocities.

Bat performance is specified by using the BBCOR.50, which for mathematicians is calculated using the inbound and rebound speeds of the ball:

American Legion teams moving to wood bats in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Florida.

As of 2012, American Legion Baseball will adopt the BBCOR standard to adhere to the National Federation of High School rules and NCAA rules. BESR bats will be banned and BBCOR certified bats will be incorporated with a logo to help umpires and coaches identify approved bats.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The membership of the New Mexico Activities Association has voted via referenda to implement the use of wood/composite wood bats in the sport of baseball at the high school level, as a one year trial, for the 2012 baseball season.

In 2012, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) will implement new bat standards on metal bats; all metal bats must adhere to BBCOR certification. This change will result in schools/athletes having to purchase new BBCOR bats for the 2011-2012 school year.

With the affirmative vote of the NMAA membership, New Mexico high school baseball teams will only be permitted to use wood/composite wood bats for the 2012 season. BBCOR metal bats will not be allowed for NMAA sanctioned high school baseball games during 2012.

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Will Legion move to wood bats? .Thursday, 28 July 2011 09:20 . .With three statewide American Legion baseball programs mandating wood bats and several others evaluating a switch, we could see a nationwide shift in the country's major youth baseball program toward traditional baseball.

Rhode Island, Connecticut and Florida Legion programs now mandate wood bats, and several other state programs are evaluating a switch. If enough states switch to wood bats, the change could be implemented nationwide. The national Legion program has already switched to less-severe metal bat that match the new NCAA specs instituted this season, which shifted power in the game from batters to pitchers.

The debate over metal bats versus wood bats is a continuous one: metal bats cost more upfront but will last for years, while wood bats cost less and break more easily. Metal-bat advocates say they're safer than wood bats because there's no danger of a metal bat shattering. When we talk with players at the summer-collegiate level, though, most are pretty happy with the switch to wood bats: after all, the pros use wood bats.

If Legion programs mandate wood bats, one can foresee a scenario where high-school programs follow suit. And if that happens, college programs will be under more pressure to switch to wood bats. Most baseball fans have never gotten used to the ping of metal bats on the college level, where the NCAA has withstood calls to switch to wood. The politics of NCAA baseball would make such a switch difficult, thanks to the liberal spending by metal-bat vendors among coaches, programs and big events like the College World Series. But at some point the economics will be such that reliable wood bats are close to par with metal bats -- and that's when you'll see real change

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The change will also require that all non-wood bats meet the Batted Ball Coefficient of Restitution (BBCOR) performance standard, which is the standard used by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Formerly, non-wood bats had to meet the Ball Exit Speed Ratio (BESR) standard.

The new rule also states that non-wood bats must be labeled with a rectangular certification mark “a minimum of a half-inch on each side and located on the barrel of the bat in any contrasting color.” The new standard ensures that performances by non-wood bats are more comparable to those of wood bats. It’s also expected to minimize risk, improve play and increase teaching opportunities.

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