Breaking in my bat

[BaseballBats]

anyone know how many swings to take to "break-in" a new bat? I heard somewhere that you should break it in with like 30-40 swings. its the stiff flex stealth btw.


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..from what has been reported....100's of swings before it is in tune.

One guy said 300-400 good hits.


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Word is the one-piece aluminum alloy bats take a little longer than the composite handle or 'two-piece' bats. It may need hundreds of good swings for a -3 bat but the senior league -8 bats don't have more than 300 solid line drives in them.


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what about a little league -12.5? Should this bat be "broken" in?

[bigbat2]

You don't need to break in a medal bat. You will hear a lot about breaking in composite bats because as the composite layers loosen up the bat will perform better. Metal does not have the same properties.