Fastpitch
Video- How Carbon Fiber Bats Are Made
Check out the video below to see how Carbon Fiber bats are made.
Softball Fielding Tips: Playing First Base
Softball Fielding Tips: Playing First Base
By Sheila Douty
When I was asked to write this article, I was excited to share some of my knowledge and experience with all of my fellow ballplayers and possible future elite softball players. I decided to provide the readers with tips on first base play as I [...]
Winning and Losing Are Great Teachers
By Dick Smith
Head Coach, University of St. Francis (Ill.)
All coaches want to win. There’s no two ways about it. We feel wonderful when we win and badly when we lose. There are times that we feel awfully lucky when we win, but still that good feeling is there. Winning “ugly” happens when we do [...]
OTC Sports Welcomes Combat!
In response to customer demand, OTC Sports is now carrying Combat baseball, fastpitch and slowpitch bats and other gear. Combat has been making great slowpitch bats for several years and now they are also a force in little league baseball and fastpitch softball too! Our initial order has been placed and as soon as we [...]
OTC Sports adds Worth Sports to the Line-up!
OTC Sports is proud to announce that in addition to being the premier dealer of Wilson/ DeMarini gear we are now an authorized dealer of Worth Sports too. We’ll always strive to bring to you, the serious ballplayer, the best equipment available. We research and field-test the products prior to offering them on our website [...]
New DeMarini Bags- Coming this Fall!
UPDATE January 2010: Voodoo Backpacks are in!
Click here for the DeMarini Voodoo Backpack.
DeMarini has been working on new bags for a year now. Ball players, the R&D team, the Art guys and Yours Truly all had a say in the design and features of these bags. While the process, as they often are was [...]
Back to the Basics, My Friend!
So you’ve been flat out stinking it up at the plate lately. Your teammates have shared the typical unsolicited advice, you know, all the “don’ts”; don’t over-swing, don’t take your eye off the ball, don’t over-think it, don’t under-think it, don’t screw it up and don’t wash your underwear! You have tried all your reliable [...]
Swing Like a Wild Man!
I first met Ray DeMarini in the early 90’s. Being that we were from the same area, I knew of Ray and I was already using his bat. I say bat, because the Ultimate Weapon was the only DeMarini made at the time. I met him at a tournament. He was half-watching one of our [...]
NCAA Places a Moratorium on Composite Baseball Bats
NCAA Places a Moratorium on Composite Baseball Bats
Below is a memorandum that was recently sent to the bat manufacturers. It has to do with the performance level of composite collegiate baseball bats increasing in performance after use. This is old news in the slowpitch game, where players have been aware of bats “breaking in” almost [...]
