MLB Baseball Says Otherwise......
Why do baseballs struck with a heavier bat swung at the identical same speed & launch
angle as a bat weighing several ozs. less produce faster hit baseballs & longer distance?
There isn’t any bat weight limit in MLB, only length and barrel diameter are specified. Any
player can swing any weight bat they want but statistics prove exit velocity and distance are
best achieved with a heavy bat swung at the maximum speed. Roberto Clement swung a 38
oz. bat....Ruth used a 40 oz. bat in 1927 when he set the HR record. Modern day hitters swing
29, 30, 31, 32 & 33 oz bats. A lighter bat produces a faster swing. But the big guys use heavy
wood. Votto uses a 31 oz bat, Stanton 32, Judge 33 and Reggie Jackson 37 ozs.
IMO, the same principle applies to your pool stroke. The fact is that players attempting to
prove or disprove this do not have the equipment to analyze and document this in action.
It just makes sense that heavier swung faster produces max results. When we try to prove
this ourselves, we over stroke, do not make good contact, move our body, all the little things
that happen because we are stroking as hard as we can to prove a point. Perhaps the best
approach is to start breaking with heavier cues gradually increasing speed. I would not be
at all surprised to see there could be a sweet spot. Heavier swung less than as fast as you
can versus a lighter cue swung faster than the heavier cue’s speed might just equal out and
the breaks might be very similar. That’s something I’ll defer to Dr. Dave......Calling Dr. Dave!