Sweet Spot on a Baseball Bat

[marthanathan]

My 6th grade son is interested in conducting a science fair project to compare the hitting power and “sweet spots” of wood versus aluminum baseball bats. He found a project on the Science Buddies website that used a bat attached to a “tee” and a coil, that was part of the “Batter Up” exhibit at the Science Place in Dallas. He would like to build his own tee/coil—could you provide more details about how to make this device and perhaps a diagram so that he can get started?

Thanks for your help.

Martha Lester

[yasinrahman]

Ok I looked around and saw this link,
http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/bats ... jects.html
They constructed the tester for the bat out of 2x4s and a heavy spring. So if you want you could probably look and see how it is and if you want email the drussell@kettering.edu which was on the website and ask about the project. They could give you the materials list and possible procedures in constructing your experiment.



Thanks,
Yasin