JAPANESE METAL BAT vs. AMERICAN METAL BAT | Mizuno VKong02 vs. Mizuno BBCOR
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- Japan actually has a different metal bat performance standard than the USA. In American high school baseball (NFHS), we have the "BBCOR" standard, but we finally got our hands on a Mizuno high school bat from Japan to see which version is hotter!
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We actually just found out that the "bat dampening" we referred to at 0:29 isn't happening until 2024! The Japan High School Baseball Federation is fully making the switch to BBCOR starting next year.
We also learned that the MINIMUM weight for a Japanese high school bat is 900 grams - which equals out to 31.7 ounces!!! So these are essentially heavy BESR bats 😂
Where did you buy this bat 🇯🇵
you should hit the japanese balls with the green zen
Well that makes a bit more sense haha. I can't imagine someone thinking "110mph to the dome sounds about right, at least it's not as bad as it was before!" 😅
Dude....told ya Mizuno knows what they're doing!
Will, if you ever get back to swinging softball bats, Mizuno made an ENVY(ASA), the WRATH(120 U-trip and 98 ASA) in standard(12") and extended(14") barrels. Those were some of the HOTTEST bats at the time and slept on big time. Although fragile, I went through 15 or 20, the bombs....oh my. The next and final bats I swung were the Rusty Baumgartner Frenzy line. If you ever have the time or interest....
Vコングは日本で1番人気のバットです。
使ってくれてありがとう！
ナイスバッティング！
The V-kong is a freaking beast
@@traviskirk3834
Japanese best BAT
Vkong02 or SSK SKY BEAT
Comment Thank you！！
I have lived in Japan for 15 years. I never stop being amazed at the craftsmanship excellence and manufacturing prowess of this country. Their gift as a people is to absorb an idea/technology and perfect the details with their own innovations and attention to detail. If anyone needs a car in the next few years, choose a Japanese one. My mom's 2001 Toyota Echo drives like the day she bought it.
Most importantly, I want to thank Bat Bros for giving MIZUNO some love. I'm super stoked that it was enjoyed. This really makes me want to train and hit the field again.
Agreed. Not sure why Mizuno doesn't get much love here. I have the black Hot Metal 33/30 and I love that bat. I only hit in the cage, but it feels great and hits hard. All of my sons equipment is Mizuno (catchers equipment and all gloves). I didn't set out to only get Mizuno stuff, but it just seemed to be the best bang for the buck and is great.
@@peterf.5261 I think I was 12 when I got my first Rawlings Gold Glove 11.5, and I was playing 3rd base with it. Next season was 13yo and the big boy fields. 3 or 4 games in I was having a hard time feeling the ball when I would cut across and rob the short stop. I bobbled or missed the ball when trying to make the play. It was by accident that I was in Houston, very rare at the time(1994), and we stopped at some outdoors/sporting goods store going out of business. I picked up two things, a 34/30 LS TPL(light blue with red accents) and a 12" black Mizuno. I spent all my paper route money....like $600, but it was worth it!
We went all the way to Shreveport, LA that year and I don't remember a fielding error, some throwing for sure, till I was a junior in high school. Moved across the diamond for short time, when I wasn't on the hill, so a Mizuno was the clear choice for me. My first glance then and still now is Mizu! Hell my Rottweiler I was given by a girlfriend liked Mizuno a ton too! She ate my 12"! Must've been the gel padding it had for the index finger and 3 knuckles of the palm. Still haven't found a glove like that. I later found out it was some exotic leather and a pro model. The good ole days
@@peterf.5261 yes, imo mizuno gloves are always the best quality when compared to other brands of the same price.
Crazy I can’t find one review on mizuno composite usssa baseball bats🤷🏼♂️
They always look awesome
My son had a 31” hot metal and it felt great, no comparison to a composite but was nice on super cold days and to hit in cage or heavy balls with
@@supertpr25 th-cam.com/video/FKPZ41N7xzA/w-d-xo.html Mizuno PWR Carbon
There are other reviews of: Hot Metal and PWR Metal...I think.
こんな素晴らしい球場で日本が誇るVコンを使ってくれて感謝！アメリカのバットも最高だよ！！
I agree!
Vkong ichiban
Be cool to see a test of throwing these balls. See different spin rates between the 2 balls and see the velo gap.
日本人です
VKong02は多くの高校生から愛されています
打感が素晴らしい👏
Man. This is a really great video. I wish we could find out more about the Japan baseball because of how popular the sport is in Japan.
I'm loving the recent interest in Japanese baseball. The regulation they use is primarily based on compression. Back in the 80s, they came out with a 3 prong test but they've made it more strict in 2020. A 40 year regulation is honestly very impressive considering most regulations last 10 to 20 years before needing updates. Another thing to note is that the regulation update takes a few years to enact so it shouldn't go in until next year or the year after
Regulating compression is imo the most consistent way to regulate bats and one of the reasons why it's used in slowpitch
Only problem is nobody ever calibrates the testers. My bat will fail one weekend and then the next weekend at the same exact park itll pass with flying colors
You can thank Trevor Bauer for all that attention.
@@adellis24 him and the WBC victory brought attention
@@Tevatron044 Good point. Heck you could argue Ohtani's success has made people curious what other talent could be mined from the Japanese leagues.
This was absolutely the freshest baseball content I have ever seen, and did not expect. I can't even write a proper comment because, well, wow.
😏
Ha
Interesting thing is pure American brands like Rawlings and Demarini also make aluminum bats for Japanese high school baseball. Maybe you should get one as well.
There's nothing like a good ol international baseball rivalry between the US 🇺🇲 and Japan 🇯🇵. I can almost imagine you and your fellow Bat Bros flying over to Japan and taking batting practice with Japanese high school baseball players at the historic Koshien Stadium. ⚾
That's insane!!! I can't believe this is AFTER they dampened them down! Now you gotta get your hands on one from before they slowed them down.
Before the regulation update, they were a LITTLE better than besr and almost at the level of gorilla ball era bats
Considering the ball seam height, hardness, and bat power, I'm curious as to what it was like for Japanese infielders tryna catch knuckle liners
@@Tevatron044 surprised pitchers weren't wearing masks like softball pitchers.
@@vanq86 to be fair most japanese high schoolers don't have will's level of power.
@@vanq86 well very few Japanese high schoolers have the kind of bat speed Will or even American high schoolers do
Raciest???
Love this video. Japanese baseball has a lot of cool bats that we don't see over in America. If you guys ever get the chance to look at this era of Japanese metal bats again, check out the bats from Asics like the Asics Goldstage, Asics Lightezza, and the Asics Speedaxel (the bat that Rintaro Sasaki dominated with) as well as bats from the likes of SSK with their SkyBeat 31k and Zett's Zettpower 2nd, BigBangShot, Neostatus, and Prostatus bats. Those bats are highly rated alongside the likes of the VKong02 and Mizuno's offerings in Japan.
バットの性能というよりもバッティングそのものが素晴らしすぎる
Watching these guys get super excited about hitting baseballs is what makes this channel fun.
高校野球でホームランが増えすぎたので、近いうちに反発係数の規制が入るようです😅
日本のバットが飛びすぎて木製バットへの以降が難しくなっている問題が日本ではあります。
ホームランが増えすぎたと言うか打球速度が速くて投手が危ないからでは？
あと、木製への対応が難しくなってるなんて具体例言えますか？
NPBの若手でレギュラー多いけどVコング使ってましたよ。なんなら吉田(レッドソックス)大谷翔平、鈴木誠也とか村上とかも80年代と比べたら高校時代は飛ぶバット使ってましたけど木製に対応してますよ。
逆に反発落としたバット導入した韓国が野手小粒化してプロの世代弱くなってます。
木製バットへの対応が難しいというより、高校→プロだとピッチャーのレベルの差だと思うけど。韓国みたく弱体化しなければいいな。
I've been a fan of Japanese sports for a while now and you've not really experienced baseball until you've seen or been to an NPB game. It's the spectacle that MLB wishes it could be...
ちょうど旧規格から切り替わりの時期に高校球児だったのですが、このバットでも当時は飛ばなくなったと苦しんでいました。
これで軽々とフェンスオーバーできる投稿者さんも日本の高校生も野球選手の進化を見せてくださっているようで嬉しいです
I’m in Japan and have been wondering how these compare. This was exactly what I wanted to know. Ps-just got my sons their first bats.
Awesome video! Thanks for doing this! As someone who lives and baseballs in Japan it was great to see! You should try the new standard Vkong to see how dampened it will be. Or, for some real fun, try the junior high school vkong that my son uses. It’s 84 cm and 830 grams which calculates to like a drop -3.7. Lighter than the high school bat and I think would produce higher exit speeds??
The guy on the machine was so funny😂. We need more of him.🎉🎉
バットも素晴らしいが、あなたのバッティングも素晴らしい！日本のバットを使ってくれてありがとう
“The geese are stoked” bro I’ve never laughed this hard !
SSKのskybeat31kも打ってみて欲しいです！
Everyone needs to have a hype man at least once in their life like the one Will had behind the pitch machine today
Like comparing a Toyota Tundra to a Ford F150 (I drive an F150). The F150, a solid good truck, but the Toyota Tundra head and shoulders better.
Wonder what the cost comparison is between the bats ? If it’s like the trucks, the Toyota is about 30% more expensive. Worth it though if you can afford it.
Great video. Rock on Will and the BBB’s. 🤘😎
見ててとても気持ちが良い
The crazy part is when you swing the vkong the footage in the video is just raw because of how well it performs
Can you guys do the mizuno B22 hot metal?
We need a Bat battle with all the top bats in BBCOR and BSER and Gorilla Bat
Can you do the Japanese bat vs the voodoo
This was a really interesting video I loved it but I want to request that you guys do CatX comp vs Cat9 comp and I think it would blow up also add the Rawlings Icon in there and it would be an amazing video and really helpful
Do a review on shohei’s ASICS goldstage wood bat
I’m impressed with his guessing of the exit velo 😂
Icon vs Vkong. We need this 😂
So stoked to see you guys at Vince Genna I remember playing a little game there years ago. That grocery outlet roof takes a beating 😅
VKong懐かしいなぁ
ニキバッティング良すぎでしょ😂
Top tier video from the bat bros yet again
Love the KM/HR for the Canadians and Japanese
i wrote a comment a while back asking if you planned to get to hit BP at a MLB park for a video and you said yes soon. Is that still in the works? That would be a sick video.
yep Globe Life coming soon
@@baseballbatbros awesome
Hahaha I use to Play for the Bend Elks and my dad was the Bend High Baseball Coach!! Good seeing y’all in central oregon!!
Gotta do Japanese balls with the Korean reissue Eastons. Maybe golf balls with a fungo after that.
Fun video. Like your hype man feeding the machine.
バッティング上手いなー。見てて気持ちいい
4:16 "First swing. The geese are stoked!" LOL!
Have Eric swing this bat. He swung up the orange stealth, but this bat seems insane.
You are in my home town!!! I work for the Bend Elks ball club in the summers!!
Japanese high school baseball association revised its regulation about bats not to deflect more.
Knowledge of training like bodybuilding, for instance, has been expanding among players as you know, also the danger for players has been emerging because of the high-speeded batting instead.
The new rule will be empowered in the next few years.
Now that is the sound I know! I used to play japanese high school baseball and I used a V-kong02 but it was the best!Just for information,I think over 75% of the players were using V-kong02!I will miss the sound of the V-kong02 after 2024... 面白い動画をありがとう！It was a very interesting video!
日本の野球メーカーSSKのSkybeatのバットを使って欲しいです！😊
Safeway was not safe in left field! I wish I would have known you guys were coming to Bend. Totally would have showed up to watch live. You should put a schedule out of places you're going to be
I still have my old Combat B3 Da Bomb from little league in 2010-2012 I cracked one and they sent me two new ones. Un-opened and still plastic wrapped. Would love to see what y’all could do with it
Can you guys please do the Meta review plus I love watching you guys videos
It’s a repaint. Just watch last years video. It’s a good contact bat but nowhere close to worth 500. Pick up a catX one piece
On the way
@@baseballbatbros thank you for the update
yall need to try and break the world record again i loved the video
The Japanese bat is amazing! 😮 how can I get one & are they allowed in league play?
Is this guy a new character or was he in previous videos? He’s fun.
A bat with a high coefficient of repulsion may not be the best for fielder development.
But I liked the feel and texture when I hit the ball, and I was batting with a Mizuno VKong.
Get sim on the vkong
I hit with a Korean Easton high school bat and popped my PR at 95 off of 45 MPH screen toss
Please give us Japanese high school balls with the Cat X comp Utrip or Icon Utrip. I wanna see 120
I lowkey reallyyyy wanna see you guys mess around and see how far you can hit with the green or orange mako PLEASE DO THAT
you guys should try early years mizuno pro custom order metal bats(for Japan high school),way better!
Dude that was nuts…bring vkong and the jaba balls to Colorado! ⚾️
Can you make another video on the stringking metal 2? maybe comparing to other bats in a competition or something like that?
Bat Madness 2023 is coming soon, maybe the Metal 2 will be in it.
@@The8BitNerd Thank You
I used to live in Bend, went to that stadium a lot as a kid but, that was when they used to be the Bend Bandits
Do a voodoo one USA certified review
Hey will when it gets to summertime you should come to Minnetonka Minnesota and go to veterans field at the Minnetonka high school.
他の日本製バットの動画待ってます！！！
Love the support of our local BEND ELKS!!!
Gotta do the stealth beser against the vkong
Funny prediction😂
Going with the Mizuno. Smart choice
私は日本人なんですけど日本のバットを動画にしてくれてありがとう𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 -
It’s softball season do you guys do those too? I never played any baseball past little league but these vids are great.
they do i think its called softball bat bros or slowpitch bat bros
Not anymore. He put out a message on the community page that he doesn't have time due to all of these videos.
Yes sir bat bros
I don’t think mizuno hot metals are used enough in American baseball, I have played many years of baseball and only once did I see a mizuno bat, and they used their 44 pro bat over it 😭
30年前のことですが、高校生の時に自分もミズノのバットを使っていました。
Hey I want you to try Skybeat from SSK it sounds so nice when you hit the ball.
Let's compare the Vkong to the bat that you swung that was from the late 90's or early 2k's. That I think would be a good side by side comparison. I think that bat was an Easton.
Easton Stealth vs Mizuno VKong02 would be boss.
Thank you for using the Japanese bat
That’s where I live it’s an awesome place and I’m always practicing there I’m surprised I didn’t see u
That bat and ball combo is a cheat code
Ohtani on the Bat Bros would be unreal
can you review the zoa glitch 2023 please i love your content so much
Please try vullo wood bat's it is a small company one of the best bat's I've tried
Y’all have to do the Vkong 2 vs the Rawlings icon!
Yo shohei actually used some of that bats when he was in high shcool
There is a vid of ohtani pitching and hitting in the summer koshien league in Japan i
Are you still in Bend? I lived there for 8 years. Amazing area. Have fun!
I need a quick updated top 5 slow pitch bats. 🙏🏼
"The geese are stoked!" 🤣🤣
Pls make more content with the vkong against other American bbcore
You guys have got to check out Tsunami Bay Bats!!!!
Mizuno Vkong02 wins.
Flawless victory.
That bat is gas. Also I miss Trace. He gonna be back any time soon?
No wonder so many Japanese players have flat, contact swings. Between the hotter high school bats and the shorter fences they seriously don’t have a reason to maximize their power, just need to catch barrel with minimal effort and they can hit bombs. Cool how stuff like this leads to totally different approaches and styles towards the same game
similar to how US players swung back in the 90s!!
Omgg but you have to try the green zen with the Japanese balls. Would be a great vid
You make the best content
I'm big fan of you and excited to this video.
Japanese high school student will use BBCOR bat from 2024
that VKong is a HYPER BAT!!!
The bombs hit after you switched the balls holy smokes 🔥
You should compare the old cat 6 with a gen2 cat 6
Great video very interesting