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Baseball and Softball Related Links

National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE)

ASTM

• F08 on Sports Equipment
• ASTM Baseball/Softball Standards

Test Labs

• RIH Orthopaedic Foundation/Brown University -- Trey Crisco, (401) 444-4231
• Detroit Testing Laboratory -- Keith Shelton (810) 754-9000 ext 1463.
• UMASS-Lowell -- Jim Sherwood (978) 934-3313
• Sports Science, Inc -- Richard Brandt (212) 998-7741
• Fluid Technologies, Inc. -- Lyndon Spinner (405)624-0400
• Washington State U. -- Lloyd Smith (509)335-3221
• Southern Impact Research Center -- Dave Halstead (865)523-1662 x 102
• Jacobs Sverdrup -- Jeff Howard (931)393-6465

Baseball Specific Standards

• ASTM Baseball Bat Performance Factor
• ASTM Baseball Compression-Displacement
• ASTM Baseball COR

Game Statistics

• NCAA Division I Scoring

Safety

• National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research
• NCAA Injury Surveillance System

Associations

• American baseball Foundation
• NCAA
• NFHS - National Federation of State High School Associations
• USA Baseball
• USSSA

Softball Specific

Standards

• ASTM Softball Bat Performance Factor
• ASTM Softball Compression-Displacement
• ASTM Softball COR

Safety

• National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research
• NCCSJ - Detailed Report
• NCCSJ - Summmary Stats
• NCAA Injury Surveillance System

Associations

• NCAA
• Dixie Softball
• ISC
• Independent Softball Association
• NFHS - National Federation of State High School Associations
• National Softball Association
• ASA
• USSSA
• ISF
• World Softball Association

Youth Baseball Specific

• Youth Baseball Organizations-Bat Specifications 2002 (PDF 1 page / 49k)
• ASTM Baseball Bat Performance Factor
• ASTM Baseball Compression-Displacement
• ASTM Baseball COR

Safety

• National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research

Associations

• Little League
• Babe Ruth
• Pony
• Dixie
• AABC