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Louisville 2006 FPC305 Catalyst -8
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| Distance |
   | 8.50 |
| Durability |
| 9.25 |
| Sweet Spot |
| 9.75 |
| Pop |
| 8.32 |
| Feel |
| 9.32 |
| Average |
| 9.03 |
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| | Distance | 9 | I play on an 14 U travel ball team and the catalyst works great. The bat really has POP!
-- softball girl | | Durability | 8.5 | | Sweet Spot | 9.5 | | Pop | 8.6375 | | Feel | 8.6375 |
| | Friday, June 24, 2005 | | Distance | 8 | I am a 14 & under girl’s fastpitch softball coach in Southern California.Most of the best hitters at the all star level in So. Cal. swing the Anderson RocketTech FP. With its end loaded feel and -9 drop it's a bit heavy for some hitters, but it has the best pop of any 98 MPH ASA bat that I've seen.Our coaching staff was looking for a bat that could give our smaller girls similar pop to the Anderson, but without the weight and end load to it.We purchased a Synergy SCN1B -10 and a Catalyst FPC205 -10 and had our girls work with them for about a dozen practices and a dozen games over the course of a month.We are a bit disappointed with the Catalyst. I've been told they are the best once they are broken in. If that's the case though, even with hundreds of hits, we still haven't broken it in yet. I have seen some smaller girls on other teams put the ball over a 200' fence with a Catalyst, but not with consistency.The best bat out there in our opinion right now is the Synergy SCN1B -10. The weight is evenly distributed and it has a nice feel. All of the girls are amazed at the bat speed they generate due to the evenly distributed weight of the bat. 3 of our smaller girls (13 year olds) immediately added a good 20-35 feet to EVERY one of their hits when they started using this bat.We are not fans of the 2004 Synergy bats for ASA fastpitch 98 MPH play. They are no where near the value of the SCN1B. The enlarged sweet spot on the SCN1B is not simply marketing hype - it's for real.If you have a daughter who is approximately in the 11 to 16 year old age group, who's not a big/strong hitter but is an elite player, then you should seriously consider the SCN1B.If the Catalyst does finally break in and start to perform at the same level as the Synergy, or if the Synergy starts to fade with wear, then I'll come back and provide an updated review. Until then... it's SCN1B all the way.
-- 14u Coach | | Durability | 10 | | Sweet Spot | 10 | | Pop | 8 | | Feel | 10 |
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