Uniforms & Equipment


		*Akins Eagles Baseball 2011*

*Uniforms & Equipment*

	Important requirements


	Game Jerseys


	Akins Eagles game jerseys are the property of the school’s Athletic Department and must be returned when a coach requests it. Typically, jerseys are assigned and distributed before a game and taken up for cleaning, repair and safe-keeping following the game. If you have questions, consult your coach.


	Equipment Performance and Safety

	Excerpts from the UIL Baseball Manual:

NATIONAL FEDERATION HIGH SCHOOL BAT STANDARD
The National Federation of State High School Associations Board of Directors has moved away from the Ball Exit Speed Ratio (BESR) performance standard that it adopted for baseball bats in 2000-2001. For 2011, NFHS has adopted the Batted Coefficient of Restitution (BBCOR) standard, which it claims incorporates BESR standards and makes non-wooden bats behave more like wooden bats. The new standard is mandatory for the NCAA in the 2011 season. High schools in some states will begin adhering to the new rule in 2012. However, all Texas high school baseball teams are required to observe the BBCOR standard in 2011.

Click here for the 2011 NFHS rule changes that mandate the BBCOR bat.

NOCSAE Standard For Catcher's Headgear
Begining January 1, 2003, the NOCSAE standard for a catcher's headgear is in effect. The NOCSAE standard for a catcher's helmet and mast only applies to products where the helmet and face guard (mask) are attached together by some means, either permanent means or something as simple a Velcro. It is not possible for a catcher's face guard (mask) or a catcher's helmet to be NOCSAE tested and certified as individual units. If however these individual units are used together in a combination intended by the manufacturer(s), they have to be tested together to the NOCSAE standard in that combination in order to be legal. Remember the face guard (mask) portion must attach to the helmet, and only the helmets will have the NOCSAE stamp. This means that it will be virtually impossible for umpires on the field to determine if different manufactured components have been tested and certified together.




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If the umpires have any doubt regarding the legality of any combination, then the umpires shall require the head coach to provide written documentation verifying the legality of that combination in question. The written verification shall include a statement indicating that the indivudally manufactured components of the combination have been tested and certified together as called for in the standard. Any helmet and mask combination that has been manufactured together as a single unit (hockey style helmets) and has been certified to meet the NOCSAE standard will have their stamp on it. Umpires can then tell if it is a legal helmet by the identifying stamp. The stamp is depicted in the NFHS Baseball Rules Book and the NFHS Web site.

University Interscholastic League

UIL Baseball Manual.

National Federation of State High School Associations

The NFHS has established a certification program for certain items of baseball equipment. Details are on the NFHS web site, along with rule interpretations, standard warnings, disclaimers, and all the things you’ve come to expect from quasi-public groups with access to lawyers.

The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment

NOCSAE was formed in 1969 to commission research directed toward injury reduction. Its standards are recognized by the bodies governing high school baseball at Akins.


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