WhatFinding is the sweet thespot? sweet spot ENCOURAGING STEM EDUCATION Baseball players try ot hit a baseball on the sweet spot of the bat because hitting the ball on that spot makes the ball go really far! Wooden baseball bat, Hammer and masking tape Materials: To find the sweet spot Have a friend gently as your friend taps on does the hammer make on your baseball bat, tap the bat with a the bat, you will feel a different sound hold the bat loosely hammer every inch vibrations traveling when it taps on the between your thumb or so starting from up the bat to your sweet spot of the bat? and fingers so that the middle of bat and fingers. but when mark the sweet spot it is hanging down working their way the hammer finds the with a small piece of toward the ground. down. sweet spot, you won’t masking tape. feel vibrations. WhnReady you hit the for bat with the the hammer, science it pushes the scoop? bat sideways a little and makes the bat bend. the bend is so small that you can’t see it. but it bends and unbends really fast - so fast that you can feel it all the way up to your hand. if you hit a bat at the sweet spot, the bat doesn’t bend as much, so you don’t feel any vibrations in your hand. because energy is not wasted on vibrations, more energy transfers to the ball, making it go faster and farther..