How to Scuff a Wiffle® Ball

Scuffing a wiffle® ball is thought to cause sharper, more controllable breaks and a curves.

A special thanks to WiffleBoy28 for this month's pitching tip

At higher speeds, like those thrown in professional leagues across the country, players despise a smooth, new Wiffle® ball because its physics - however consistent - make it nearly impossible to drop over the plate for a strike. The inside forces dominate, and the ball tends to be more erratic. The American Journal of Physics published a report in 2007 which mentioned how professionals rough up their Wiffle balls to tame the airborne jig. Theory has it that scuffing the surface disturbs the air flows and causes sharper, more controllable breaks and curves. Read more about scuffing here... 

The science of the Wiffle ball-scuff

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 The 8th annual Wiffle Ball Bonanza
 July 11, 2015
 PA

2015 World Wiffle®Ball Championship
July 11-12, 2015
 Channelside Park, Skokie IL

Wiffle Fest - Illinois Wiffle Association
July 18, 2015
Illinois

7th Annual Greenwich Wiffle Ball Tournament
July 18, 2015
Greenwich, CT

NWLA Tournament
July 17-19, 2015
Columbus, Ohio

17th Annual London Wiffle ball Tournament
July 18th, 2015
London, Ohio

New Carlisle Wiffle Ball City Championship
July 25-26, 2015
New Carlisle, Indiana

AMY FOR AFRICA wiffle ball tourney
Aug. 2nd, 2015
Ashland, KY

14th Annual Travis Roy Foundation Tournament
Aug. 14th-16th, 2015
Little Fenway, Essex Junction Vermont
 
2nd Annual Wiffle Cup- a Goldenstick Wiffle Tournament
Aug. 15th, 2015
San Dimas, CA
 
The Big Wiff- World's Largest Wiffle Ball Tournament
Aug. 22-23rd, 2015
All across MN
 
Lillas Annual Wiffle Ball Tournament
Aug. 29th, 2015
Montgomery, NY

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