This standard specification establishes performance requirements for new baseball/softball batter’s helmets as supplied by manufacturers.

Categories: All Standards
Tags: 022, 22, Baseball, baseball/softball, batter, batter's helmet, Batters Helmets, Batter’s Helmets, ND022, Performance, Softball
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Description: Modified
Date: June, 2015
Description: Effective
Date: August, 2015
Description: Revised
Date: February, 2018
Description: Effective
Date: February, 2019
Description: Revised
Date: January, 2021
Description: Effective
Date: February, 2022
History: Array
file: Array
File Classification: Effective 2022
File Name: ND022-21
Standard(s) (previous Document(s)): Array
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Previous Versions: Array
Filename (version number): ND022-10m15
Effective Date: August 2015
Revision Note: Changed the impact velocity specified for a softball impact to the helmet. Effective date remains unchanged.
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File: https://nocsae.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ND022-10m15-1-1.pdf
Filename (version number): ND022-18
Effective Date: February 2018
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File: https://nocsae.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ND022-18BattersHelmetsPerformanceSpecification-1.pdf
Filename (version number): ND022-20
Effective Date:
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File: https://nocsae.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ND022-20-Batters-Helmets-Performance-Specification.pdf
Link to Gateway Page for This Standard: https://nocsae.org/nd022-standard-performance-specification-for-newly-manufactured-baseball-softball-batters-helmets/
Number: ND022
Summary:

This standard specification establishes performance requirements for new baseball/softball batter’s helmets as supplied by manufacturers.

file: Array
File Classification: Modification
File Name: ND022-21m24
Revision Note: - REVISION: Removed COR requirement from Section 5.6. - Added reference to Section 12 NOCSAE DOC 001 in Section 4. - General formatting updates - Removed shimming language from 6.1
Revision Note: REVISION: Added requirement for headform positioning to 40 degree tilt for standard front and allowing headform to be tilted either 40 degrees or upright for random impacts in section 5.1