Whether your clientele includes kids in little league, softball players or athletes taking their baseball skills to the next level, sell batting helmets to suit their safety and performance needs. Ensure you not only select a variety of sizes, but also different colors and logos to appeal to customers’ team spirit.

When buying batting helmets, customers may ask for models that meet National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) standards. The guidelines aim to reduce injuries, particularly to the head and neck. When ordering from a batting helmets provider, consider compliant models in a range of price points for these three key markets:

1. Provide batting helmets for children and teens to take them from little league to high school baseball.

2. Promote adult batting helmets for weekend baseball players, coaches or budding professionals.

3. Find batting helmets to accommodate softball players of different ages and sizes.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Sell children's batting helmets in different sizes for every age and stage

Clients buying children's batting helmets will become reliable customers if you stock enough sizes to fit their kids as they grow from t-ball to varsity baseball. Also, offer one-size-fits-most helmets to accommodate kids who are between standard sizes.

I recommend: Athlete’s Dugout is one of the largest wholesalers of Rawlings baseball equipment, which includes a batting helmets list that offers youth-size batting helmets that comply with NOCSAE standards. Gopher Sport is a leading athletics, recreation and fitness distributor and batting helmets provider with youth-sized helmets. It accepts purchase orders from recognized schools and businesses and offers 30-day net terms for approved accounts. For coaches, check out its Little League Baseball Pack that includes everything you need to outfit your team.

Stock professional-style batting helmets to accommodate large teens and adults

Although adult baseball pitchers are more skilled than their younger counterparts, they also throw with greater velocity. As a result, older players rely on safety equipment like batting helmets to reduce serious injuries. Look for NOCSAE-compliant, one-size-fits-all models to suit a wide-range of buyers.

I recommend: Get adult one size fits most batting helmets from ATAFA Sporting Goods. These are NOCSAE approved and come in three different color schemes. Apply for a reseller account for savings over its regular prices. Find batting helmets at Athletic Team, a leading wholesaler of sporting equipment that sells a variety of batting helmets from tee-ball, to junior, to adult in numerous colors.

Offer batting helmets that have protective padding and bonus features for softball players

Softball players are also in need of batting helmets as a safety precaution. In addition to sufficient padding and a variety of sizes, consider stocking versions with convenient 'ponytail ports' to provide added comfort for female fast-pitch players.

I recommend: Safety-Lane.com offers wholesale pricing on safety items for softball players including the Coolflo softball batter’s helmet with a channel in the back that allows room for ponytails and is a one-size-fits-all helmet that meets NOCSAE standards. Wholesale Baseball Equipment from CRS Distributing offers wholesale baseball and softball equipment including batting helmets. This includes one-size-fits all helmets and softball helmets with a ponytail opening that all meet safety standards.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Provide employees with batting helmets information such as safety features, sizing and construction details so they'll be able to match customers with the appropriate model. Helping your clientele choose the correct equipment the first time, will reduce returns of used batting helmets that you might not be able to restock.