it did feel fairly spingy if thats the term. What I was trying to get to was I used a brand new ball on 2 brand new bats the feel was significanly different. To try and compare I guess on H4L bat it almost felt like the ball was old and soft (had that kind of a rebound/sound/feel) where as the other one which is a bulldog felt more crisp. anywas if experience is anything my newbery felt like what the H4L feels like and newbery was fantastic so hoping the same here...Not that Bulldogs are bad in anway, that one fell pretty good too...