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Originally Posted by Travis
Don't drop down too light, as your bat speed won't necessarily increase with the bat being lighter, everybody has a maximum bat speed they can reach, so if you can hit that with a 28 ounce bat, no sense using a 26 ouncer as your swing speed stays the same, yet the mass you're hitting the ball with has decreased.
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So very, very true and yet so rarely understood.
I used a 32 inch, 26 oz. bat my 12 year old season in Little League. They don't even make those anymore. All the kids want at least a -9 on their bat and it pisses me off. Some of the kids used a -12.
12! Refused to use anything heavier. And then they don't believe me when I told them that my team had 3 players that hit at least 5 home runs in the 20 game season. The last team I helped coach (the season before this one) hit one home run. TOTAL. Goodness.