- Jan 25, 2011
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I'm a AC for our local HS team. One of LS factories that makes the blanks for their wood bats is less then 5 mins. away from our school. We can get bats and gloves or most of TS stuff at a really good discount and we dont use thier bats. LS has a quality problem with their bats. They I feel have not addressed their issues yet. So as you can see, it would make sense for us to use their bats, but until they can make a better quality product, longer lasting then I wouldn't buy one.Not here to start a bat vs bat thread. Being a high school coach I see all types of personal bats come through. Different travel teams form different collective opinions on bats, girls have different individual likes/dislikes, and perception from one buying parent is different from another.
I know which ones work for my girls and the majority of the time the top tier bat from each major retailer is negligible in performance difference with the main selling point being personal preference. Only bat that we have bought that was just an absolute bust was the silver/blue 2013 Worth Legit. Had two break within 200 hits each. The orange/white 454 sent as a third replacement has served very well though.
I normally test out the bats to see which is my personal favorite. For me, I enjoy the Xeno. Also enjoyed the Stealths. I havent been around the new FS/FX series to form a good opinion on them yet but two of our girls are hitting nice shots with them. Our all-area, home run leader short stop enjoys the Xeno. Pick your poison.