10U DD Need Some New Bat Advice

[shabadoo25]

So my daughter has been using a 30/19 2018 blue Ghost for a year and does really well with it. However, she has a bunch of NSA tournaments coming up and her 30/19 yellow Ghost is just meh. She is big for 10U and wants to upgrade to a 31 and this is an opportunity for me to get a new bat purchase past the Mrs.

She does well with her friend's 30/19 Dual Ghost at practice but she absolutely destroys with another friend's 31/21 CF Zen. She had a CFX 2 years ago and never really liked it. We are going to have her try both those bats in this weekend's NSA tournament.

I was planning on getting her the Dual Ghost but I am now left wondering if the Prism might be the better choice. No one on her team has one for her to try. I'd get her the Zen, but I hate to lose the double wall technology. Then there is the proven Ghost technology. The DD says it feels heavy to her, though.

Happy to take any advice anyone could impart. She is 10 and a half years old.

 

[Towny9]

A 31” bat seems big for a 10 yr. old. I have some decent size kids on my 10U team and none of them are in a 31” bat yet. I think only one of them even swings a 30” yet.

If she likes the ghost I would stay with the ghost in a 30”.

 

[shabadoo25]

A 31” bat seems big for a 10 yr. old. I have some decent size kids on my 10U team and none of them are in a 31” bat yet. I think only one of them even swings a 30” yet.

If she likes the ghost I would stay with the ghost in a 30”.

I tend to agree with you. She has 2 girls on her team swinging 31s and they have the slowest swings. The coaches want them to downsize.

However, another girl about her size is killing it with a 32" CFX and no one can talk her away from it, so...

 

[Towny9]

I tend to agree with you. She has 2 girls on her team swinging 31s and they have the slowest swings. The coaches want them to downsize.

However, another girl about her size is killing it with a 32" CFX and no one can talk her away from it, so...

I am guessing the girl killing it with a 32” bat is just a good hitter and would probably hit well with whatever. These girls will top out at a 33” bat most likely by the time they are 16-18 years old. What’s the rush to get there so quick? Bats that are too big exacerbate swing problems. I have seen a lot of bad habits created by that. Our 12U team is a 2nd year 12U (and quite good) and many of the girls on that team swing 30” bats still.

 

[Quasimodo]

So my daughter has been using a 30/19 2018 blue Ghost for a year and does really well with it. However, she has a bunch of NSA tournaments coming up and her 30/19 yellow Ghost is just meh. She is big for 10U and wants to upgrade to a 31 and this is an opportunity for me to get a new bat purchase past the Mrs.

She does well with her friend's 30/19 Dual Ghost at practice but she absolutely destroys with another friend's 31/21 CF Zen. She had a CFX 2 years ago and never really liked it. We are going to have her try both those bats in this weekend's NSA tournament.

I was planning on getting her the Dual Ghost but I am now left wondering if the Prism might be the better choice. No one on her team has one for her to try. I'd get her the Zen, but I hate to lose the double wall technology. Then there is the proven Ghost technology. The DD says it feels heavy to her, though.

Happy to take any advice anyone could impart. She is 10 and a half years old.

I only have experience with the Mizuno Prism, is that the bat?
The CF Zen is a balanced bat. The Ghost is end loaded. In my opinion it depends on if she increases her swing speed, and exit speed off the bat. Results matter more than name. And I would prefer a girl who hits the ball hard 3 out of 4 at bats than makes contact and hits 1 double. The other girl has a chance to do damage 3 times. There are 2 of my biggest home run hitters on our Junior National Team that swing the CF9, even more hand loaded, lighter swinging than the Zen. One girl had a 1.862 slugging percentage and led the Philippines in home-runs also. If I was you I would not cheerlead either bat, just observe because you will actually see the results better than her because she will be baserunning. The CF Zen will be more applicable to faster pitchers.

 

[shabadoo25]

I only have experience with the Mizuno Prism, is that the bat?
The CF Zen is a balanced bat. The Ghost is end loaded. In my opinion it depends on if she increases her swing speed, and exit speed off the bat. Results matter more than name. And I would prefer a girl who hits the ball hard 3 out of 4 at bats than makes contact and hits 1 double. The other girl has a chance to do damage 3 times. There are 2 of my biggest home run hitters on our Junior National Team that swing the CF9, even more hand loaded, lighter swinging than the Zen. One girl had a 1.862 slugging percentage and led the Philippines in home-runs also. If I was you I would not cheerlead either bat, just observe because you will actually see the results better than her because she will be baserunning. The CF Zen will be more applicable to faster pitchers.

Thank you. 2 years ago, she couldn't do anything with the balanced bat but hit the heck out of anything end loaded. She still hits the ball very hard with the blue Ghost but it looked like in a small sample that the ball was carrying further with the Zen. However, all of this was off short toss coach pitch.

No, I meant the Demarini Prism.

 

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Green Easton...wait wrong century/sport

 

[_MIA_]

Thank you. 2 years ago, she couldn't do anything with the balanced bat but hit the heck out of anything end loaded.

I have hard time believing changing bat types is going to change much for an 8 YO. You said she is going to try two different ones in an upcoming tournament. After the tournament ask her which one she likes and buy her that one.

 

[shabadoo25]

I have hard time believing changing bat types is going to change much for an 8 YO. You said she is going to try two different ones in an upcoming tournament. After the tournament ask her which one she likes and buy her that one.

That is the gameplan.

When she was 8, she only knew aluminum so an end loaded bat felt more familiar I am thinking.

 

[Quasimodo]

Thank you. 2 years ago, she couldn't do anything with the balanced bat but hit the heck out of anything end loaded. She still hits the ball very hard with the blue Ghost but it looked like in a small sample that the ball was carrying further with the Zen. However, all of this was off short toss coach pitch.

No, I meant the Demarini Prism.

Hopefully she will have about 4 games. But different pitchers can create bias. It might be good to switch every other at bat if possible. Yeah, I screwed up. It was a Demarini Prism. I think it is profoundly overpriced, and the first model was a dud IMHO. None of the girls use it any more.