My 9 year old is a contact hitter that will also start slapping in the fall when she moves up to 10u. She currently swings a 2019 29" -12 lxt. I bought the lxt used and it has a bunch of swings on it. I've narrowed my search down to two bats a used cf9 29-11 or a new CF 29-11. She really needs a light swinging bat, she's tiny. My main reason in wanting to switch to demarini is the Barrell is so much longer than the LXT. I'm open to other bat suggestions though.