“The New Bats Are So Fragile”

[uncdrew]

half the time the mechanics are poor at best.

Exactly. Easton really put itself in a pickle. Many of the bats break because your Darling Daughter has a crappy swing. And they can't say that to a customer without losing the customer forever.

The Easton (or whomever owns them) marketing team really needs to work overtime on the next Ghost release. Or simply dump Ghost and move to another model. But they need to win back many customers who won't ever buy a Ghost again because their DD casts their hands and hits the ball off the handle.

 

[23and9]

My dd has about 10K hits on her Advanced. I know this because we use blast motion. About 90-95%-ish is tee and front toss. The rest live pitching. The bat is still fire and the only flaws are the paint cracks. Don’t understand how these are breaking 2-3 times in a month for some people. What are we doing right (or wrong )

 

[Westwind]

People post stuff like that just so people can respond with "Wow, your kid works so hard"...

#HeresMeBeingAwesome
#AwesomenessIsHabit
#BeElite
@EveryCoachAlive

 

[Westwind]

Exactly. Easton really put itself in a pickle. Many of the bats break because your Darling Daughter has a crappy swing. And they can't say that to a customer without losing the customer forever.

The Easton (or whomever owns them) marketing team really needs to work overtime on the next Ghost release. Or simply dump Ghost and move to another model. But they need to win back many customers who won't ever buy a Ghost again because their DD casts their hands and hits the ball off the handle.

They went from a fastpitch line that no one wanted to use to the most used bats in most tb dugouts.

I bet they like where they are at.

 

[uncdrew]

They went from a fastpitch line that no one wanted to use to the most used bats in most tb dugouts.

I bet they like where they are at.

True. Good point. Ghost really was an amazing boost to the top for them.

But a ton of room for improvement and additional revenue/profit with some good messaging and marketing.

I know a dozen familes happy to spend any amount of money on a bat and they won't be going back to Ghost at this point.

 

[jdint]

Exactly. Easton really put itself in a pickle. Many of the bats break because your Darling Daughter has a crappy swing. And they can't say that to a customer without losing the customer forever.

The Easton (or whomever owns them) marketing team really needs to work overtime on the next Ghost release. Or simply dump Ghost and move to another model. But they need to win back many customers who won't ever buy a Ghost again because their DD casts their hands and hits the ball off the handle.

Yes, this is the only possible explanation. My .580 hitting 12 year old DD's swing mechanics are so bad, the bat immediately explodes in her hands. In fact half her team must have awful mechanics. I'll let them know.

 

[uncdrew]

Yes, this is the only possible explanation. My .580 hitting 12 year old DD's swing mechanics are so bad, the bat immediately explodes in her hands. In fact half her team must have awful mechanics. I'll let them know.

Cool. Best if they choose a different bat.

But seriously, I clearly said "Many". I clearly did not say "All".

 

[CoreSoftball20]

but but but... she only took like 50 swings.

You should see that in the slowpitch pages...hahaha. Bat for sale, only has 100 swings. Meanwhile it has no paint left
on the barrel and look like is was ran over with a paving vehicle

 

[Westwind]

If the player is happy with a different bat, I guess Easton will have a problem at that point. I think to some extent it will just be parents mad at the next company.

 

[ANNASDAD]

Exactly. Easton really put itself in a pickle. Many of the bats break because your Darling Daughter has a crappy swing. And they can't say that to a customer without losing the customer forever.

The Easton (or whomever owns them) marketing team really needs to work overtime on the next Ghost release. Or simply dump Ghost and move to another model. But they need to win back many customers who won't ever buy a Ghost again because their DD casts their hands and hits the ball off the handle.

Sitting here looking at this huge pile of work on my desk that I want nothing to do with, reading this and thinking out loud.....

These are just some random inside my head thoughts (these could easily turn into RAD questions! ), So here we go!

How about just two (only 2) weight drops, -10 for up to 12U, and -5 for 14U and up! That way the -5 can be built with the durability of the older Easton Stealth's and Synergy's, just a thought? Of course the word durability won't fly with the bat manufacturers who are in the business of selling bats!

Heck, while we're at it move the pitching rubber back up to 40' so the pitchers can gain a slight advantage, with the -5 bats the hitters will actually have to learn how to hit! Should we even delve into ball Cor and Compression? Pandora's Box!!

Okay, you can all call me crazy now, should I just stick to glove posts?