Considering gettig a fungo, but have a few questions

[uncdrew]

Out of curiousity, since FP bats are so light to begin with, what do you feel is the advantage of using one over just a regular beater FP bat? I can see the advantage in baseball, you don't want to be swing a 31 oz bat for 30 minutes straight when hitting fly balls.

Yeah, my normal reply to this topic is:

"What? You're not man enough to just use one of your old DD's softball bats? Perhaps the pink and yellow Easton Stealth?"

 

[uncdrew]

Does anyone use the fungo that is like a square tennis racquet? I've heard good and bad about them.

https://i2.wp.com/softballjunk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Accubat-fungo-bat1.jpg?fit=500,500&ssl=1

I was handed one once and I just couldn't get the hang of it. Good idea but didn't work for me.

I may be incredibly strong (yes, I am) but I can hit balls 190 feet and high as heck with one hand on any old bat in our garage.

 

[MikeP]

I've been using an old wood softball bat with pretty good results in the infield but really have to get into it for outfield, then they go too far. I used to use dd's bat or an old one of hers but then the issue for me is trying not to hit a 200mph ground ball to her. Been thinking about a fungo, Academy has an Easton 37" for $49.99, might give it a try.

 

[dmcwhinnie]

As far as the fungo that looks like a tennis racket I bought one once and I thought that it was terrible. Years ago I bought an Easton 35" inf/of fungo and I have had it for about 25 years. To me it just makes it a lot easier to hit during inf/of practice. The barrel isn't as wide so you don't push as much air every time you fungo a ball and if you are the guy hitting to the outfield it can make your job a lot easier. If you've never used one before you might want to practice with it before you use it in front of the team. I had HS kids try to fungo with it and they repeatedly swung and missed until they got the hang of it.