daughter is 15, she is 6' tall weights around 180..big and strong. last season she used a 33/23 stealth and had a pretty good season in hs and asa ( she hit 17 hrs and batted over .500 in around 60 games combined). should she go a little bigger 34/26 maybe? idk if i want to mess with her swing with a larger heavier bat though... i'm really leaning to getting her a miken freak though since she went trough 2 bats last year (not a fan of the 2 piece eastons). i know a lot of ppl like the xeno but i hate the way they sound..lol
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hmmm..i ve seen posts about andersons here and it seems everyone loves the older models not the newer ones..i have a friend that gets me bats at cost so i could have her try one 34/25 or stick with 33 length? good time to try new bat in off season
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Steven Anderson (tumblebug)(anderson bat co) has a thread on another site that is about 60 pages. He says that the hugely accepted idea that older rocketechs are hotter ('04, '05, '07) is a complete myth, though the '11 and '12 will feel slightly lighter swinging.
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Try it out! Dd's 23oz rt weighs over 25 oz. It will feel different, but she would get used to it.
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Lee the^^^^^is true. The RT is a good option for a kid with good swing mechanics. It's a metal bat and will be slightly less forgiving on mis-hits than a composite, but hit it on the screws and it's at least as good if not better than any post-ABI composite IMO. Understand though that the RT is endloaded and endloaded bats feel and swing differently than balanced bats - regardless of manufacturer. I'd say try to borrow or demo one to try out, but if you can get it at cost, I'd pull the trigger on a new one (I'd say 33" not 34"). If DD doesn't like it, you should be able to move it without taking much of a hit. ABC also has the Techzilla (ABC's other double wall - the 2nd wall is inside the outer unlike the RT which has the 2nd wall as an outer sleeve), which is more balanced, and the top-end Nanotek (single wall), which is considered barrel weighted and has a very forgiving sweet spot. My DD swings 33" and 34" RTs or a 34" Nanotek if she's tired. Here's the dilema though - the Anderson '13 models are set to be released around Oct and there's tangible evidence that there will be a new flexlink RT, it has a composite handle w/ the traditional double-walled barrel that may be DD's Xmas present.
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She would love the Freak. If she's picky about color etc.. There are a couple special editions out there that are cool. Jumping an ounce, and an inch was a little difficult for my DD so beware of going up to much in weight if she's hitting that well already.
My dd is 5'6" and 128. She used a 33/24 synergy this past summer. If she at her size could handle the bigger bat, I am very confident your dd can move up to even bigger if she wants.
lee, if you will PM me, I will tell you what bigger bats I have acquired that wouldn't break the bank and you could try one.
