We are buying all our 14u players wood bats for cage work during the winter.
Reason for are,
reduced sweet spot will hopefully train the girls to select better pitches to hit, any swing flaws will be maginified and therefore hopefully easier to target and fix, they must swing faster and harder to get any kind of decent output.
Reason against,
All of the above working against us. The biggest drop I can find is a -6 to -7 so to counter I will drop everyone down an inch from there normal bat, I am a little worried the few extra ounces could have a negative effect if were not careful, not to mention its a totally different feel.
The kids are looking forward to get them and start using them, there is already talk of using them in a game or two next year, (not sure of the rules yet). Point is they are not against it at all.
Alot of boys teams do this, our local high school team uses wood only except for in games and have produced several D-1 and minor league players.
I get some strange looks when I talk about this for a girls team, what do you think?
Reason for are,
reduced sweet spot will hopefully train the girls to select better pitches to hit, any swing flaws will be maginified and therefore hopefully easier to target and fix, they must swing faster and harder to get any kind of decent output.
Reason against,
All of the above working against us. The biggest drop I can find is a -6 to -7 so to counter I will drop everyone down an inch from there normal bat, I am a little worried the few extra ounces could have a negative effect if were not careful, not to mention its a totally different feel.
The kids are looking forward to get them and start using them, there is already talk of using them in a game or two next year, (not sure of the rules yet). Point is they are not against it at all.
Alot of boys teams do this, our local high school team uses wood only except for in games and have produced several D-1 and minor league players.
I get some strange looks when I talk about this for a girls team, what do you think?