In our area, we haven't had much of a winter at all. In fact, we, (I assisted) just took a PE class outside today. I have 7th hour prep and my team is now in 7th hour PE since during the baseball season, they will often have to leave early for a game. We ran 40s today as the last measurment of our plyo/weight program. Imagine, January 25 and we're outside. We could be hitting outside today, if we allowed to by the IHSA. Concerning bat weight, We just ordered some more bats. We didn't order any 34 inch bats. I think that one thing that happens at the lower level, is that they come off -5 bats and they think that they can still swing a longer bat. It is hard for them to recognize that the majority of them need a 32-29.