Reply to "Bat options for soon-to-be 13YO?"

3FingeredGlove1,000+ posts

TG,
A minor point-- the USSSA rules are confusing regarding bats for 14U players. They mandate a -3 drop for "scholastic based age divisions (14U-18U)". Conversely for "14U and younger age based divisions" the only restriction is on the BPF. As it turns out, the only 14U divisions actually listed on the USSSA website are soley age based, and so there is no drop restriction. At the Elite 24 this year, one team challenged the use of a -5 bat, and it was ruled to be OK.

But I agree that players should use a -3 as soon as they can.

9/24/0710:26 PM

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