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Reply to "How much does using wood help?"

RJM posted:

i remember in 14u my son fisted a line drive double down the line. I commented to a parent with wood he would be holding a bat handle as he went back to the dugout. Those fisted hits with metal can create a lot of false confidence.

i had my son hitting with wood in BP starting at eleven. Starting with 16u almost every tournament was wood.

RJM, that logic is a head shaker.  He had been training with wood from 11 and at 14  he couldn't hit the sweet spot and got jammed.  Confidence is huge in baseball.  Sounds like a solid kid that stuck with the game.  Many kids frustrated at 11 might switch to Lacroose.  So the LL kid that was flying out in HS VS tryouts was all because he didn't swing wood in LL BP.  I am glad that kid got a chance to hit some over the fence.  You just can't make this stuff up.  

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