joemktg posted:
- It's difficult to find a wood bat that is appropriate for a 10 year old that is a -2 or -3.
- If there are plans for a young teen to play in the WWBA, then the wood bat should be a regular part of BP.
- But for a tween, I'd concentrate on working on the swing.
They're -7 with thin handles. They break easily. At ten my son went through four $15 Ken Griffey's. The next year he started using a -3. He was 4'10", 80.
More importantly I started working with his swing when he was eleven. He had a good swing. I wanted him to understand why. By fourteen he would comment something in his swing didn't feel right. Please watch. Other than this he made all his own adjustments.
The only lessons (after soph year of his) he took were to stop trying to pull everything and go the other way. He was on the receiving end of pressure to adjust from a pro scout/hitting instructor. He couldn't tune him out like dad. I had been telling him for two years to go the other way on outside pitches.