I know my son still has some time on this topic but he is 11 years old and plays USSSA Major baseball. USSSA allows the use of senior league bats, inwhich he has used for the last 2.5 seasons. The question is when should he start making the transition to the -3 bats of high school? The summer season prior to freshman year? Eight grade? Seventh Grade? or just weight until try-outs?
He is pretty large kid, 5'3", 125 lbs but I know if I put a -3 bat in his hands now he couldn't get around on an average fastball, or adjust to a change up.
How did your kids go through this transition phase? Did they just swing a -3 bat during practices and still use the light weight bat in games or did you all follow a set plan for this to happen. I have seen many -5 bats out there, I guessed they are called powerhitter bats or something like that. Anyways, I didn't have to go through this transition when I was growing up because we didn't have these fancy light weight bats, so this is a new experience for me. Thanks for all your advise and wisdom ahead of time.
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