Youth Wood Bat

It shouldn't break on the first use. If it did contact the manufacturer for a replacement. May sound odd but is he using it correctly?  Is hitting with the label up or down?  

http://probaseballinsider.com/how-to-use-a-wood-bat/

Wood bat droop 8?  Most are drop 4 or less.  

You need a maple bat.  Try Sam bat.  Kid has used one for years without issue.  

I'd go with a bamboo bat for the cage.  Very very hard to break. The ones from bamboobat are great. $50 at justbats.com.

The -8 wood bats are very thin at the handle and break easily when caught inside if your not disciplined. You can get the XL3 in -8 and -5 I believe.

Thanks!  I will look into the xl3

Hit me up on PM, I have several 28-30" brand new Mad Dog bamboo bats that are drop -8. 

Sold all the bigger -3 models  

$25 each plus the ride. 

no 31" ?  He needs one of those.....  If you have one, I am in.

The 31's are -3....

I would say use metal until you can handle a minus 3 or at least minus 5. 

I don't have them up on our website yet MacDougallBats.com , but we are just about to launch our new youth wood bat line.  They are made the same way as our adult Powerwood bats.  They will carry a ONE YEAR breakage warranty and they are 100% real wood.  Just had a bunch of kids try out the prototypes at a local indoor hitting league the other night and they loved them.  Although they cost the same to make as our other bats, we will be pricing them $20 less at $169.  They will be approximately a -6 swingweight.

In case you haven't heard, beginning in 2018, all youth bats will have to comply with a new rule that is essentially the same as the BBCOR rule.  In other words, they will have to perform the same as a wood bat.  The lead organization on this is USA Baseball but Little League and others are participating.