My eight year old was playing baseball this fall on a coached pitched team. It was the exquisite situation for the fall with only one practice every Sunday afternoon from 2:00-3:30. It was a great experience, one in which he learned a lot. He also had a great time with the other kids on the team. We were also playing flag football during the fall, so we didn't have a lot of time for extended fall ball, plus he is only 8 so I wasn't curious in having him complex with a team that was going to play games every week in the fall. I'm not a big proponent of playing year round baseball, but I'll save that for other article.
The coaches decided they would try to play a combine of games and put into action what they had been teaching during the Sunday practices. We traveled about 45 minutes away on a nice Saturday during the mid fall to play a duplicate header with other eight year old team. It was a good taste but I was shocked when I watched the other team hit. Yes, they beat us in both games 20-8 and 17-9, but that wasn't what shocked me, it was the bats they were using - Big Barrel Bats.
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Let me back up a exiguous bit first. My eight year old is our youngest. My oldest is 26 (I was 40 when our youngest was born) and we have already went through exiguous League, Babe Ruth, Summer Ball, etc...with our oldest. Also, as a high school baseball coach I host youth camps every summer and plan I was in tune with what was happening in youth baseball. But the bats I saw the other eight year old team using that day caught me by unblemished surprise. Every player on the other team was using a big barrel (2-5/8 inch diameter) bat, even though they were only eight years old.
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The big barrel bat is designed for senior league play, which is typically 13-15 year olds. I did a exiguous investigation and found that all the manufacturers (Easton, DeMarini, Louisville, etc...) specifically advertised that these big barrel bats are not beloved for younger youth league teams. This was reinforced more when I found out that most youth leagues (Cal Ripen, exiguous League, Pony, etc.,.) do not allow players to use the larger barrel bats. However, I did find it odd that the manufacturers are manufacture -10 to -13 drop bats (the unit incompatibility between the distance and the weight of the bat, such as 27 inches long and 17 ounces in weight). It's determined that the sale of these ultra-light, big- barrel bats are targeted at youth league players.
Youth league (ages 6-12) aluminum bats are typically 2 ¼ inches in diameter at the sweet spot and ordinarily have a -8 in drop. The idea is to work up as they get older and ultimately get to the -3 drop bat that is required in high school.
The problem with using big barrel bats at such a young age is it doesn't reinforce hitting mechanics. When a young hitter swings and misses the sweet spot, this reinforces the fact they need to use their hands to hit instead of their arms. The sweet spot is placed 4-7 inches from the barrel end of the bat, placed between the bat's trademark and the end of the bat. With aluminum (or composite bats) when the player misses the sweet spot, the bat jars in their hands. With a wood bat (which I think all young players should spend time learning to hit with) if the sweet spot is missed, the ball won't tour very far, maybe a ground ball to second or short. Anyway, it reinforces the need to rotate the hips and use the hands to get the barrel of the bat on the ball. With much practice, a player can become good at manufacture consistent taste on the sweet spot of the bat. Using the hands correctly will develop the hands as they get older and allow them to develop in their mechanics as a hitter. Many players struggle with hitting on high school freshman or Jv teams because they drag the bat head with the -3 bats that are required by the National Federation Rules. They have been swinging the -8 and -5 bats with their arms and the -3 is even heavier for them to swing. They haven't developed good strong hands from hitting properly.
The problem with the big barrel bats is the extended hitting zones. The player can have a long swing (one that disconnects with the arms getting away from the body) hitting the ball on the area below the sweet spot near the trademark and still get a solid base hit into the outfield. This was what I witnessed that Saturday this fall during the eight year old coached-pitched game. Most of the hitters in the opposing team line up used more arms than hands to hit, but they still had solid shots into the outfield. In fact, the few times they did make solid contact, the ball was sent like a laser to the outfield fences. Any times our players got hit with the ball (one in the head on a line drive to town field) and the coach was also hit by a hot line drive back to the mound. It was a exiguous scary and these young players were not ready to be swinging these bats.
During my explore I also found hitting with big barrel bats was common practice for tour league teams during the summer and fall. Most tour tournament sponsors do not have regulations against using larger barrel bats for youth league ages. With the manufacture warnings clearly listed on these bats, this may be a serious spot for litigation. The tour tournament sponsors and teams that use these bats against the manufacture warnings are exposing themselves to inherent lawsuits.
From a hitting stand point, players will never understand their hitting flaws. It's like the weekend golfer that uses a monster head driver, one that corrects the flight of the ball if the swing is not perfect. As long as you make taste anywhere on the face of the club, you're in good shape. (I got one in my golf bag) The same is true for the large barrel bats for youth leagues. See, hitting a baseball is difficult and one that comes with much failure. A good big league player that hits colse to .300 will fail 7 out of 10 times. With young hitters, the failure is what makes them better. Missing the sweet spot on the bat reinforces the idea to use your hands and get the barrel on the ball.
If you're serious about your young player being a great hitter make him use the 2 ¼ inch barrel in youth league. He can also work with a wood bat in practices and scrimmage games. (or summer league play). Use bamboo when they are young (ages 6-9), engaging to maple by the time they are 11 or 12 years old. Both of these bats are highly durable and hard to break. By the time they are 15-16 years old they can graduate to a nice Ash bat. Most big leaguers use either Ash or Maple. All of our high school players have a wood bat in their bag and train with it regularly.
Don't delay the improvement of your youth league hitter by allowing them to use a big barrel bat. Rotate your hips and use your hands to hit the Sweet Spot.
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