My daughter is 10, just over 5’ and 100 lbs. She’s traditionally been a slower swinger focusing on contact but has made huge leaps and now puts the ball in play often.
The last year and a half she’s been using a DeMarini Spryte 30/18. Since she’s now making better contact and she’s gotten stronger and swinging harder I’m wondering if I should move her to a 30/19 or (gasp) even 31/20?
I doubt there will be anything in the -11 market that will be easier to get through the zone than the Spryte and I really don’t want to mess up her ability to make contact by adding too much weight or length but I am think adding some mass is a good idea now that strikeouts are only happening 1/3 of the time and she’s getting hits 1/3 of the time. My motivation is less about trying to get power and pop (although anything that makes the game more fun is great) and more about thinking about her development in terms of bat weight and length.
So now the questions:
1) I’m sure many of you have been in this situation. Should we go up?
2) If yes, 30/19 or 31/20?
3) Which bat? The -11 market is HUGE! Been thinking about the Prism, LXT, Power CBRN, Mantra +, Meta, all the Ghosts… Basically everything. I’m terrified of moving to something that’s going to feel heavy and hard for her to make contact with but think that something must work.
Thanks in advance for your thoughtfulness!
The last year and a half she’s been using a DeMarini Spryte 30/18. Since she’s now making better contact and she’s gotten stronger and swinging harder I’m wondering if I should move her to a 30/19 or (gasp) even 31/20?
I doubt there will be anything in the -11 market that will be easier to get through the zone than the Spryte and I really don’t want to mess up her ability to make contact by adding too much weight or length but I am think adding some mass is a good idea now that strikeouts are only happening 1/3 of the time and she’s getting hits 1/3 of the time. My motivation is less about trying to get power and pop (although anything that makes the game more fun is great) and more about thinking about her development in terms of bat weight and length.
So now the questions:
1) I’m sure many of you have been in this situation. Should we go up?
2) If yes, 30/19 or 31/20?
3) Which bat? The -11 market is HUGE! Been thinking about the Prism, LXT, Power CBRN, Mantra +, Meta, all the Ghosts… Basically everything. I’m terrified of moving to something that’s going to feel heavy and hard for her to make contact with but think that something must work.
Thanks in advance for your thoughtfulness!
