Are bats getting hotter? Maybe, manufacturers keep trying new processes to get around compression tests. Can you check swing over a 200 foot fence? Easy. I use a 30 inch drop 11 6 year old Worth fastpitch bat as a fungo bat hitting balls to my team and can easily hit it over one handed if I...
In speaking with several college coaches, the sentiment I get is that there will be some cuts for 2020-2021 and the 2021 HS class will be the least recruited class in history. Other than that, the show will go on. As for changing the model for travel clubs, unfortunately, the parents will...
Without reading each and every other reply, unfortunately, it's just the fickle nature of the sport. I just witnessed a kid sign with a college team that had played for me several years. I helped two kids she played with get signed by this same college and built a reputation with this college...
As said before, this is interesting and I'm enjoying the comments. If we answered the question simply, the answer would be YES, YES, and YES. But, we have all attempted to answer the unasked which is: Should there be a bias on size? The consensus seems to be that there should not be. I...
A lot of good thoughts here. But, it's hard to speak in generalities but as a coach and a father of two smaller girls who play there is a definite bias. I've done it myself, believing the larger, taller, player would be better, stronger, faster. It's human nature. Look at the studies done on...