Meh, We worked on breaking hers in this weekend. She used it for a game of soft toss knock out yesterday and dropped 2 in the outfield. And hit 1 at the coach hard enough to scare her, drove another one past the third base parent. SO I think the new bat will do just fine. Gonna switch her back to the paint seam bat for practice though. I cringe everytime I see the new one get thrown. LOL