I don't think you can get a new kid for $400...
Agree that sometimes the mental side is the problem, along with parents being way too egotistical about their kids skills, however my dd had a cf that went dead in April of last year, and multiple people tried to tell her that it was her swing that was causing the ball to go a max of 10 ft. I know she generally has a good swing, so I bought her a new bat and the very first at bat with that new bat she hit a home run so I guess sometimes it is the equipmentI think sometimes the bigger problem can be when the KID thinks it's the bat. It can be really hard to get them to have confidence in anything else, once they take a liking to a particular bat. My DD is a prime example. She had an old dirty, ratty -11 CF8 that was a hand-me-down forever and she's really struggling to adjust to anything else (but I'm not spending new bat money on bat that I don't know the history on and no warranty, so it's out of the question).
I’m going to say….. 15 dollars by a bot from bora boraHaha I just threw 3 old cracked bats on eBay....two CF8s and a CF7.....any guesses as to final price?
$5 starting bid on each lol
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