Posted by: scott (sds121079@yahoo.com) on Sun Feb 10 18:09:51 2008

For whatever it is worth all the high school coaches I have spoken with on this issue have told me to try to move up 1 inch and 1 ounce each year to be ready for the - 3 rule when they get to the high school level. That way they are not at a disadvantage swinging a heavier bat then they are use to.

> My son is 11 (almost 12) and I would like to know what is the average size baseball bat the kids at that age should be and are swinging. He has a 29 inch, 19.5 ounce bat that he has had for a couple years. I believe it is too small for him.
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> What size bat should this age be swinging? He is pretty good size - 5 foot 1 inch and almost 100lbs. Any help or thoughts are appreciated.
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> Thanks,
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> Dan