Posted by: Mike's mom () on Wed Nov 12 14:54:31 2003

I find this chart to be pretty accurate because it goes by height and weight, not by age. My 10 year old is tall for his age and uses a 30 inch bat, but could probably go up to a 31.

http://www.dunhamssports.com/info/index.jsp?categoryId=222857

You can also have your child hold a bat out to his side with the top hand (right hand for right-handed batter). If he cannot hold it straight out for 20 seconds or so without the arm starting to shake and the bat dropping, it's too heavy.

Here's an interesting article on choosing the right bat:
http://www.juniorbaseball.com/skillsclinics/morearticles/rightbat.shtml