Posted by: BsH (blitzfastpitch@aol.com) on Sun Mar 17 21:53:49 2002

While pitching to one of the 8 yr olds, who has a good swing and always connects with the ball, the bat occasionally really stings his hands. I can't recognize what is wrong, and I am afraid he now afraid of it and not as agressive. What causes this?
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> hitting the ball off-center: end of the bat or from the label on down. "bees in the bat" happen to everyone at times. And little kids especially get gun-shy from it. Better quality bats have stuff built in to reduce this but the real remedy is to hit it on the sweetspot.
> Maybe go to tennis balls as a warm up so he's not afraid to swing,
then wean him back to real baseballs.??

You may want to also check his bat closely for hairline cracks around the end plug and down the barrel .