Posted by: tpav (tim@valweb.com) on Wed Dec 8 12:38:00 2010

What are some thoughts on when to graduate to heavier bats? I'm talking 12-16 year old boys. Last year in little league -10s were the thing. This year in Pony it seems to be -6. I hear talk of high school players struggling to adjust to -3 because they didn't start using them early enough. Is it as simple as swinging the heaviest bat you can be successful with? As I understand it a heavier bat can't be swung fast enough to get around on faster pitching.