Posted by: Dumber than Dirt (joe.flowers@nofreewill.com) on Thu Jun 16 04:27:16 2011

> He is always trying other kids bats so maybe he can try a lighter
> one. He has a big barrel 29/19, whcih he kills the ball with and I
> thought the added weight was helping but it is hard to tell if it was > the 2 3/4 barerel or the weight.

Oh, the big barrel bat will exaggerate a weight problem because the Moment of Inertia of that bat is even farther from the hands causing even less bat speed.

Bat speed is much much more important than bat weight.

I often train my son with a big barrel to help get his strength up, but that's it.

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