What Size Baseball Bat For 11 Year Old

If you are big enough to swing an aluminum bat, then you're big plenty to do good from a woods bat. Forest bats develop proper swing grade .

So, how do you choose the right size bat for your slugger? It'due south primarily about length and drop weight—which is the length-to-weight ratio—with some barrel size consideration.

Choosing the Correct Wood Youth Baseball Bat Size

If your child has been properly fitted for length of their metal bat, then the length choice for a woods bat will be simple: go with the length of their metal bat.

Many inquire if they should drib back an inch for a youth wood bat, as woods tends to weigh more than metal. The answer is no! It's not that woods bats are too heavy; it's that metal bats are artificially light. With forest, his/her metal bat golf-like swing is replaced by a nice, level baseball swing. And, your young hitter learns where to make contact (on the sweet spot: ~2-6" from barrel end) to maximize power and become more hits on any bat. Nosotros'll touch on on proper weight again shortly.

Is this your kid'due south beginning experience playing baseball? Not confident he or she was ever properly sized for a wood bat? If your respond is yep to either question, here is a helpful chart with full general recommendations for proper youth bat size. Select your child'due south weight from the left manus row, and height from the top row. At the intersection of those two points is the suggested youth woods baseball bat size.

Proper Weight for a Wood Youth Bat

In addition to length, length-to-weight ratio likewise plays a disquisitional role in your slugger's success. As referenced above, an artificially calorie-free bat leads to the aforementioned golf-like swing. A youth wood bat that is likewise heavy causes hitters to drop their shoulder or turn their wrists. This yields reduced bat speed and less contact with the ball.

Wait for a length-to-weight ratio of -7 to -8 for an 11-year-sometime or younger. If you accept this number (referred to as drop weight) and subtract it from bat length, y'all become the weight in ounces of the bat. Then, a 30" -8 drop weight bat volition weigh 22 ounces (30-8=22).

For 12-13 year olds playing Pony, Junior, or Senior League level, nosotros recommend a youth bat length-to-weight ratio of -5. For example, a 31" bat weighs 26 ounces. This drop weight gives the immature hitter a very manageable weight transition between a youth bat and a high-school age bat.

Getting a properly weighted youth bat is critical to developing a proper swing. If the weight doesn't fit the historic period, all the practiced that comes from swinging a wood bat is erased.

Youth Wood Bat Barrel Size and Length

Currently, any youth 11 years old or younger is required to swing a ii.25" maximum diameter barrel. For 12-13 year olds (and beyond), a 2.v" minimum diameter barrel is typically required. This follows Little League rules, which most leagues follow.

Butt length, which impacts the counterbalanced experience of any woods bat, is another gene to consider when selecting a youth woods bat. The longer the barrel, the more end-weighted it volition feel. Even the ridiculously calorie-free metal bats with long barrels wreak havoc on a young hitter's swing form. Existence a power hitter with a metal bat is way dissimilar than beingness a power hitter with a wood bat. So, nosotros recommend, especially for youth, to avoid wooden bats that have big or long barrels, unless your kid is super-sized for his/her age. The more balanced the forest bat, the more than success we expect the youth baseball game histrion to have.

Coupling player age with proper youth bat butt size and length-to-weight ratio (drop weight) will get you one pace closer to developing a peachy swing.

Youth Bat Recommendations

Beginning, always buy a properly weighted youth wood bat in the length that matches your kid'due south metal bat. And, if you don't know if he/she was sized properly, use this baseball bat size chart.

Second, if you lot are considering a Phoenix bat, we recommend that a kid upwards to age eleven goes with one of the following:

K240 if new to wood (specially ix-11 year olds), as information technology has more within pitch protection
K455 if wood bat experience or 8 or younger
K271 for the biggest kid, especially if he/she is 10-11 years former

Nosotros promise, they can handle it!

At 12-13 years old, we recommend a transition to the DR100 or DR5S wood youth bat. The barrel size changes from ii-1/iv" to two-1/two", but the length-to-weight differential (aka driblet weight) only goes from a -8 to a -5. This maintains swing form. By 14 years old, nosotros definitely expect to encounter a youth swinging one of our full size, -3 drop weight or heavier baseball game bats.

Each Phoenix bat comes with hitting and care tips, as we want your child to have a great wood bat experience. For more than information, delight bank check out The Ultimate Guide to Buying a Youth Baseball Bat and our comprehensive Bat Resources page.

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