Can y'all explain bat drop to me; little league bat thread

It's how many ounces less the bat is than the length. In high school bats must be -3 (or heavier I guess, but never seen it); Thus a 32 inch bat is going to weigh 29 ounces. In youth A -10 28 inch bat is going to weigh 18 ounces. Generally, for kids (young ones like coach pitch first/second year kids pitch) a lighter bat is going to result in more bat speed and be easier to control, which is a good thing. Later, kids will develop a preference and probably move to the 2 3/4 inch barrel (big barrel) which are going to be heavier, but I preferred them over the small barrel (2 1/4) inch bats.

i was dropping bombs at 10 years old with a -3, brah.

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K gotcha, for my experiences I've noticed a kid needs that heavier bat in order to get some thump on the balls.

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Two things determine the amount of force exacted on an object, mass and acceleration. In this case the object is the baseball and how much force is applied by the bat. Force=Mass*Acceleration. For this purpose when thinking bat speed think acceleration. So ideally, you should balance the mass (weight) of the bat with how hard the kid can swing it to give you the highest force. However, the heavier the bat, the less acceleration your going to have. Trick is finding the "just right" size.

I'm shooting for a 28" bat next. So really it's down to a -13 or a -12 drop. Or I could always just resort to cool factor appearance of bat as well for selection

Used a +3 softball (34 inch, 37 oz.) bat, 2 1/4 inch Easton Black magic when I was playing youth ball from 11-14 years old

Once I got to high school I had to go to drop 3 because my bat speed was too slow ha

Many leagues have length/weight ratio restrictions on bats, so I'd look in to that before you buy.

Does your kid actually play in a "little league" league. I'm in MS and there weren't a lot around when I was a kid. The best teams came from "Dizzy Dean" leagues.

Not sure,
It's at rec local parks, will have to find out what rules they follow I guess

Yes and no. There are still allowed various drops with the smallest anticipated to be -5. The testing process is similar to BBCOR from what I understand in that the composite bats must break before they exceed the return velocity threshold on the cannon test, so it takes a lot of engineering to get that right. I'd bet that they will get better in year 2 and 3 after having more time to engineer the bats. One point of interest is that Marucci is refusing to make these bats on principle of disagreeing with the rationale behind it. I have a lot of respect for them in that regard because they are leaving a lot of money on the table by not making them.