How to Buy a Baseball Bat

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Tony Naile, and today I want to talk to you about how to select the proper bat to buy. First of all you want to measure your bat. Say if you're a little leaguer, to get the proper size, both ounces and length. And what, what I like to do is put the bat in the arm pit and run your fingers down the bat. OK? The end of your fingers should be in the middle of the sweet spot. That's for proper length. OK? Notice I have two bats here. This is a big barrel bat and a small barrel bat. First of all you got to know your league that you're playing in. Treble ball players and turn up players and little league are sometimes allowed to use a big barrel bat, which this is. And your local rec leagues, most of them require you to use the small barrel bat. Use a two and a quarter bat. Alright? Secondly, excuse me, your ounces. When someone says 'do you want to drop three or drop twelve or drop ten', that's simply the difference between the ounces and the length. This bat is a drop twelve. It's a twenty nine seventeen. Alright, that's a minus twelve. The bigger the number the lighter the bat. When you're in little league you want the light bat. These little kids want a light bat starting out. But, when you get to be sixth grade, you, you're going to be playing middle school ball and you're required from them on to use a drop three or progress your life. So you can't use a drop ten or twelve. So when you get to be fourth or fifth grade you shouldn't be still at a ten or twelve. You should be gearing down that weight to closer to the three. Because if you go from a ten to a three in one year, that's adding seven ounces to your swing. That's, that's too much for, for a major league player to add in one year. And also as a little leaguer don't over spend on your bat. Get the one that feels good that fits you the best. Until you create enough strength and bat speed to compress the ball, you don't need a four hundred dollar bat. OK? Thank you."