Sam, everyone, EVERYONE needs to hear what you said about wood. Implement it in your training. The wood bat fad as I call it is spreading like an epidemic. People hear what you say and completely twist it. I love every word you wrote. I’m a huge fan of using it as a strengthening tool, and a training tool, but can you believe there are 8U and 10U wood bat leagues. These kids can hardly get the bat off their shoulder. Don’t use the wood bat just to use it, use it for a purpose. Hundreds and hundreds of coaches and parents have come up to me in my facility and asked if they should use wood and at what age should they start. I say, I love wood as a training tool and even eventually in games. But my question to them is always, can they control the barrel of the bat without changing their swing with wood? If the answer is yes, then use it all you want, if not, stick to what Sam said.
Thanks again Brad you keep bringing useful insight to the blog and I appreciate it. Anyone else who sends in a response I will post it as well, as long as it is appropriate. Thanks for reading.
