How do you size a bat for softball?

How do you size a bat for softball?

Place the bat knob at the center of your chest and extend the barrel out toward your fingertips. If you can touch the end of the bat with your fingertips, the bat is an appropriate size.

What size softball bat should a 7 year old use?

For example, in fastpitch softball, a child 5 to 7 years old would use a 24- to 26-inch (61 to 66 cm) bat, 8 to 9 years old would use a 26- to 29-inch (66 to 74 cm), and so on. For each year older, add approximately 1 inch (2.54 cm) to the bat length as a general rule.

What is the longest length a legal softball bat can be?

34 inches
THE OFFICIAL BAT. Each bat shall be no more than 2-1/4 inches (5.7150 cm) in diameter at its thickest part, no more than 34 inches (86.360 cm) in length, and not exceed 38 ounces (1077.30 g) in weight.

What size softball bat should an 8 year old use?

Bat Size Chart for 8-Year-Old. The right bat size for an 8-year-old, as determined by actual usage, is a 28-inch length and 18-ounce bat. There are barely more using a 29-inch than a 27-inch. The 27 to 29-inch range accounts for more than 80% of all 12-year-old bat sizes.

What size softball bat should a 12 year old use?

We think the ideal bat for the average 12 year old is a 31-inch drop 8 bat (which would make it 23-ounces).

What is the best bat of all time?

Here is the list of the top Best Baseball Bats of all Time.

• Best Baseball Bats of all Time.
• 1: Easton Ghost X Evolution USA Youth Baseball Bat.
• 2: COMBAT B2 ATB USSSA Baseball Bat.
• 3- Marucci CAT8 (-3) BBCOR Baseball Bat.
• 4: DeMarini The Goods ONE BBCOR Baseball Bat.
• 5: Rawlings Quatro Pro USA Youth Baseball Bat.

Is DeMarini or Louisville bats better?

Both the Slugger LXT 2021 and the CF Zen 2021 are fantastic bats. The new Louisville model has 3 new features and the DeMarini’s remained quite the same from the last year. The durability on the Slugger is a little bit better then on the DeMarini CF Zen and the price is relatively the same.

What bat has the best pop?

What We Learned About the Best Bat Pop

• Until proven otherwise, in reality, the bat with the best pop is the 2K1 Sam Bat.
• Three things define the bat with the “best pop for you”: The performance along the length of the barrel. The bat’s age and its work in period (aluminum is better new, composite is better worked in).

What size bat should my daughter use for softball?

In general: Children under 60 pounds should swing a bat between 26 and 29 inches long. Children weighing more than 70 pounds should swing a bat ranging from 28 to 32 inches long.