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Most people that talk about bats truly know very little about them. They think they know. lol. They need to do more homework on the dynamic of a clean swing so they can help the kids in that regard. The fuzzy of it all is simply people using a gimmick to sell bats and parents that can't see thru the smoke. Just my opinion.

PS, these same people will "debate" you till the cows come home so pick your battles wisely.
 

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@Stedman00 ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!! That said, I've found that a more evenly balanced bat such as a Mizuno Power Carbon, LXT, etc., is more tuned to what is considered a contact/weak hitter and the more end-loaded bats are for the more powerful power hitters. Unfortunately, as @daboss said, many people claimng to be "experts," actually know very little. For instance, many say that the Ghost is end-loaded. The truth is that it is not. It runs overweight in past years by as much as close to 1.5 ounces and just feels heavy. The 2023's are much closer to weight than past offerings.

Once again, in the past, the only true end-loaded fastpitch bat was the double wall alloy bat known as the Anderson Rocketech and actually SP bats. That has since changed in 2020 with the offering of the Rawlings Quatro Pro End load. This is now labeled as the Mantra and it is also a true end load. Just because a bat feels end-loaded by the users such as the LS Xeno, doesn't mean it actually is. All other composite bats are considered balanced bats even if the weight is shifted slightly further down the barrel such as the Demarini CF series and the Xeno. A true end-loaded bat has the weight all the way down at the end...not just slid down the barrel an inch or so.
 

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I see all the time people talking about bats and saying, “this bat is better for weaker players. Noticed my weaker hitters hitting better than my power hitters with this bat. Etc” how’s that make sense. I get a feel is a thing. But let’s say a weaker hitter and a power hitter both swing a 26oz end load. How’s this bat better for the weaker one if the power hitter mashes? Or is this all just poor insight on stuff?
I do not know of many ladies swinging 26oz end loaded bats. Most of the ladies I have seen with the longer heaver bats knew how to use them and were very solid hitters at the travel/college level. Now I have seen ladies who are using the wrong equipment (a lot) especially at the HS level.
Girls using dads slow pitch bat, using the same glove they had at 9 bat etc.

With that said, if the player is lacking basic hitting fundamentals or foundations EX: weak at hitting... the bat will not have any measurable impact on their performance.
 

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Don't claim to be an expert. I do know a couple things to be true. Swing weight, the leverage weight, is the most important weight to worry about. Not the material weight of the bat. The proper length will also be determined by the swing weight. The best way to figure out what bat is right is by doing the following. Assuming the batter has decent swing mechanics. Buy or borrow several different bats of varying lengths and weights. Have the hitter hit balls off a tee and using some sort of radar, actual radar, measure the batted ball exit velocity. The bat giving you the highest ball exit velocity is the correct bat. Then comes the hard part. Come game time. Waiting long enough for the ball to get close enough so your timing is right to hit the ball well. No bat can fix an early trigger or bad mechanics.
 
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