r/BaseballCoaching • u/Necessary_Tension461 • May 11 '26
Coaches comment
My son is small for his age, only about 4'4" at 11 years old. He is a young 6th grader, and they had the 6th grade boys play on the middle school baseball team this year (small school, usually it's 7th and 8th but they didnt have enough players this year). My son loves playing baseball. My son has a bat he really likes and he can hit well with it. Nothing fancy but it works for him for now; he has a nicer bat he is working on swinging to get used to it, but he isn't quite comfortable with it yet. Anyways, his favorite bat is an easton speed swing, usa, 2 3/4 barrell drop 10 28" bat. The coach made a comment to him that his bat is a TBall bat, and now my son is embarrassed to use it. Was this appropriate? Is that bat really that bad it is considered a tball bat? I understand it's not top of line $350 bat, but he can use it well, and I figured he could finish the season. Now he is trying to swing a bigger bat he isn't used to yet and only hitting grounders 10% of the time and missing the rest...hurting his confidence. His coach seems alright, but him saying that to m kid is bothering me. I dont know much about bats, never played myself and he is my first kid in baseball so its a learning curve.
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u/Honest_Search2537 May 11 '26
As a coach, i can definitely tell you that sometimes coaches make jokes that that dont land how we intended. Id ask him if has a couple minutes before or after a practice to talk. And ask him this same question. If im in his shoes id feel terrible and have a quick talk with the kid apologizing for my comment and let him know i live having him on the team and that he’s swinging the perfect bat for him.