Posted by: Mike Myers (mike.myers@bell.ca) on Thu Jan 6 12:34:01 2005

Jack
> I have always been a power hitter, using a heavy bat. I think your approach to hitting is right on.
> I'm now 65 playing slow pitch softball, using the same weight bat. My bat speed is not what it was 20 years ago. What is the physics behind using a
> heavy bat, I make my own wood bats,with slower bat speed and using a lighter bat with increase
> bat speed???
> wes

Wes,

This site answers your question in detail:
http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/bats.html

Regards,
Mike.