Is the CamWood bat the best tool to improve bat path?
Making sure your bat is following an optimal path when batting is something that all hitters struggle with from youth to the major league level. You can find lots of drills on YouTube and Twitter to help you optimize your bat path and there are plenty of products that are available as well.
Today we will be focusing on the CamWood Bat and specifically their Hands & Speed Trainer model.
What is a CamWood Bat?
At first look, the CamWood Hands & Speed Trainer is clearly a different concept for bats. It’s odd shape and wooden construction will definitely attract attention around the batting cage, especially with the Little League age groups.
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What are the Features of the Hands & Speed Trainer?
Wooden construction (1 piece) that comes in various lengths for age, size and strength differences, highlighted by a mass of weight above the hands as well as an over 12 oz. knob loaded extension below the knob. The extra weight is distributed in such a way that it does not seem heavy. Think of holding a sledge hammer by the head rather than by the handle. The redistribution of weight makes it seem much lighter. This allows for a balanced bat to swing rather than other attachable weights that create an end loaded bat that encourages a poor path for the hands otherwise known as ‘casting’.
What size CamWood Bat should I buy?
Sizing a bat is simple - a player should always train with the same length bat that he plays with. For example, if you hit with a 32-inch bat, then you should train with a 32-inch bat.
The available size and weights are:
26 inch long / 32 oz.
27 inch long / 33 oz.
31 inch long / 37 oz. (youth 2.25 inch barrel)
31 inch long / 43 oz. (Adult 2.5 inch barrel)
Where can I use the CamWood Bat?
The primary ways to use this bat is off a tee, front or soft toss or dry swings. Practicing with CamWood Training Bats has proven success with professional teams as well as many high-schools and colleges.
Lizard Skin Addition
The grip on a CamWood bat can be glossy and difficult to grip by itself. That is where a bat grip such a s a Lizard Skin would work perfectly.
What is Lizard Skin?
Lizard Skin is a modern bat grip that comes in 3 different thickness sizes. They have 0.5, 1.1, and 1.8 MM size thickness for these grips. The reason why this brand of bat grip has become so popular is from the quality this grip provides. Lizard Skin allows players who prefer to use no batting gloves to have a great feel of the bat and have confidence that the bat is not going to fly out of their hands on their backswing.
More on Lizard Skin
Lizard Skin is far and beyond its competitors because not only the quality of the grip, but the color ways and player edition they make the grips in. Lizard skin has a plethora of different colors to buy their grip in. Many MLB players use Lizard Skin and can be seen utilized in the games. Players like Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, and more have their own lizard skin edition grips so you can have the same ones they use.
