The present invention is a bat particularly adapted for use as a practice bat. The bat of the invention is intended for use in practice to develop batting strength, bat speed and hand-eye coordination. In order to accomplish these objectives, as will be described, one of the features of the invention is that the practice bat is somewhat heavier than a conventional baseball bat of equal length and it includes a shaft portion which is substantially thinner than that of a conventional bat.
For reference to prior art bats other than coventional baseball bats attention is directed to the Niederberger U.S. Pat. No. 3,179,412, issued Apr. 20, 1965 and the Anderson U.S. Pat. No. 2,964,321, issued Dec. 13, 1960.