For youth bats, we currently carry three major species.

Maple, Birch and Ash

 

Maple is a very dense wood which tends to make it one of the most perferred woods used. The denser the wood, the more durable the bat.  This durability leads to more pop. Maple is a diffuse-pore wood meaning it has close grain. This ensures the wood will hold together under high intensity impact. Maple doesn't flake or splinter and over time the grain compacts which makes the bat harder in the area of impact.  

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Birch is a softer wood and leads to more flexibility. Flexibility allows for more bat speed.The wood softness makes it more forgiving than maple. Birch is a curly grain wood which allows it to be more durable when making continued contact in the same area of the bat. Birch wood will not flake like an ash bat. 

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Ash wood was the pioneer for baseball bats. Ash wood, like Birch is more flexible than Maple. This allows hitters to whip the bat through the strike zone creating more bat speed. Because of the flexibility of the Ash, the bat is more forgiving when a player hits close to the handle or off the end of the bat.

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A player needs to test, swing, and figure out what wood works best for their particular style.