Baseball coaches and instructors now have more choices to assist player instruction.  Every baseball coach uses a fungo bat to hit grounders to their infielders or fly balls to their outfielders. Most coaches have only seen the light thin fungo bats which require a lot of energy to swing. More and more professional coaches have switched to the maple X BATS fungo bats. The maple fungoes do not split, do not have to be taped and can be custom built for you in your school or team colors with your name and school name engraved on the barrel. Once you swing an X BAT maple fungo, you’ll wonder why you ever swung anything else. It takes almost no effort to swing an X BAT maple fungo- just drop the head on the ball and watch it jump off the bat. We have several Major League Spring Training instructors in their 80s who swear by our maple fungoes. Hit fungoes for an hour and your back and arms will get a real workout. Swing an X BAT fungo and the bat does all the work for you. Reggie Smith, who runs one of the top baseball academies in the country (http://www.reggiesmithbaseball.com) developed an extended fungo bat with us with a longer barrel and greater hitting surface area. All his instructors swing X BAT fungoes.

X BATS also makes two very valuable coaching tools- the Log and the Shorty. The log is a big barreled bat with a weight differential between +2 and +12. Many professional players and hitting instructors use the Log to develop strong hands, wrists and a shorter more compact swing. The Shorty is used by players for one handed drills for tee or short toss work. Players develop a flatter more direct swing and add strength and flexibility to their hands, wrists and forearms by making the Shorty part of their daily warm-up.

Customize your fungo training bat by length, barrel color, handle color, knob type, and flag type.  You can even add an inscription and signature.  Rush production is available.

Pro Maple Fungo

Traditional Fungo in 34", 35" and 36" lengths with weights ranging from 24 oz to 27 oz. Available in regular or tapered knob.

Pro Maple Fungo - Reggie Smith Model

Traditional Fungo in 34", 35" and 36" lengths with weights ranging from 24 oz to 27 oz. Available in regular or tapered knob.

Pro Maple Fungo 73

Now our most popular bat handle and knob is available on our maple Fungo in 34", 35" and 36" lengths with weights ranging from 24 oz to 27 oz. This fungo has great balance and comfort and allows every coach to hit fungoes longer than his players can field! This bat almost swing itself.

Pro Maple Log

A bat with an oversized 2 7/8" barrel and weight of 38 oz to 40 oz. Meant for hitting drills under coaching supervision.

Pro Maple Shorty

26" - 28" long, 25 oz to 27 oz weight, with a full barrel. Meant for infield and repetitive drills. Great for developing hitting technique with one hand swings.


Short Barrel Training Bat
This bat was developed as a training tool to build bat speed and train the hitter to hit the sweet spot- both very necessary to hitting with power and consistency. Just making contact is no longer acceptable. Today, not only making contact, but hitting the "sweet spot" is crucial to have any type of success.