Louisville Slugger believes players of all ages deserve high-quality wood bats. The Youth Prime Y271 turning model is our lightest and most balanced youth model to-date. Made from maple, our most popular species of wood, offers higher density and hardness on contact. This variation features a deep flame to distressed black finish coupled with metallic gold branding. All Youth PRIME bats feature seamless decals, as well as Louisville Slugger’s EXOARMOR, a state-of-the-art finish that gives an added hardness to the bat you can feel and hear with every swing.