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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: RoyalParkReds on June 28, 2012, 02:45:14 AM
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How many grips do you guys usually use ?
I value the pick up of a bat highly and I have been told that an extra grip does help with the pick up.
Thoughts ?
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I have two on my current bat, but that's how it was when I bought it. I didn't do it through preference; it just felt like a great pick up and happened to have two grips. I don't know if I'd ever add extra grips or not though. I saw Keiron Pollard has five on his bat!
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I think I'm going to ask for two grips. Judging by the other bats my cricket club, I like the pick up and feel of the bats with more padding.
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many people use a one and a half grip combo - a bit like the bats in this pic, but as mentioned above, it does make a difference how the handle is shaped...
(http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/buzzrockport/utf-8BSU1BRzA0MzUuanBn.jpg)
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I'm a bit retarded when it comes grips. On some bats I just have double thickness chevron whilst some I have double thickness chevron along another thin grip (or half).
So for me it also depends on handle thickness.
Why am I retarded? I have two GM bats, both are same model (LE), on one I have double thickness chevron and half grip underneath while on other I have double thickness cheovron and a Salix type (like on SAF Ifinity in above picture) on top
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I have 2 grips on 3 of my bats. My bat I got for this season though, a GM Halo 606, has one of GM's special control grips on top of the original grip, which effectively makes it 2.5 grips... Feels quite nice to pick up too
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2 grips
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2 grips
No the bottom of it is almost double thickness, so it feel like 2.5 grips
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No I use 2 grips
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I use a single chevron as I have little boys/girls hands
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I heard that you have womens hands Wilkie, which some men may find strangely endearing!!
I like an oval/semi-oval handle of medium girth! I have large hands but find I can play more confortably if I don't have 6 or 7 grips on the handle ;)
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3 grips on mine. Batmakers should make thicker handles!!!
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I heard that you have womens hands Wilkie, which some men may find strangely endearing!!
I like an oval/semi-oval handle of medium girth! I have large hands but find I can play more confortably if I don't have 6 or 7 grips on the handle ;)
The females love my small hands, work wonders with the massage oils!
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A single chevron grip when I am playing well. A grip and a half when I get out cheaply, instead of putting it behind and focusing on next game. I start tinkering with everything till the next game.
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I used to have two on my Kookaburra Rogue, and would recommend that - as a general rule of thumb - two is the minimum amount to use, especially if they are thin grips. Not only does it pick up better, but the ping feels so much nicer, and you don't get much - if any - of those horrible vibrations when you toe end the ball.
However, on my current weapon of choice (Salix Praestantia Performance), I only find myself needing the one as it comes with the lovely thick Spiral grip. So, for me, it really depends on the thickness of the grips and they vary a lot from grip to grip...
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Only ever used 1 grip when I was younger. Then many years ago I borrowed a mates bat that he had acquired from Neil Radford. It had 2 grips and the pick up was amazing. Scored 60 odd with it. Have used 2 grips ever since. Find 1 grip bats a bit weird now.
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Usually two grips and always those GM shock absorber ones as it feels like an extra grip on the bottom hand, would recommend them.
what do others think of the gm shock absorber grips?
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Usually two grips and always those GM shock absorber ones as it feels like an extra grip on the bottom hand, would recommend them.
what do others think of the gm shock absorber grips?
I've only started using them this season. I find I get a more control of the handle in my grip. However, I did find it a bit weird at first. I think the diamond part of it could do with being a bit thicker though
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thats a good point, the top part is quite poor
anyone know where bat grips get made?
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I use 2 chevrons on my bats at the moment, might be needing a third on my mongoose though as it is still not thick enough. On my salix I have the Salix half 'n half grip underneath a chevron and it feels just right.
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either a single grip or grip and then half at the bottom I like to feel like I have the whole of the bat grip in my hand.
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i use a thin plain grip underneath then which ever grip i like at that time over the top.
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i have a thin light halve grip underneath a thick but light grip, i always check because Indian grips are heavier although not always thicker if made in England they are normally lighter
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i use a thin plain grip underneath then which ever grip i like at that time over the top.
What is this mysterious 'plain' grip you speak of? ???
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thats a good point, the top part is quite poor
anyone know where bat grips get made?
some grips get made in england and some in india,ones made in india are noticeably heavier for example the kookabura grip.
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I've had some pretty odd set ups over time - my absolute favourite is two thin grips followed by a very thick one with an additional half grip under the bottom hand, but over time I've sort of headed back to a straightforward three grip set up (I did once have six. Cost a bloody fortune!)
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I've had some pretty odd set ups over time - my absolute favourite is two thin grips followed by a very thick one with an additional half grip under the bottom hand, but over time I've sort of headed back to a straightforward three grip set up (I did once have six. Cost a bloody fortune!)
6 grips?!?!?!
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6 grips?!?!?!
yep - on an old style Powerbow. Dunno why it got quite that many, but it worked like a dream....for a while at least...
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That must have been an unbelievably big girth! lol.
I only use one shock absorber, unless it's a thin handle then I put a thin one underneath
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On my old Kooka I used a hockey grip wrapped round the handle. Very good grip but too thin and almost impossible to put on with one grip underneath. Now I use a thick half spiral beneath an octopus grip
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I have one match bat with 2 grips.
Asked for my new Laver to have 1.5 and find this has improved my game has I've been very bottom hand heavy and starting to work on changing this. Have improved a lot over this year!
My net bat has 1 octopus grip (which I hate as they ruined my county glove palms when the glove has so much life left) need to get a thick white spiral at some point.
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I have 2. For some reason I always have, I've never really given it any thought to be honest as to why - It just feels right to me to have 2 but it's each to their own I suppose
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Going to try 1 grip with a pair of inners this weekend...why not!
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I have 3 chevron grips on mine and find that it picks up very nice and stopes the bat from twisting in my hand