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Equipment => Other Gear => Topic started by: Timed-To-Perfection on July 14, 2013, 11:09:09 PM

Title: What type of grip do pro's use?
Post by: Timed-To-Perfection on July 14, 2013, 11:09:09 PM: Was just wondering what grips are popular among pro's, and if possible any pictures of the grip shown in a game etc?
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Post by: potzy248 on July 14, 2013, 11:12:04 PM: I think i saw Clarke using a chevron grip.
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Post by: countycricketplayer on July 14, 2013, 11:12:53 PM: I know that Stefan piloet uses a chevron grip
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Post by: Timed-To-Perfection on July 14, 2013, 11:20:13 PM: Ah, I thought that the chevron would be a popular choice
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Post by: countycricketplayer on July 14, 2013, 11:26:42 PM: I think bell uses a octopus, uses 2 though
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Post by: lukemannionzimbabwe on July 15, 2013, 04:23:48 AM: Glenn Maxwell uses a scale
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Post by: morgzy10 on July 15, 2013, 08:41:43 AM: Quote from: countycricketplayer on July 14, 2013, 11:26:42 PM
I think bell uses a octopus, uses 2 though

incorrect, bell uses a kookaburra max grip
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Post by: Banksy on July 15, 2013, 08:52:44 AM: Not to sound condescending, but why? A grip should be comfortable for the individual batter. Or is it just general interest?!

I'm hooked on these 'arc' grips at the minute, really like the feel of them in the hand.
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Post by: morgzy10 on July 15, 2013, 08:55:29 AM: i honestly dont think there is one preferencial grip that the pro world uses. itll be the same just as club level is, half the guys have the same grip that the bat was bought with, the more serious cricketers ay my club use what is comfortable and feels nice in the hands
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Post by: countycricketplayer on July 15, 2013, 09:02:19 AM: i thought that this was a octopus .
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02616/ian-bell_Act_2616739k.jpg (http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02616/ian-bell_Act_2616739k.jpg)
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Post by: jackmorris on July 15, 2013, 04:15:31 PM: Quote from: morgzy10 on July 15, 2013, 08:41:43 AM
incorrect, bell uses a kookaburra max grip

saw him at the outside nets at edgbaston at the champions trophy and it definitely was an octopus grip mate
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Post by: countycricketplayer on July 15, 2013, 04:18:05 PM: it is defiantly a octopus
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Post by: Banksy on July 15, 2013, 04:29:40 PM: That one in the linked photo above is a kookaburra max grip. Its octopus at the top and sort of spiral style, without spiralling, at the bottom.

EDIT:
On closer inspection it's not actually... It is an octopus.
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Post by: jamielsn15 on July 15, 2013, 04:36:58 PM: Bell does like using an octopus. Gotta wonder about his conversations with Kookaburra... "belly, got the new menace range for you." "great let's see the bat. Er, may stick to my custom made if that's ok?" "no prob, here are the gloves." "hmm, may go with my sausage fingers rather than these ski gloves." "ok, what about a kook helmet?" "not bad, but prefer my masuri.." "man alive, the pads?" "aha! The pads i like!"

haddin uses a snake grip on his bubble...
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Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on July 15, 2013, 04:56:28 PM: Whatever you offer them typically, as long as they don't have to pay for them they are more than happy :)
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Post by: countycricketplayer on July 15, 2013, 05:24:48 PM: Quote from: jamielsn15 on July 15, 2013, 04:36:58 PM
Bell does like using an octopus. Gotta wonder about his conversations with Kookaburra... "belly, got the new menace range for you." "great let's see the bat. Er, may stick to my custom made if that's ok?" "no prob, here are the gloves." "hmm, may go with my sausage fingers rather than these ski gloves." "ok, what about a kook helmet?" "not bad, but prefer my masuri.." "man alive, the pads?" "aha! The pads i like!"

haddin uses a snake grip on his bubble...

That has a got to be a good conversation
Title: Re: What type of grip do pro's use?
Post by: King pair on July 15, 2013, 05:26:57 PM: With the gloves I don't know what they were expecting. He was never going to wear those mittens!
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Post by: countycricketplayer on July 15, 2013, 05:28:57 PM: Where they good sellers in the end ?
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Post by: SOULMAN1012 on July 15, 2013, 06:48:02 PM: I'm almost a pro and I use spiral grips :-[
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Post by: countycricketplayer on July 15, 2013, 06:49:56 PM: ponting was using a scale grip I think
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Post by: jamielsn15 on July 17, 2013, 06:10:58 AM: Quote from: king pair on July 15, 2013, 05:26:57 PM
With the gloves I don't know what they were expecting. He was never going to wear those mittens!

I've only ever seen one player wearing them and that was a guy who played against us last week. Can't imagine they've sold well, but I admire Kook's originality.

KP uses a chevron grip, Cook the standard 'half moon' and Trott a chevron (I think)...