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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: brokenbat on October 19, 2017, 07:31:04 PM
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Rohit stiffening up his bat (let the jokes flow) using tape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLwy_qCs4mo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLwy_qCs4mo)
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Was just about to post this! Interesting
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Kranzies I have seen have medical tape on the handle, no twine binding. Maybe twine is a relic from the past and used because of tradition rather than function.
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Kranzies I have seen have medical tape on the handle, no twine binding. Maybe twine is a relic from the past and used because of tradition rather than function.
That's what I prefer but having no twine vibration is no fun when you get a Yorker on the toe of the bat.
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@InternalTraining isnt it in the laws to use? Could be wrong!
Also those Nike shirts are lovely! Chelsea and England football have the same.
Do any forumites in india able to get hold of one or knows of a link... ?
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Just checked
Providing Law 5.5 is not contravened, the upper portion may be covered with materials solely to provide a surface suitable for gripping. Such covering is an addition and is not part of the bat, except in relation to Law 5.6.
5.5 being damage to the ball. 5.6 being contact. So i guess as long as its under the grip it doesnt matter what you use.
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Any benifit of using medical tape on top of the binding, I assumed it’s to make the handle slightly thicker?
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Any benifit of using medical tape on top of the binding, I assumed it’s to make the handle slightly thicker?
Correct, instead of another grip
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I observed adding medical tape on top of binding hardly increases thickness...Adding thicker second twine does a bit thicken at reduced weight increase compared to adding second grip.
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Stu makes the handles this way to allow for whip in the shot , tightly bound bottom 1/3 then tape the rest of the way , slow motion camera shows the whip in great detail , & pro bats are customised to player prefernces.
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Glad you said that Aussie, medical tape will be nowhere near as stiff as glued twine! Obviously adding it will add a tiny amount of stiffness, but only tiny. Even Rohit says he's doing it because the binding's coming loose on that bat.
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Experience has shown that a lot of subcontinent bats have twine that has not been wound tight enough , GN's lathe machine breaks twine regularly , it is wound tight.
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(https://s1.postimg.org/197p6f2pbj/20170821_113018.jpg) (https://s1.postimg.org/1lmbyfhwa7/20170821_113020.jpg)
Twine snapped 4 times while doing this custom , there is an art in getting it perfect , & yes is was a cold 8deg in the bat room
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Glad you said that Aussie, medical tape will be nowhere near as stiff as glued twine! Obviously adding it will add a tiny amount of stiffness, but only tiny. Even Rohit says he's doing it because the binding's coming loose on that bat.
We should avoid that bat maker who clearly doesn't know how to apply twine on a handle! :D
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Stu makes the handles this way to allow for whip in the shot , tightly bound bottom 1/3 then tape the rest of the way , slow motion camera shows the whip in great detail , & pro bats are customised to player prefernces.
Are you saying that a flexible handle will hit the ball further than a stiff handle?
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in the case of this video of Rohit.. he is clearly adding tape to the twine, to make it MORE stiff. he says "to hit shots, you need some stability in the handle". So his view is that too much flexibility leads to lost power.
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There is a fine line between a stiff handle & one that has flexibility , a standard handle tries to accomplish both , each manufacturers does it differently , it is something the average player does not think about specifically, a correct handle can make a big difference to your game , everyone plays differently , GN AUS have invested a lot of time in this , hence why a custom players bat can be so different to anothers handle wise eg mike hussey always transferred his favourite handle from bat to bat
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you could then go in-depth and look in to the Kippax Wavex handle..
https://www.kippaxcricket.co.uk/product-launch/ (https://www.kippaxcricket.co.uk/product-launch/)
having used one, it is definitely down to personal preference. I did not get on with it, felt like my wrists were going to break even when I timed the ball... this was also a shorter blade and I think that may have made a difference.
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you could then go in-depth and look in to the Kippax Wavex handle..
https://www.kippaxcricket.co.uk/product-launch/ (https://www.kippaxcricket.co.uk/product-launch/)
having used one, it is definitely down to personal preference. I did not get on with it, felt like my wrists were going to break even when I timed the ball... this was also a shorter blade and I think that may have made a difference.
Graph in the "Compare" section tells you nothing. What kind of a study is that? :D
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you could then go in-depth and look in to the Kippax Wavex handle..
https://www.kippaxcricket.co.uk/product-launch/ (https://www.kippaxcricket.co.uk/product-launch/)
having used one, it is definitely down to personal preference. I did not get on with it, felt like my wrists were going to break even when I timed the ball... this was also a shorter blade and I think that may have made a difference.
Had a kippax bat with a wavex handle and the middle on the bat felt tiny and tinny. Not sure if it was the handle or the user!