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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: hazant0803 on January 10, 2019, 04:54:56 AM

Title: joe roots bat shape
Post by: hazant0803 on January 10, 2019, 04:54:56 AM: hi heres a photo of joe roots bats shape

https://i.imgur.com/MsSUQf3.jpg
Title: Re: joe roots bat shape
Post by: LukeFramBurton on January 10, 2019, 10:12:41 PM: JP Gavan put up the pictures, saying that he was shortening the blade.
1) Does Root not already play with a short blade?
2) Would it not do strange things to the balance by taking a bit off the top and bottom?
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Post by: alexevo94 on January 10, 2019, 10:43:14 PM: Looks like he uses a counterbalance on the top of the handle as well
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Post by: jonny77 on January 10, 2019, 11:24:26 PM: I don't get the counterbalance thing. Surely a touch more wood at the top of a handle can't make any difference?
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Post by: SD on January 11, 2019, 12:11:31 AM: I use 3 grips on bats and I always find that the balance and pick up feels much better when i have added 2 more grips than when it comes from the maker with just 1 grips on. I don't understand why it would be the case - and it could even be a mental thing - but pick up and how something minor can effect it seems to go clouded in mystery
Title: Re: joe roots bat shape
Post by: potzy248 on January 11, 2019, 01:29:46 AM: Quote from: SD on January 11, 2019, 12:11:31 AM
I use 3 grips on bats and I always find that the balance and pick up feels much better when i have added 2 more grips than when it comes from the maker with just 1 grips on. I don't understand why it would be the case - and it could even be a mental thing - but pick up and how something minor can effect it seems to go clouded in mystery

Not really. It changes the balance point to higher up making the pick up better.
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Post by: InternalTraining on January 11, 2019, 03:05:46 AM: ^ For me, this trick works with low/mid-low balance point bats and not with mid-high bats like Amplus or XP80 where my timing goes completely off.
Title: Re: joe roots bat shape
Post by: edge on January 11, 2019, 08:55:33 AM: Quote from: jonny77 on January 10, 2019, 11:24:26 PM
I don't get the counterbalance thing. Surely a touch more wood at the top of a handle can't make any difference?
Nope, it doesn't.
Title: Re: joe roots bat shape
Post by: langer17 on January 11, 2019, 09:04:10 AM: Quote from: edge on January 11, 2019, 08:55:33 AM
Nope, it doesn't.

But it can mentally, and that can be a very powerful thing.
Title: Re: joe roots bat shape
Post by: Kulli on January 11, 2019, 09:06:29 AM: As discussed on here, I think a 'counterbalance' is a misnomer, I think it's a comfort/grip location thing for most.
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Post by: jonny77 on January 11, 2019, 09:35:44 AM: Glad it's not just me then. Would take a lot more than a few grams of wood at the top of the handle the make a difference. A grip or two maybe, but I had a H4L Warbird and always chuckled at the 'counterbalance' claim. Lovely bat all the same though.
Title: Re: joe roots bat shape
Post by: SD on January 11, 2019, 10:08:24 AM: Quote from: potzy248 on January 11, 2019, 01:29:46 AM
Not really. It changes the balance point to higher up making the pick up better.

Like a few on here, I am sceptical that a tiny amount of weight at the top of the handle can seriously alter the balance point of hefty chunk of wood.
Title: Re: joe roots bat shape
Post by: SD on January 11, 2019, 10:19:13 AM: The same would apply to extra grips in terms of their weight relative to the bat