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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: bluex57 on November 25, 2020, 07:43:12 PM

Title: Knocking (How hard to hit?)
Post by: bluex57 on November 25, 2020, 07:43:12 PM

Hi all

I have seen several videos and have read a few threads here but i am struggling to find an answer to how hard you need to hit the mallet.

I have been knocking in my bat for a few hours now and I am not sure how hard i need to go (see videos below of the current intensity).

I am using a GN Deluxe mallet.

Knocking in the toe:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/f8ZVbiktg9MS4kt18

Knocking in the face:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/g8VeejuNgoqDoVha7

Picture after some knocking
https://photos.app.goo.gl/CSgrG7yGAo5mKve49

Picture from today (looks like indentations from previous pic have gone)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/LoeP5QYkbz7xGK9a9

Need your input if i should be hitting the bat harder?

Also i used to think that indentations mean that the bat is knocked but it looks like the indentations i made previously are actually gone...

Title: Re: Knocking (How hard to hit?)
Post by: Jimbo on November 25, 2020, 08:27:36 PM

Start light, hit harder as you go. If the indentations are gone then that's probably a good sign that you've knocked in all the area around them.

Title: Re: Knocking (How hard to hit?)
Post by: bluex57 on November 25, 2020, 08:57:12 PM

Thanks guys - appreciate your comments. Do i need to go harder than what i am going in the video or is that reasonable amount of force? So essentially keep going at this force for a few hours and should be good?