Where is the Middle on your Bat?
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In mm, can you tell me where the middle is on your bat?

150mm-180mm
- 5 (26.3%)
180mm-200mm
- 1 (5.3%)
200-220mm
- 7 (36.8%)
220-240mm
- 4 (21.1%)
240-260mm
- 1 (5.3%)
Higher than 260mm
- 1 (5.3%)
Completely outside these ranges?
- 0 (0%)

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procricket

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Re: Where is the Middle on your Bat?
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2016, 08:21:45 PM »
two inch from toe to around just under the sticker.

Paul Aldred did a video on it but the bulk is placed slightly higher on most of my bats due to wanting a good pick up but with lower density it allows me to move where i like and with tricks like bigger shoulders and heavier handles i can place it where my cracks where from the season below..
https://youtu.be/2f2xHD4VyR4

« Last Edit: February 24, 2016, 08:39:14 PM by procricket B3 »
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Re: Where is the Middle on your Bat?
« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2016, 09:14:39 PM »
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Re: Where is the Middle on your Bat?
« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2016, 10:22:37 PM »
This is exactly what I'm contemplating at the moment. I'm also 5'7 and I am itching to buy an F18 from IJC. But I don't want spend more than £150 as it'll be a second match bat/ net bat.
So I agree that pressing has a lot to do with the size of the sweet spot thus harder pressed/lower end bats will have a smaller sweet spot. Therefore bat shape is more important as you need to have the most wood behind the area where you hit the ball...right?


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Re: Where is the Middle on your Bat?
« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2016, 11:39:37 PM »
Quote from: TheGerbs on February 24, 2016, 10:22:37 PM
This is exactly what I'm contemplating at the moment. I'm also 5'7 and I am itching to buy an F18 from IJC. But I don't want spend more than £150 as it'll be a second match bat/ net bat.
So I agree that pressing has a lot to do with the size of the sweet spot thus harder pressed/lower end bats will have a smaller sweet spot. Therefore bat shape is more important as you need to have the most wood behind the area where you hit the ball...right?


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Personally if I had a £150 budget I get a 1 stripe from B3 or red ink and ask for the sweet spot/middle to be put where you hit the ball.
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Re: Where is the Middle on your Bat?
« Reply #19 on: February 25, 2016, 03:27:35 AM »
From 6 inches (15.27 cm) to 11 inches (27.94 cm) from the toe of the bat. I play on Astro pitches. I am 5'6''. This is one of my designed bats:

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=32770.0

Here is another:

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=32189.0
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Re: Where is the Middle on your Bat?
« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2016, 08:07:13 AM »
Quote from: TheGerbs on February 24, 2016, 10:22:37 PM
This is exactly what I'm contemplating at the moment. I'm also 5'7 and I am itching to buy an F18 from IJC. But I don't want spend more than £150 as it'll be a second match bat/ net bat.
So I agree that pressing has a lot to do with the size of the sweet spot thus harder pressed/lower end bats will have a smaller sweet spot. Therefore bat shape is more important as you need to have the most wood behind the area where you hit the ball...right?


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Not true at all with the harder pressed stuff i would say they are gang pressed lots of the time ie (no consideration for willow variants).
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Re: Where is the Middle on your Bat?
« Reply #21 on: February 25, 2016, 08:10:24 AM »
150mm - 250mm middle (biggest bulge lowest)

Shotty astropitches with very variable bounce. Mainly a front foot player, working purely in soft hands and drives.

Oh, 1.80m tall!
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Re: Where is the Middle on your Bat?
« Reply #22 on: February 25, 2016, 12:46:59 PM »
Would be interesting to know who uses a bat with the middle 240+ mm.

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Re: Where is the Middle on your Bat?
« Reply #23 on: February 25, 2016, 01:10:53 PM »
Both h4l and b3 are 230mm from the edge of the toe, im 5'7.

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Re: Where is the Middle on your Bat?
« Reply #24 on: February 26, 2016, 06:03:21 AM »
Quite low in my GM Octane , More mid in my Kookaburra Onyx
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Re: Where is the Middle on your Bat?
« Reply #25 on: February 26, 2016, 10:35:26 AM »
Mine are all mid placed middle so around 200mm from toe but all have very long middles as my main shots are driving and pulling as a top order bat.
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