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[andeke11]

hey guys
Just got my new SS platinum reserve of asad.
And i had training straight away so didn't have time to knock it in, for the training i spent the whole hour on a bowling machine would this be adequate knocking in or not?

cheers

[petehosk]

The bowling machine uses the hard rubber balls, which are ok but not usually hard enough to help knock the bat in preoperly.
I would still tend to get a knocking in mallet on it for a couple of hours. Then use worn cricket balls in the nets and throw downs!
After all, the SS Platinum Reserve is a quality bat - would you really want to risk shortening it's life-span for the sake of a couple of hours with the mallet? Get knocking fella - better safe than sorry! 

[andeke11]

guess i got some knocking to do
cheers pete

[Cover_Drive]

One chap in my club once told me that bowling machine balls damage the bats. Is it true?

Andeke11 mate I am not tryin to scare you but just had this question in my mind

[Buzz]

I think that is very unlikely, unless you are using the wrong sort of balls that a bowling machine will damage a bat. The balls are made of rubber, so should cause less damage than a normal ball. They are likely to make a mess of your bat (see this example: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230515193653&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT) but you can clean the grey stains off, with a damp cloth is you have a scuff sheet or fine sand paper if not.

[andeke11]

the balls we use are good ones, so i dont think they damage my bat.
Yerr i already got some stains so cheers for that info