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GN Scoop
« on: November 10, 2011, 07:57:04 PM »

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Re: GN Scoop
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2011, 08:00:21 PM »

weird that in their pic the willow on the face isn't all that special either!!
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Re: GN Scoop
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2011, 08:38:43 PM »

How about this one

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Re: GN Scoop
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2011, 08:43:50 PM »

Having never used a scoop, I'm not really fit to comment, but surely they just don't work. More wood around the edges and less meat in the middle, aren't they a bit powerless?


Also is it me, or in GN's stock photos of the Scoop (as seen on VKS) the edge near the shoulder at the top looks wonky?
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Re: GN Scoop
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2011, 08:48:04 PM »

Asad don't tempt me :(
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Re: GN Scoop
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2011, 08:50:14 PM »

this is just a start ;)

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Re: GN Scoop
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2011, 09:22:02 PM »

Oh this just makes me wish wish my one would turn up !
Looks good Asad
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Re: GN Scoop
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2011, 11:13:09 AM »

Having never used a scoop, I'm not really fit to comment, but surely they just don't work. More wood around the edges and less meat in the middle, aren't they a bit powerless?


do they not just work on the same principle as a perimeter weighted golf club?
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Re: GN Scoop
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2011, 11:13:46 AM »

How about this one



one like that with a long blade would be perfect thanks.
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Re: GN Scoop
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2011, 11:15:59 AM »

do they not just work on the same principle as a perimeter weighted golf club?
Basically, yes. You still have the pressed layer on the face of the bat, which crucially, you don't remove any wood from, and then the weight of the bat is in the surrounding "perimeter". The weight is still there but gives you extra thickness away from the middle for those not entirely well hit shots.

At least, that's the theory....
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Re: GN Scoop
« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2011, 10:39:26 PM »

Having never used a scoop, I'm not really fit to comment, but surely they just don't work. More wood around the edges and less meat in the middle, aren't they a bit powerless?

Back in the 70s and 80s, people like the Chappell brothers, David Gower, Clive Lloyd and Gordon Greenidge and many others managed to score test centuries with scoops, so they can't be that useless!
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Re: GN Scoop
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2011, 10:42:12 PM »

Lara got a big one with a scoop
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Re: GN Scoop
« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2011, 06:34:27 AM »

Lara could get a big one with a piece of balsa wood
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Re: GN Scoop
« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2011, 07:13:26 AM »

Lara could get a big one with a piece of balsa wood

or a broom handle
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Re: GN Scoop
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2011, 07:30:17 AM »

or a broom handle
Stick of celery would probably do the trick...
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