Topic: Why do you use, what you use? (Read 3386 times)

Cover_Drive · « **on:** October 21, 2012, 07:48:58 PM »

Nearly everyone here has more than one bat, so at the end of the day on match days only one bat is used in the middle. So my question for you guys (first and fore-mostly for myself) is that, "Why do you use, what you use?"

For me it was Screaming Cat, so why did I use Screaming Cat?

Few reasons;

- Felt best in hands (maybe it was due to fact I had started using the bat in February and used it all the way till my last net of the season, didn't use any other bat in middle)
- Elongated Middle
- Remarkable Ping

So above are three key point why I chose Screaming Cat over other bats.

Alvaro · « **Reply #1 on:** October 21, 2012, 07:53:54 PM »

Nice topic.
Blueroom Bombora
- split toe on Redback
- lovely balance & pings like a beauty
- I got an unbeaten fifty first time with it

= keeper

Buzz · « **Reply #2 on:** October 21, 2012, 08:20:22 PM »

I have two match bats, the blank and revolution, I use whatever feels right when I am getting ready.

both are lively.

Cover_Drive · « **Reply #3 on:** October 21, 2012, 08:24:18 PM »

Quote from: Buzz on October 21, 2012, 08:20:22 PM

I have two match bats, the blank and revolution, I use whatever feels right when I am getting ready.

both are lively.

Sounds good, but is the feel similar? I mean so imagine if you used BlankBats on Saturday and got a fifty (or century even

) then would you use same bat on Sunday even?

Cover_Drive · « **Reply #4 on:** October 21, 2012, 08:24:48 PM »

Quote from: Alvaro on October 21, 2012, 07:53:54 PM

Nice topic.
Blueroom Bombora
- split toe on Redback
- lovely balance & pings like a beauty
- I got an unbeaten fifty first time with it

= keeper

Fair-enough, use it in nets as well?

Alvaro · « **Reply #5 on:** October 21, 2012, 08:32:10 PM »

Quote from: Cover_Drive on October 21, 2012, 08:24:48 PM

Fair-enough, use it in nets as well?

I use my FiL bat in nets. Or maybe one of the new ones...

sloggerroz · « **Reply #6 on:** October 21, 2012, 08:38:20 PM »

Depends on the track ie low bounce then a lower middle bat. How fast the bowlers ie faster bowlers then a lighter bat also the stage of the game. Saying that though i probably used the same bat in 15 of the 20 innings i had last season because it felt the nicest and i had confidence in it.

PedalsMcgrew · « **Reply #7 on:** October 21, 2012, 08:42:52 PM »

CF Premier Cru or Chase FLC. Same as Buzz, I just decide which I most like the feel of at the time....got a few others but they'll all be going in the next few months. Need to use a bat to it's full potential instead of chopping and changing every 5 mins!

Why these two in particular? Both are 'ready' whereas all my other bats need either more knocking in or more playing in. Couldn't say for sure they're the best bats I have although the CF is the actual one that did so well in both the Southern and Northern Batoffs.

Chad · « **Reply #8 on:** October 21, 2012, 08:50:13 PM »

Helios Atlas, almost every other bat I have used in a match I have shifted.

It is a little heavier than what I used to use, but at the pace I play against, this is actually not too bad
Responsiveness is EXCEPTIONAL
Large hitting area, and a thick strong toe
I can focus more on timing rather than trying to hit the ball hard

I use whatever bat I feel like in the nets, but used to use the bat I normally used for games the most in the nets, while swapping for another bat at least once each net session.

uknsaunders · « **Reply #9 on:** October 21, 2012, 08:58:32 PM »

I go with what feels good at the time. Start with the icon, h4l felt better in nets so I went back to that. However, moved onto lower decks and decided the icon's toe was bigger, so went back to that. Don't like to move between bats too often but when they all weigh much the same and pickup is similar it's less of an issue.

pacman75cricket · « **Reply #10 on:** October 21, 2012, 09:17:34 PM »

Used the SAF Hades all last season & will continue to do so, although will have a replica which may be used for nets as the original is awesome.

tim2000s · « **Reply #11 on:** October 21, 2012, 10:33:14 PM »

My Hades, after I got it, and before that, my instinct. The reason for both they just feel right!

Colesy · « **Reply #12 on:** October 21, 2012, 10:38:35 PM »

I have one bat, but right now I wouldn't want to use anything else. No pro bat, �500 bat or whatever will make any addition to my game over my �100 Icon.

Middle is where I hit the ball most (not because of my ability, just the most common hit section of the bat)
Pick up is awesome, as is the balance
Weight is right
Handle feels right
Looks good too

ajmw89 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 22, 2012, 08:00:24 AM »

The part made i finished off. The handle feels beautiful in my hands and it picks up like a dream! I also wouldn't want to let something i've put a lot of time and effort into making go to waste...

Manormanic · « **Reply #14 on:** October 22, 2012, 08:14:19 AM »

whatever I feel most confident with basically. If I'm at our main ground, something like my Black Cat or H4L which are balanced all rounders, if we're stuck on the Green then the big Newbery comes out. And for CS games, it has to be the new Distinction to give me that fraction of a second!

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Cover_Drive

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