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[norbs]

What I am doing in this section I do not know!!!!

Handles and there shapes....

Is the shape of handles more geared toward players not set in there ways.... 

The bottom of the handle is shaped for reducing twist!!! Not sure how something 5 inches in diameter that you aren't suppose to grip tightly does that!  Actually tightly or not!!!!

To variation shapes to make you less bottom handy, if you are bottom hand dominant isnt that your style of play and changing it may end up effecting [affecting] your batting without a huge amount of practice?

[Buzz]

Please can someone translate this for me

Norbs - are you asking a question as to what handle shapes people should use or challenging the traditional shape?
or something technical??

[norbs]

Handles on bats now come in different shapes for the bottom hand!  i.e. oval, round, etc etc

This shape is there for comfort and also reported as an aid to reduce twisting or make you less bottom handy. That is, the correct method is to hold it is with fingers and thumb, so the top hand takes control.  [I think i got the right!]

What I am trying to ascertain is, is it more effective to have these shapes on youngsters bats [bottom hand] as the old player will be more set in there ways and therefore need more time to change and or effect there bat style they have developed.

A good example is my son he's bottom hand dominant, I packed his handle to make it so that he can hold it as above... finger, thumb...  He's 9 though so just starting out so i thought it is worth him learning properly, I think it is more beneficial for him then someone older that has batted for years in a particular way to make that change.  If it doesnt work I'm not concerned also as it is packed he can back to the normal shape.

As for twist, I think I am saying it doesn't make a difference!!!!!

[norbs]

another thing , is I do have the luxury of being able to reshape it if it wasn't packed and made that way in the 1st place but not all people do.  So it worth trying it out first to see if it makes a difference

[Buzz]

almost all kids when they start playing are bottom hand dominant - this is because their stronger hand (right hand for right handers and left hand for left handers) is typically at the bottom. This is one of the weird things about cricket - in my view a batsman whose left hand is at the top of the handle is left handed and right hand is right handed - except that is no what it is called.

The answer to the question in my view is that a 9 year old should spend their time just trying to hit the ball and not worry to much about technique - that comes once they start asking questions.

make a handle for the bat which the boy finds comfortable and don't over think it is my suggestion

[norbs]

Funnily enough I'm left handed, bat right handed and still rubbish

[Mortimer]

What I am doing in this section I do not know!!!!

Handles and there shapes....

Is the shape of handles more geared toward players not set in there ways.... 

The bottom of the handle is shaped for reducing twist!!! Not sure how something 5 inches in diameter that you aren't suppose to grip tightly does that!  Actually tightly or not!!!!

To variation shapes to make you less bottom handy, if you are bottom hand dominant isnt that your style of play and changing it may end up effecting [affecting] your batting without a huge amount of practice?

No handle is 5 inches in diameter; that would be wider than the blade!

[ajmw89]

I think circumference would be more accurate

[norbs]

No handle is 5 inches in diameter; that would be wider than the blade!

Oops

I think circumference would be more accurate

Yep 

[ajmw89]

I'd quite like to see what a 5" diameter handle would look like though...  Probably suit someone with giant hands!

[RossViper]

Oval handle defiantly helps with bat twist

I wouldn't bother packing the handle, make him play with a squash ball in the palm of his bottom hand - means you cant over grip with the bottom hand.

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Just thinking about this, not sure how big a 9 yo hands are so a squash ball  might be  a bit on the big side...