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Ciaran

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Altering the balance
« on: April 12, 2013, 05:29:08 PM »

A team mate has given me his bat as he wants to take some weight out of it. However its only a 2.9, it feels slightly bottom heavy so I thought rather than just take the weight out it might be worth trying to rebalance it.

Ive thought of putting a thick grip on, and removing the toe guard. Any other thoughts?
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Re: Altering the balance
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2013, 05:30:57 PM »

Counter- balance - lead tape ??
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Re: Altering the balance
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2013, 05:33:01 PM »

roll the grip up, add some hockey/cloth tape to the bottom half of the handle, almost like re-gripping a badminton racket, roll the grip back down (will add about 1/2 oz to an oz) and should feel better...remove as many stickers from the bottom of the bat as you can..
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Re: Altering the balance
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2013, 05:33:21 PM »

Toe guard won't really improve the pick up. You could try lead tape or have some weight removed from the toe.
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Re: Altering the balance
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2013, 05:49:21 PM »

Has anyone used lead tape effectively? I know people talk about using it, but has it made a difference?
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Re: Altering the balance
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2013, 08:40:07 PM »

Has anyone used lead tape effectively? I know people talk about using it, but has it made a difference?

i do on my bat, you have use a decent amount for it to have an effect but it is good as you can add as much/little as you need to get your desired balance
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