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[no1red]

Hi all,

Broke my favourite bat at the start of the season and have had to make do with my second one. It's not so great and doesn't have much wood to it. I feel I have to take some shots out as I can't be confident of middling it completely! My last bat could get me out of trouble if I didn't quite get it.

Anyone else had this problem, or is it just mental?

[morgzy10]

More mental than anything as youve become accustomed to one bat and how it feels/shape etc   keep using it as much as you can and itll get better

[fasteddie]

It is often a case of persevering until you find a 'good place' mentally.

However, as bats are relatively cheap you could sell your current bat and buy a new one.

[IQ]

What bat did you have before and whats your new bat?

It could be mental issue or it could be that the shapes (and hence middles) are different for both bats. You get used to hitting a specific part of bat.

Even the same Branded models keep changing year to year (e.g. Kookaburra Kahuna from a few years back is not even similar to the newer ones).

or the newer bat could be  just taking time to open up ;-)

[procricket]

I have great confidence in my match bat playability shame it 3oz too heavy the jt bat is simple 2 heavy for me I have been bowled 3 times in a week more than last season in total all Yorkers also finding pulling and hooking harder

What a bat shame it too bloody heavy bloody impulse

I have full confidence in my other bat though my. 2-7 b3 but I agree it takes time to get to grips with a new bat

[Spanky]

Procricket that mean the JT bat will be up for sale?

[procricket]

Not sure going to try and ask the experts if it can be whittled down but it a shame for a bat of that vintage to ruin it we shall see I should have listene to alvaro he did tell me it would be too heavy I get carried away sometimes

[GarrettJ]

what weight is the bat?

In theory if you give me the number and i go to B3 they will do the same bat?

[procricket]

Yes mate mine is 2-10 well just under yes the number is 1271 mate all depends if they have he same density cleft in but theory yes mine is a 3 crown not many of them about

[GarrettJ]

ok, so that is basically the cleft they give the top pro's so rare for us to get one

[Spanky]

Will lock my wallet away to ensure I don't buy it off you. (Really want that bat!)

[procricket]

ok, so that is basically the cleft they give the top pro's so rare for us to get one

Not sure I nothing special mate to them I just bout a bat from them they have loads of willow so I would have thought it available to anybody mate to be honest.

Might just frame the bat if it not a option to whittle it down

[no1red]

The bat I'm using now is the same weight-a Newbery Thruxton, old one was a Kook Blade- but seems to be a lot smaller. You really have to middle it to get it to go anywhere.

[Spanky]

Might just frame the bat if it not a option to whittle it down

Would be a shame for that bat not to be used.

[smokem]

The bat I'm using now is the same weight-a Newbery Thruxton, old one was a Kook Blade- but seems to be a lot smaller. You really have to middle it to get it to go anywhere.

That's really surprising to hear as I have a Thruxton 5-star and I'm really impressed with its sweetspot and ping. Have you given it a good knocking-in yet?

Maybe the pickup is a little different as well as I reckon the Thruxton would have a lower middle than the Kook. So given the same weight, it may pickup a tad heavier and it might be making a difference to your timing.

I would stick with it some more - maybe give it more mallet and net time to really open it up.