Glad to see they are still good bats I like to see English companies surviving and producing quality, if I can keep going like they have I will be very happy indeed.
Tips hhmmmmm let's see, when you find a good bat stick with it, most of the pros I played with stuck with a good one and nursed it like a baby. Look after them give it a light sanding a couple of times a year and a bit of linseed keeps it from drying out helps stop the dinting as well when it gets dry. Don't try and smack Yorkers out the ground as seems to be the fashion with club players since the introduction of 20/20. You don't see pros trying it they know they ain't going to get it anywhere.
Have a back up bat that you are happy using maybe a lower grade that is similar to your main bat as if you see something going wrong with your best bat you can call for the other with confidence that it will be as good whilst your other gets chance for some TLC. They are expensive things and priceless if you have confidence in it. Playing issues aren't generally the bats problem it's the one that's holding it. Practice well working on using the full face of the bat hitting in the V as much as possible only allowing that V to shift slightly according to the line of the ball. In theory the V should open up more off side than leg side as if you try and hit too square leg side you tend to either miss it regularly and it hits the pad thus missing out on 4 runs or leading edges. In other words try and hit mid on more often till you get confident in the leg side shots. The harder you try and hit it the less frequently you will do so, keep shape. If you do that and you've found your bat it should be with your for many years of club use if you look after it.
I go through this all the time in the workshop when people come to have bats made, I should put my coaching fee on top of the bat price I reckon
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