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[uknsaunders]

Sometimes it has to be said - give a bat time to perform.

Happens a fair bit on here where somebody get's a bat and 2 weeks later they turn around and flog it at a loss. Typical excuses are "it doesn't feel right in the hands","middle not in the right place" etc. So let's de-bunk some of these myths:-

1. If you had one bat you would use it - how many times have you nicked a bat from a team mate and thought "this is quite nice"?, even though it's not your preferred profile?
2. If you do the research and buy the bat, how wrong can it be - we get over fussy. Some Pro's spend less time than we do over really trivial things.
3. Doesn't feel right in the hands - that's why tape and grips were invented. You can fashion nearly any handle with some imagination
4. Middle not in the right place - you have to hit it first, I've used the crictech sheets and my middle can go a long time before seeing some action. I can bat a bit as well.

The last point comes to the main issue. Bats need playing in, some respond really quickly and others are "sleepers" and only wake up after a fair amount of use. I have 2 bats that have seen half to a season of use and I consider them at their peak now. One of them I started using last year is only now reaching full performance. I probably have 2 more that I need to net the hell out of to reach the same level.

Many old timers on the forum know all this, others though jump from one bat to another. Have a think about the above next time and ask yourself how much of a go have you given the bat before you stick it on a sales thread?

[cricketfan6969]

Sometimes it has to be said - give a bat time to perform.

Happens a fair bit on here where somebody get's a bat and 2 weeks later they turn around and flog it at a loss. Typical excuses are "it doesn't feel right in the hands","middle not in the right place" etc. So let's de-bunk some of these myths:-

1. If you had one bat you would use it - how many times have you nicked a bat from a team mate and thought "this is quite nice"?, even though it's not your preferred profile?
2. If you do the research and buy the bat, how wrong can it be - we get over fussy. Some Pro's spend less time than we do over really trivial things.
3. Doesn't feel right in the hands - that's why tape and grips were invented. You can fashion nearly any handle with some imagination
4. Middle not in the right place - you have to hit it first, I've used the crictech sheets and my middle can go a long time before seeing some action. I can bat a bit as well.

The last point comes to the main issue. Bats need playing in, some respond really quickly and others are "sleepers" and only wake up after a fair amount of use. I have 2 bats that have seen half to a season of use and I consider them at their peak now. One of them I started using last year is only now reaching full performance. I probably have 2 more that I need to net the hell out of to reach the same level.

Many old timers on the forum know all this, others though jump from one bat to another. Have a think about the above next time and ask yourself how much of a go have you given the bat before you stick it on a sales thread?

Preach it son

[ajmw89]

Utter blasphemy Saunders!  The whole point of the forum is to turnaround as many bats as possible!

[19reading87]

Sometimes it has to be said - give a bat time to perform.

Happens a fair bit on here where somebody get's a bat and 2 weeks later they turn around and flog it at a loss. Typical excuses are "it doesn't feel right in the hands","middle not in the right place" etc. So let's de-bunk some of these myths:-

1. If you had one bat you would use it - how many times have you nicked a bat from a team mate and thought "this is quite nice"?, even though it's not your preferred profile?
2. If you do the research and buy the bat, how wrong can it be - we get over fussy. Some Pro's spend less time than we do over really trivial things.
3. Doesn't feel right in the hands - that's why tape and grips were invented. You can fashion nearly any handle with some imagination
4. Middle not in the right place - you have to hit it first, I've used the crictech sheets and my middle can go a long time before seeing some action. I can bat a bit as well.

The last point comes to the main issue. Bats need playing in, some respond really quickly and others are "sleepers" and only wake up after a fair amount of use. I have 2 bats that have seen half to a season of use and I consider them at their peak now. One of them I started using last year is only now reaching full performance. I probably have 2 more that I need to net the hell out of to reach the same level.

Many old timers on the forum know all this, others though jump from one bat to another. Have a think about the above next time and ask yourself how much of a go have you given the bat before you stick it on a sales thread?

Why do I feel this is aimed at me 

[uknsaunders]

Utter blasphemy Saunders!  The whole point of the forum is to turnaround as many bats as possible!

It would defeat the main purpose of the forum lol .

As a batmaker it must be equally annoying when some little kid starts whining about his bat not going like the clappers from Day 1. Particularly when you know he is rubbish and has'nt even tried to knock it in properly.

[400notout]

I've had a few slow starters. A salix and a Pakistani blank. Both turned into really nice bats once they opened up. The Salix only being beaten by the Chase I had with a gazillion grains.

I have an M&H Harlequin from Asad currently, that has all the potential to be a really nice bat (shape/grains/pickup etc) but its definitely a slow burner, but thats the best thing about not swapping and changing bats around in the nets or for different formats, it gets to the quality stage far quicker than those who use it once, go "oh its not pinging" and put it to the back of the queue again.

[uknsaunders]

Why do I feel this is aimed at me 

lol - certainly wasn't! I was just mulling over the performance of my ayrtek and how much it has come on after a few more net sessions (and cracks) later. Only thing aimed at you is my need for my b3 to follow the same path and somebody to play the middle in for me

[ajmw89]

It would defeat the main purpose of the forum lol .

As a batmaker it must be equally annoying when some little kid starts whining about his bat not going like the clappers from Day 1. Particularly when you know he is rubbish and has'nt even tried to knock it in properly.

That's why all of mine come match ready!

[uknsaunders]

In fact Redders, you sticking with your RPC shows what happens when a bat get's better over time!

[uknsaunders]

That's why all of mine come match ready!

Try them all out for a few games and give them a crafty refurb, like it 

[Buzz]

pah - this is what I think to this







just buy a new bat.

[TangoWhiskey]

When I was a kid my mate had a Duncan Fearnley that was absolutely horrible brand new. Back in those days a parent wouldn't go out and buy you a new bat just because you didn't like your one. He practically spent years knocking it in and all of a sudden it opened up and to this day it had the best middle I have ever used.

[19reading87]

In fact Redders, you sticking with your RPC shows what happens when a bat get's better over time!

Yer that's true. My RPC is coming into its 3rd season and gets better every single game

[ajmw89]

Try them all out for a few games and give them a crafty refurb, like it 

Pretty much!

[trypewriter]

Oh Lor! Guilty on all counts. - and ain't it the worst when you loan a non performing stick to a teammate and he creams the leather off the ball from the get go...