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[kal_m]

Aren't the Mongoose bats (including ToRQ) advertised as all middle bats with their spliceless technology?Although I don't think it's possible to have a bat that is all middle.

[ogroupleader]

You are getting in to the technical definition of "middle" here. Is not possible to have a bat that feels like you have a middle all the way through the bat due to the way vibrational nodes work. This doesn't mean you couldn't have an optimally pressed bat where the ball might travel as though it had been hit from the middle at any point on the bat, but that pressing would be tricky.

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It is not possible to create such a bat with the limitations that have been placed on cricket bat construction. The reason the vibration nodes are classed as the bat's sweetspot/s is because for impacts at these points vibration and torque are minimal. The more vibration and/or torque that occurs during impact the more energy is lost or not transferred back to the ball. The reason shots lack power outside the sweetspot is because you have so much loss of energy due to increased vibration / torque.
The same principles apply to other bat/racquet sports. Increasing the stability of the bat would increase sweetspot size because we are reducing torque. Tas inserts work on this principle. A lot of the technologies that we have seen in the tennis industry over the last 20 years focus on increasing sweetspot size my minimizing torque . This is something that racquet companies spend a lot of money on and requires the latest in materials technology.

[tim2000s]

There are also theoretical things that could be done with shape to manage vibrational propagation, but these would be likely to affect the balance of the bat significantly.

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[Number 11]

You can score runs off any part of any bat, ergo all bats are all middle.
It also goes that you can get out no matter where you hit the ball on a bat so every bat is a plank.

[RossViper]

No.  Don't be stupid

[Number 11]

No.  Don't be stupid

Sorry, it's the beer talking

[mussaduq]

You are getting in to the technical definition of "middle" here. Is not possible to have a bat that feels like you have a middle all the way through the bat due to the way vibrational nodes work. This doesn't mean you couldn't have an optimally pressed bat where the ball might travel as though it had been hit from the middle at any point on the bat, but that pressing would be tricky.

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Are optimally pressed bats available on the market ?