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[Silver Bullet]

An increase in your usual Bat weight would only allow you to hit the ball a greater distance if the bat is swung at the same speed as the lighter bat you are currently using and there is no loss of timing but if a slower bat swing is used due to the bat being heavier it will not.
Therefore your normal lighter bat would hit the ball further due to bat speed being faster.

I mean using a 4 lb bat to hit in the off season. So when you return to your 2"10 bat, it would feel lighter, hence you would go through your shot faster.

It would take a month to get your timing back, but theoretically if should work. No ?

[GarrettJ]

I would say back leg for certain front foot shots ( charging down the wicket ) and front leg for back foot shots ( pulling and cutting). It is about transfer of momentum from base to the bat swing.

Stand on your front leg only when practising drives along the floor.

Watch the power you can get on your drives

[ProCricketer1982]

So thank you, your post is spot on.

Players like me, with a more traditional game are being forced out of the game. On my league table, the top 10 batsmen all hit 17 sixes plus. The top 3 hit 40 sixes plus in 12-13 games. On full sized grounds and not totally crap bowling.

I agree... You are either a natural timer of the ball or you're not. I'd like to try anyway.... As I get older and older I will have less and less time to play full day matches.

Top batsmen?? Would you call them the top batsmen or just the best biffers ?? It's only when you play decent cricket that you find these biffers out. Win lose limited over stuff will degrade the quality of the game, not improve it

[Silver Bullet]

Top 3 all scored over 600 runs and averaged above 45. Similar averages in the 50 over format....

[ProCricketer1982]

Top 3 all scored over 600 runs and averaged above 45. Similar averages in the 50 over format....

I said win lose limited over. Amateurs play 2020 like they play 50 overs now. Just flat track bullies. Fine when the bowling is nothing special, then the crap county players play and skittle them, yet when you look. That county player is nothing compared to the top bowlers in the circuit. That's my point, 'we' are producing hitters, not cricketers now. They are great on a flat deck when it's just about piling on runs then defending etc. Add in the fact they have to take 10 wickets (take not just wait for them to be gifted like in win/lose) and suddenly buffing is less important and solid technique and mental strength become big factors.

Anyway, derailed a bit from topic but I do think we are just churning out biffers and not solid batsmen. Bowling is dead, it's very poor and will continue to be u til bowling is actually needed rather than just be about economy