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[Rob580]

They've named the new Bond film after your bat Paul!

Business must be going pretty well then.....

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

Well we started modestly by introducing the butterfly bats again for everyone to follow who would have thought It would have moved on to huge multi million movie business. Wonder if I'll get in the credits

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

http://youtu.be/8-942RkYwOc

[Mattsky]

Very clear explanation on the pros and cons (well...mostly cons  ) of concaved v fuller profile bat profiles, Paul - especially with the demonstration with the cutaway profile shapes.
You don't address it directly, but aside from a visual advantage (to some) of huge edges, is there a performance advantage when it comes to forgiveness of off-centred hits?

For instance, most of us don't middle the ball all the time, so for those edges and off-centre hits, would you get a better result with a bigger edge than you would with a smaller-edged, traditional profile, because there's more wood behind it?
I'm not convinced you would, but it'd be good to get some thoughts.

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

Very clear explanation on the pros and cons (well...mostly cons  ) of concaved v fuller profile bat profiles, Paul - especially with the demonstration with the cutaway profile shapes.
You don't address it directly, but aside from a visual advantage (to some) of huge edges, is there a performance advantage when it comes to forgiveness of off-centred hits?

For instance, most of us don't middle the ball all the time, so for those edges and off-centre hits, would you get a better result with a bigger edge than you would with a smaller-edged, traditional profile, because there's more wood behind it?
I'm not convinced you would, but it'd be good to get some thoughts.

theres only massive cons if the concaving is too fierce. this is generally done to give the visual of a huge bat whilst being lighter. from my playing experience as far as hitting the ball off centre and also common sense, if you hit the ball right on the edge it isn't going to travel distance it will slice off somewhere or you've nicked it to gully off a thick edge, if its in that hitting zone that I spoke about the bat is full of wood so its then down to timing bat speed and bat performance. that's why I mentioned gentle concaving over fierce concaving. if its gentle you are keeping sufficient wood in that hitting zone if its deeply concaved the wood is less.   

[abdulwq]

very nice video and i really like your videos and they are very educating .
Are you trying to say that velocity is better profile than spectre coz velocity has more wood in hitting zone?
My personal feeling is that if there is more wood in hitting areas would not give full out of offcentered shots and most likely the bat will probably twist in hands. I bought some old bats from early 90's which used to have very thing edges and more wood in hitting area,i felt finding the middle on those bats is quite hard and edges are almost dead. Again i think the best profile is a balance between big edges and most wood in hitting zone and spectre does that beautifully.

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

very nice video and i really like your videos and they are very educating .
Are you trying to say that velocity is better profile than spectre coz velocity has more wood in hitting zone?
My personal feeling is that if there is more wood in hitting areas would not give full out of offcentered shots and most likely the bat will probably twist in hands. I bought some old bats from early 90's which used to have very thing edges and more wood in hitting area,i felt finding the middle on those bats is quite hard and edges are almost dead. Again i think the best profile is a balance between big edges and most wood in hitting zone and spectre does that beautifully.

I am saying the old profile is best if it is compared to some bats that have really severe concaving in them. If you find a profile from whichever manufacturer that has gentle concaving similar to what ours is like you will find a better performing bat. I will try when I get time to make a drawing up of it so I can post that on with measurements etc so it shows clearly what I mean

[Number 11]

New Spectre looks great, profile and stickers especially.
Great video about concaving, explains exactly where you need the most depth of wood. Huge edges are a silly fad, just imagine how big and fat the middle would be with 15mm edges.

[i12breakfree]

Review by SQ sports

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BJG8b9wOsc

[TBONTB]

I was just watching that review. I recognise that face from somewhere..... Also i just googled the postcode and it looks like a housing estate?! Nice looking bat mind.

[i12breakfree]

I was just watching that review. I recognise that face from somewhere..... Also i just googled the postcode and it looks like a housing estate?! Nice looking bat mind.

Now I remember - he did reviews for Paul at itsjustcricket

[fromthehip]

I didn't watch him in those vids and I will continue with that

[Alvaro]

Now, this a bit of speculation, but this is an interestingly similar profile to the @Aldred Cricket Bats spectre profile...

[procricket]

Really spine different this goes through the toe not even close I don't think.

Looks a more w profile too with much concaving

[Alvaro]

It's more the hump, I thought & I was bored