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    Posted: 07 May 2006 at 9:21am
Mine weighs 2.10. What about yours?
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300 grams.
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I'm not sure but about 2 kilograms,300 grams crownmethod is 3 tenths of a kilo.there's no way your bat weighs that much

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It does. I like playing with light bats, I find that I score quicker with light bats.
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But 300 pounds is about the weight of a tennis ball
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I think JP's going to move this into coaching and equipment

mine is 2lb 8oz my next bat that I'm saving up for I would like to be an oz heavier
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I like heavy bats, I get lots of boundaries with them and my timing is so skillful with bats like that. I can't bat that well with light bats.
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mine is 2'12, I like to feel something solid in my backlift
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Originally posted by ANIL KUMBLE

But 300 pounds is about the weight of a tennis ball

300 grams, not pounds. My bat is really uncommon, and rare. Its hard to find it in shops!
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its very well saying that my bat is 2-8, but i want a slightly heavier one next time, but unless you get the same model bat you may at the moment have a 2-8 that picks up heavy, and then get a 2-9 that picks up light! or your 2-8 may pick up light, and the 2-9 heavy! and then it will feel alot more that an ounce!
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2.6 out the shop but i have 2 grips, a toe guard etc so i guess it could be 2.7 in actaul fact.

used to play with a 3.2 bat but due to a injury im now using a light bat.

No doubt the balls goes faster and harder off the heavy bat but if you can learn to time the ball with a light bat then it shows a lot more skill.
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most grips weigh about an ounce, so it will increase the dead weight of the bat, but probably wont make the pickup heavier!
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grips can atually improve pick up!
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mine weighs around 3 pounds
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yes grips may improve the pickup, but we were talking about the dead weight, and the weight of the grip wont make the bat heavier becuase it is so high on the bat, the reason y it probably improves pickup is becuase of the feel of the bat!
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yeah I had 2 grips and took of the toe gaurd and that felt much better
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balances the weight out more
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