How Many grips do you have on your bat?
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Topic: How Many grips do you have on your bat?
Posted By: dips_december
Subject: How Many grips do you have on your bat?
Date Posted: 16 May 2006 at 5:57am
| There wasnt such a topic before so i made one ,for my personal choice i use only one at the moment |
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 16 May 2006 at 9:19am
| I have 2 on mine - not particularly through any choice, it just came like that but I am happy with the handle and grip so they can stay |
Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 16 May 2006 at 10:41am
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i have one and a half, i.e. half a grip on the bottom, dont know hy, but i tried a while ago and liked the feel! i also cut the end of the handle off, again no reason, but simply liked it when i tried it! ------------- boo ha ha! |
Posted By: Lekkasport
Date Posted: 16 May 2006 at 12:05pm
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Just 1 Grip for me 1/2 and 1/2.
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Posted By: Smack
Date Posted: 16 May 2006 at 6:10pm
| 2 haven't tried 3 but i might try it. i like the handle to feel chunky, it also reduces the vibrations felt by the hands. |
Posted By: Shoaib_UK
Date Posted: 16 May 2006 at 7:53pm
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I used to use three a few years ago with a very light bat to reduce vibration - what would happen was that after a long innings my forearms would ache as more grips, if you dont have huge hands, can cause you to use more of your forearm/wrist muscles.
I then switched to just 1 grip, and finally settled on two. I think putting too many grips on can increase the weight of the bat without improving pickup and make the bat feel "dead". ------------- Don't Believe the Hype |
Posted By: chris E
Date Posted: 16 May 2006 at 10:53pm
| The new style of ribbed grips can put 2oz onto the weight of the bat. I realised this after i weighed mine (with 2 grips, one being a ribbed grip). |
Posted By: Lekkasport
Date Posted: 17 May 2006 at 4:30am
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Shoaib_UK Why not try and OVAL handle? |
Posted By: darlo_lad
Date Posted: 17 May 2006 at 9:19am
| I use one grip, used to have two but now reverted to just the one. |
Posted By: RightHandBat
Date Posted: 17 May 2006 at 9:40am
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Is it true that having two grips can improve the pickup of a cricket bat?
------------- "His classical hits down the ground, met with a checked drive, were Tendulkar at his best. It was though he had a new lease of life." - Sachin Tendulkar's return to cricket with a 91-Ball century. |
Posted By: darlo_lad
Date Posted: 17 May 2006 at 10:31am
| I have also heard that having extra grips can help to improve the pick up of the bat yes so maybe it is a true statement. |
Posted By: Lekkasport
Date Posted: 17 May 2006 at 11:01am
| As the second grip will add extra weight to the handle area.Yes the pickup of the bat will be altered. |
Posted By: shan
Date Posted: 17 May 2006 at 12:54pm
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Two grips feel really great and add to my comfort level. ------------- "Excellence is something we can reach for; perfection is God's business." |
Posted By: Top Cat
Date Posted: 17 May 2006 at 5:08pm
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Just one for me ------------- |
Posted By: Hugo
Date Posted: 17 May 2006 at 10:33pm
| i have two grips. i find it makes the bat feel lighter due to the higher centre of gravity an extra grip gives. |
Posted By: Paul Alcock
Date Posted: 18 May 2006 at 10:36am
Ooh my first post  I have a gray nicolls powerspot that has 3 grips on it. Well it did have until it broke last week  . It used to have 1 on but felt so much better with 3.Now in the market for new bat after the death of my powerspot. It was bought in 1984 by my dad and he's scored about 5,000 runs with it until he passed it to me. I had it for 2 seasons and bust it!!! |
Posted By: dips_december
Date Posted: 19 May 2006 at 5:33am
feel sorry for you  ------------- |
Posted By: shan
Date Posted: 19 May 2006 at 11:14am
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What do you expect from a bat enduring for two more seasons even after scoring as many as 5000 runs. Nothing wrong with it mate. Keep it up. ------------- "Excellence is something we can reach for; perfection is God's business." |
Posted By: Paul Alcock
Date Posted: 19 May 2006 at 11:35am
I would of much rather not broke it as it was a class bat. Doubt I will get another one that felt so good in my hands. At least it went out with a bang - a crashing coverdrive to the boundary for 4!!! |
Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 19 May 2006 at 11:37am
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im sure their are many quality batmakers who will be able to make a copy of it with regards to the balance, shape and pick up of it! ------------- boo ha ha! |
Posted By: Paul Alcock
Date Posted: 19 May 2006 at 12:08pm
Is that to make a short handle into a super short handle?? Me dad did that with one of his bats and I always thought it would have a bad effect on the bat. |
Posted By: VampireBlaster
Date Posted: 20 May 2006 at 8:16pm
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Ive always had two grips, reduces the vibration felt, but it causes more effort from the forearms. The OVAL handle tottaly ruins my game of playing straight, i dont reccomend having it. ------------- The Vamp has gone in for repair! |
Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 20 May 2006 at 9:16pm
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it shouldnt really have a bad effect, its just that my hands never go hihg enough to go over the 'knob' of the handle, so cutting it off means it wont ever rub against my wrist or anything, i got the idea after watching ricky ponting on the cricket show, as he does that so i tried it on an old broken bat and it was great, ! and yes you could call it a super short handle, but i dont know what the uniform measurements are! ------------- boo ha ha! |
Posted By: mazzybabe.uk
Date Posted: 21 May 2006 at 4:28am
Two grips red thin one beneath and a ribbed blue one on top in tribute to the ashes victory ------------- The First Century I ever saw was Heschelle Gibbs' 228 against Pakistan |
Posted By: Warne in making
Date Posted: 21 May 2006 at 11:33am
| Just the one for me - i either have a GN matrix or a normal herringbone. Nice grips |
Posted By: RightHandBat
Date Posted: 21 May 2006 at 11:39am
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If I were to put a second grip onto my bat, would it balance it a little more? Because, when I get into my stance I can feel the lower part of the bat dragging down, I got no problems with that but I'm wondering if adding a second grip would balance it out abit more. Is this true?
------------- "His classical hits down the ground, met with a checked drive, were Tendulkar at his best. It was though he had a new lease of life." - Sachin Tendulkar's return to cricket with a 91-Ball century. |
Posted By: mazzybabe.uk
Date Posted: 21 May 2006 at 1:21pm
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Well there's only one way to find out ------------- The First Century I ever saw was Heschelle Gibbs' 228 against Pakistan |
Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 21 May 2006 at 2:04pm
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i dont think there is much use talking about if the bat is balanced better etc, i think you should simply try it with 1 grip, 2 grips, another half grip etc and see which you like the feel of the best! ------------- boo ha ha! |
Posted By: Paul Alcock
Date Posted: 21 May 2006 at 2:56pm
Thimk theres about an inch difference from SH to SSH!! Makes all the difference for me as the end of the handle rubs my wrist!! |
Posted By: Monty_Mo
Date Posted: 03 June 2006 at 11:34pm
| hey i got a custome made bat by a company named monty.....it came with a single grip, after playing in the nets a few hours i decided to put on the secund grip and it does feel alot better, i found the pick up had no immidate affect. The stroke play was alot better. |
Posted By: slogger72N/O
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 7:32am
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I only have the one grip on may bat, but I wish I had 2. My old bat had 2 and I found it much better. Unfortunately I don't know how to put on grips. ------------- |
Posted By: Hugo
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 10:00am
| go to a local cricket shop and they will fit one for you or just buy a grip applicator. |
Posted By: trotter1989
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 8:34am
| i have used 3 and 2 before and i think they just as good as each other but i ont like 1 grip |
Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 05 July 2006 at 8:24pm
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one i think everyone should try, which is more for feel than anything, if you use 2 or more grips, the top grip is a herringbone grip, and the second from top is a studded grip, such as the bas vampire studded grips, gives really good grip ------------- boo ha ha! |
Posted By: Ck_spin
Date Posted: 05 July 2006 at 8:48pm
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ive got a really thick ribbed grip. it feels just as good as having two grips |
Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 05 July 2006 at 9:06pm
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have you ever put a herringbone grip over that? you should try it, not bad! ------------- boo ha ha! |
Posted By: The CCC
Date Posted: 05 July 2006 at 11:01pm
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try personnalising your grips.
2grips cut in half on the top of the handle. the bottom of the grip should be where your right hand middle finger rests so your index and sum hold the handle where there is no grip. or an ordinnary grip cut in half and a thicker one (spiral one for example) cut in half. Allways put the thicker half on the bottom of the handle and the thinner half at the top of the handle. Do try first with old(ish) grips. ------------- CCC-Carcassonne Cricket Club Support us, then play us!!!Second hand equipment etc highly welcomed!!! |
Posted By: TCA123
Date Posted: 11 July 2006 at 9:59pm
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most shops offer to put the new grip straight over the old one because its easier for them! Although some people do prefer a thicker handle. ------------- Offspinner, Right Arm Bat |