How do i knock in a cricket bat!!!!!!
Neil madlani
such a procedure of knocking a new bat so i just started playing with and
its started breaking up so someone on my team asked me is it knocked in? and
i dont know exactly what that is .....could some please in details how to
knock my bat in and what equipment i need!!!!!
Ian Diddams
>
>...could some please in details how to
> knock my bat in and what equipment i need!!!!!
Needed : new bat (or old one that has lost its middle!)
old (and I mean old!) ball
from here to eternity
deaf friends and neighbours and family/a large country estate
to stand in the middle of.
Procedure. Bounce old bowl on "middle" of bat for ever.
Eventually you'll have a "middle" and a bat that won't fall apart and
break your wrists the first time you try and belt something on the up
through extra cover!!
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Top Kat
Neil madlani wrote in message <7ed8oc$jha$2...@newnews.global.net.uk>...
>I brought i brand new GM cavalier and i didn't even know that there was
even
>such a procedure of knocking a new bat so i just started playing with and
>its started breaking up so someone on my team asked me is it knocked in?
and
>knock my bat in and what equipment i need!!!!!
>
hard as you can all over untill you get a "sound" noise, then go a play as
normal and imagine you were batting against pakistan and knock the ball out
of the ground :o)
Laterz
Top Kat
Cameron Fraser
Neil madlani wrote in message <7ed8oc$jha$2...@newnews.global.net.uk>...
>I brought i brand new GM cavalier and i didn't even know that there was
even
>such a procedure of knocking a new bat so i just started playing with and
>its started breaking up so someone on my team asked me is it knocked in?
and
>i dont know exactly what that is .....could some please in details how to
>knock my bat in and what equipment i need!!!!!
>
>
is a question that comes up with great regularity and can lead to great deal
of confusion. If a bat isn't 'knocked' in well, a favourite birthday or
Christmas gift can turn into a hugely disappointing lump of firewood. I've
spoken to several dealers and bat makers and I've gathered all their
information, tried to iron out any inconsistencies and put together a
definitive guide. Feel free to pass it on but I wouldn't mind a credit as
author. If anyone has anything to add... useful tips, disagreements etc.,
please pass them on to me and I'll include them. So, here it is, in
glorious detail.....
When you buy a bat, it is only lightly pressed at the factory and the fibres
are still really soft - if you press your fingernail into the surface you'll
see what I mean. 'Knocking in' is the process of compressing and binding
these lose fibres together to allow the bat to withstand the constant impact
from the ball. You're preparing the bat to be HIT. Your aim is to 'bash'
the surface of the blade - not the back or the bottom of the bat (that can
be disastrous!) You can use an OLD, GOOD QUALITY ball in your hand or put
it in a sock or try different types of 'knocking in' mallets - my preference
is for the solid wood version. Any good shop or mail order company does
them for around a fiver - buy one, you'll need to make use of it many times.
Start 'knocking in' by gently working on the edges and gradually knocking
them into a rounded, compressed shape... once you get started you'll soon
see the change in texture. Then keep working on the edges and the area
around the toe of the bat - not the bottom of the bat - and think of trying
to use glancing strokes that resemble you edging a ball to gully, then 3rd
slip, 2nd slip, etc. while all the time gradually increasing the strength of
the impact. Don't forget to give the middle a good going over but the
priority should be the outside inch or so of the bat round both edges and
the toe.
How long do you have to go through this mind numbingly boring routine?
Slazenger recommend 6 hours - now that is a long, long time. If you try to
do it in good 5 minute blocks it becomes more manageable. Essentially you
don't want to think about using the bat until it's had at least 2 hours(24 x
5 minute sessions) but ideally if you can manage double that then all the
better. If you have the time and space and tolerant neighbours then the
process can be done in a week or so - most of us need a bit longer! But
there's no point going to the other extreme - buying a bat one season and
not using it until the next. Anyway, such self-denial would be way beyond
the likes of me or most cricketers I know! So use the bat but be sensible.
After the initial 2-4 hours 'knocking in,' try using it for hitting short
catches and then in the nets against OLD, GOOD QUALITY balls and only
against the spinners/slow mediums first. A new or cheap ball can do a lot
of damage to an under-prepared bat and digging out a fast yorker in the nets
can spell doom and destruction for even the best prepared bat! So try and
middle the ball and play the bat in - resist the wild slogging for once!
Then do some more 'knocking in' and then some more and then some more and
then some more...
Remember, SOME bats need a LITTLE linseed oil - but no more than a couple of
teaspoonfuls per season! However, ALL BATS NEED KNOCKING IN. Gunn & Moore
now provide this service for around £10 in their GM NOW range. For most
people that's £10 well spent. But don't forget you'll still need to keep
'knocking in' throughout the life of your bat, knocking out indentations,
evening out dead spots in the bat, strengthening area around glued repairs
etc.. A cricket dealer I know recommends that the day you stop 'knocking
in' is the day you throw the bat in the bin.
I hope this is of help.
JAC Fraser
Jacapo
modified products were gonna cause problems !!
Cheers
Jacapo
Neil madlani <mad...@globalnet.co.uk> wrote
> I brought i brand new GM cavalier and..............
Razi Chaudhry
You need following:
1. old sock. (you can use pull many of 'em in your cupboard, dont u)
2. old ball but round. (you get these at store in many cricket playing
countries). Atleast 20 overs old.
3. a rope
4. new bat.
Procedure:
1. put the old ball in the sock.
2. tie the sock with the rope (at one end of rope)
3. hang the rope (from other end) on top at any of your doors or hook it
with roof.
4. Practice like they do in boxing. Use your bat to hit the ball (inside the
sock). Make clear straight hits and when the gets pull back ('cuz its tide
to rope) that make a forward defensive stroke. With some practice you will
become very good at doing it for hours. I could do it for whole day without
missing.
It is also a very good practice for improving your eye on a defensive
stroke. It helped me improve my timing on bowler back drive.
Cheers
Razi
Neil madlani <mad...@globalnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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Razi Chaudhry
----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Diddams <con...@swindon.ericsson.se>
Newsgroups: uk.sport.cricket
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: How do i knock in a cricket bat!!!!!!
>Neil madlani wrote:
>>
>>...could some please in details how to
>> knock my bat in and what equipment i need!!!!!
>