Batting grip

[Ripping-LegBreak]

Batting grip

Hi, erm can someone help me, i cant find a comfortable batting grip, ive many different grips but just cant find one that suits me, and wat does it mean, V's in line?

 

[Jonesy]

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Spread your index finger and your thumb on both hands. Then pick the bat up in the gap in between the index finger and the thumb.

 

[Virendersingh.berthwal]

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Yeah..... just like picking a Axe.

 

[Ripping-LegBreak]

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tried that, just doesent feel comfortable, also it restricts my leg side play expecially the top hand grip

 

[Ripping-LegBreak]

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i think its because my bones stick out from my thumbs

 

[Liz Ward]

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i think its because my bones stick out from my thumbs

That sounds interesting. Is it possible to post a photo [like the one Jonesy posted] of you gripping the bat?

 

[Virendersingh.berthwal]

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i think its because my bones stick out from my thumbs

Can you post a photo?

 

[Ripping-LegBreak]

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ok ill try..... cuz of my joints of my fingers and thumb i also have problems catching because i cant join my thumb together or my small fingers.

 

[Stumped]

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might be easier to ask some one to take it unless you have a tri-pod and self timer lol

 

[Ripping-LegBreak]

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yeh ill get someone to take it at my next nets session

 

[Wolf]

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Many people have tried unsuccesfully to change my batting grip, and in the end just given up trying to convince me. I sort of have the bottom hand in the V grip, but my top hand is sort of in alignment with the edge of the bat. I fail to see how anyone can play an offside shot with the grip shown above.

 

[Ripping-LegBreak]

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wat do u mean by alignment with the edge?

 

[Wolf]

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Like if you run your finger down the handle from the gap between your thumb and finger, it would end up at the edge.

 

[Ripping-LegBreak]

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Ok another thing shud the fingers be wrapped all the way round the handle?

 

[Liz Ward]

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Wolf, have you always gripped your bat this way or only with your present bat?

 

[Wolf]

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Wolf, have you always gripped your bat this way or only with your present bat?

Always.

 

[Virendersingh.berthwal]

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Can u also post a photo of that batting grip?

 

[shaazthegreat]

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Check this out, Sir Donald Bradman's Grip:

I am not a fan of having a fixed grip. It's better that your brain processes your own grip, as you play more and more, depending on your inputs and required outputs. Inputs: Watching the ball throughout. Outputs: Playing the ball through a gap, countering the swing, easy follow-through and power, middling the ball.
Cricket is a mind game and if you can imagine the shot you wanna play or the way you wanna play, your brain will process a grip to enable you to do so. So I guess you should just play with what's comfortable (unless it's really bad, like holding the bat the other way round - anyway post a pic).

There are many articles in which the greats tell you (lara, sachin, etc - i jus read one on gilly) that they have no idea how they do some particular thing - it just comes naturally. These things have come as the result of processing by the brain with inputs from you and the required outputs.

 

[Stumped]

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look at those awesome gloves!

 

[Ripping-LegBreak]

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so my grip will come on its own, i dont have to search for it lol