Cricket Coach advises on the correct bat handle. Round or Oval ?

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Cricket Coach advises on the correct bat handle. Round or Oval ?

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Whatever standard of cricket you play this is relevant to you/your friends or your children. The oval shape in the Ovalled handled bats give the bat a better directional feel. It is hard to grip the bat too hard with the bottom hand. One can only hold with thumb and forefinger, which encourages the top hand to control the shot.

Coaching Point – We want younger players to bat predominantly with the top hand, it gives them a greater opportunity to develop their technique and bat for longer.

The oval shape improves the pickup due to having a larger mass nearer to your body. Most batsmen that feel our oval handle will never revert back to a round one.

The round handle is best suited to those who like to use their bottom hand to hit the ball hard and lift it.

Coaching Point – players regularly swap Ovalled handled bats for Rounded Bats in 20/20 Cricket.

The size of a batsman’s hands can alter the specification of the handle. This is changed by either applying extra rubber grips or in the case of needing a thinner handle, but recommend the oval handle for anyone who wants to bat technically correctly.

Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Ricky Pointing all use Oval Handled bats in tests.

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