Cricket Bat performance

There are a few ways of looking at why a cricket bat performs and a few schools of thought all correct in there own way.

Newtons Law!

As you probably know from phyiscs for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, also energy cannot be created or destroyed it can be transfered or transformed converted from one form to another.

The upshot is though, as you can all probably guess, is to transfer as much of the energy you are exerting to swing the bat to the ball and conserve as much of the energy of the bowled ball speed. A real life example is hotspot. We’ve all seen hotspot that is energy loss due to heat from the cricket ball hitting the cricket bat

Cricket Bat performance options!

I’m kind aren’t I :).  There is the option of having increased stiffness, a bat that doesn’t absorb the energy of bowled ball. So for example the Bowler transfers his energy to the ball and bat transfers it back [hopefully] If the cricket bat vibrates as we know it does on impact it absorbs some of the energy. Therefore the less vibration of the bat the less energy absorbtion and the greater the energy transfer.

There is the option of having an elastic bat. A bat that has the ability to hold the ball in the hitting area so the bat vibrates far enough through a cycle so it acts as a trampoline. Basically vibrations are wave’s in simple terms if the ball can be held at the point of impact for the time it takes the wave to go down on impact and then back up again. There is effecitivly a rebound effect.

Imagine yourself on a see-saw you go and the guy at the other end is slightly heavier then you get him up but when he comes downs you ping off the seat.

There is swing weight, bat mass, density in the hitting area. It all gets a bit techie…

Believe it or not cricket bat handles make a difference

Then there is the player holding the bat and what he is comfortable with and what makes him confident. What you need to do is speak with a Bat Maker and tell him how you play and he should point you in the right direction.

Andy
Podshaver for San Andreas Fault Cricket Bats
Handmade Cricket Bats

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