Knocking-In your cricket bat

Nowadays all new cricket bats require knocking-in. This applies to both RNS Larsons Cricket Bats and others.. Although many manufacturers display bats as 'Ready to Play' or 'Pre Knocked-In' they still require knocking in to obtain best performance. Patience is the key when knocking-in your new £200 bat. If you find yourself short of time why not get it done professionally by Cricket Haven?

What does knocking in do?

Contrary to popular belief knocking-in the bat does not make the willow harder. On the face of the bat knocking in 'liberates' the willow fibres to attain a much better 'ping' or 'punch' of the bat. Hence knocking-in is recommended for bats that are mechanically pressed (or 'Ready to Play' or 'Pre-Knocked in) to obtain optimum performance.

Note: The cricket bats are not pressed mechanically at the edges or the tow. Therefore it is important that these areas of the cricket bat are knocked in to compress the fibres. This makes the edge of the bat flying off less likely when you edge the ball.

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