I recently had a couple balls drilled up to start out the season this year. Since I hadn't bowled in 5 months and sold all of my old equipment over the summer, I decided just to use specs from last year. After first league night (actually in the middle of 2nd game), my hand started to get really sore. By the end of the night, it was painful. I bowled the following night as well, and it was painful right from the start. I have two main areas that hurt. First in the very tip of my ring finger. Both on the top with the nail and the bottom of the finger. There dont' seem to be any marks or discoloration, but it is very sensitive. Secondly, my thumb. Almost perfectly centered in the middle of my thumb nail, I have a huge red/black mark. Seems to be blood under the nail? It was painful from as soon as the ball started the swing, all the way until the release.
After league (different house than where I was fitted and had equipment drilled), I spoke with the proshop operator. He looked at my hand.. and said it definitely was a fitting issue. Now that I think about it, at the end of last year, it was getting pretty sore. He measured my span using a amber colored plastic wheel device (never had seen one before). My span to the very edge of first joint of my middle finger measured to 4 1/4" and my ring was 4 5/16". These measurements are quite a bit longer than my specs had said... my equipment was drilled at 4 1/16" and 4 1/8"
What are some of the signs of a span that is too short? Would 3/16" of an inch cause pain in my fingers and thumb? (I had been using 3/8" forward pitch in fingers and 1/8" forward and 1/8" left in thumb (Right handed)). Are the pitches possibly wrong? Right now I know something isn't right... what do you think?
Thanks,
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