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General Category => Drilling & Layouts => Topic started by: RealBowler on April 12, 2007, 10:45:40 AM

Title: Offset T?
Post by: RealBowler on April 12, 2007, 10:45:40 AM

Does anybody have any information on this?  Pics?

Is this a good drilling for somebody with arthritis, or extremely inflexible fingers and thumb?
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Title: Re: Offset T?
Post by: BowlerKidR on April 12, 2007, 09:27:32 PM

Im not 100% sure what you are referring to, but i think that it is where the Thumb hole is offset from the centerline from the fingers. You see this ALOT on tour.
 
This is from tim Chriss
http://brunswickinsiders.com/2006/PBATour/PBATournaments/2006tournaments/Medford/Medfordphotos/crissballs%20(2).jpg

These are Mike Fagan's
http://brunswickinsiders.com/2006/PBATour/PBATournaments/2006tournaments/Trussville/trussvilleballs/faganball.jpg
http://brunswickinsiders.com/2006/PBATour/PBATournaments/2006tournaments/Trussville/trussvilleballs/faganball%20(2).jpg
http://brunswickinsiders.com/2006/PBATour/PBATournaments/2006tournaments/Trussville/trussvilleballs/faganball%20(1).jpg


As far as i know, this drill is used in relation to flexability and the way your hand is. The shape of it. Thats all i could tell you.
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Edited on 4/12/2007 9:44 PM

Title: Re: Offset T?
Post by: qstick777 on April 13, 2007, 09:53:30 AM

I'm not real sure, but I think this might be where the thumb is moved more under the middle finger - thus the offset T (t = thumb).

I think it ends up allowing you to basically palm the bowling ball. Imagine laying your hand on the ball and marking where your fingers and thumb lay naturally.  

I don't know enough about it to know if it helps with flexibility, increasing/decreasing spans, increasing/decreasing revs, etc.

From a bowling site glossary:
Offset thumb -
Outdated shift of thumb increasing ring finger span.

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Title: Re: Offset T?
Post by: Goof1073 on April 13, 2007, 10:05:24 AM

Deadbait had it right (IMHO)....

....CLT's, offsets, etc. are all just pitch changes.  Basically they are all different ways of laying out balls that can easily converted back to a standard T-Grip.
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Title: Re: Offset T?
Post by: themagician on April 13, 2007, 12:04:49 PM

If it counts for me when we lay my stuff out we set it up in the regular T style and then move the thumb 1/2" over to the left (i'm right handed btw). It has reduced soreness in my hand and also I'm able to get out cleaner and be more relaxed in the ball, this is just my experience with it though.
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Title: Re: Offset T?
Post by: MillWorker on April 17, 2007, 01:54:50 AM

Ok.. everyone say it with me.. "there is only one triangle in space that is your span"....Move your thumb.. offset it ..CLT..XWZ..PDQ...whatever.. then bring it to me and I'll copy it. Sheesh this gets old.