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Buzzhead

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Center line transfer findings
« on: June 17, 2003, 04:56:43 AM »
I tried this on 2 balls over the weekend... the ball comes off the hand smoother, but it feels weird. I cannot play down and in with this drill. I also cannot hit my ball.
     I threw 8 games with these balls and my spare ball drilled T-grip. While I was bowling my thumb felt fine but woke up Monday morning and I could hardly use my thumb... hurt that damn much..and still does.    
     I will try it Thursday night on my sport condition league after that they get plugged and drilled T-grip if my thumb hurts Friday morning.
     I HAD a comfortable grip before and just had to try something different, now I know it is not for me.
     I did find that my span changed CONSIDERABLY to the longer side...If we would have kept the same span as the T-Grip I would have had about 3/4" shorter span the way we laid it out..(driller never done it before so we tried it.)
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Doug Sterner

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Re: Center line transfer findings
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2003, 08:19:09 PM »
If done properly your spans will not change at all.

Your span change is the reason for the thumb pain.
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Goof1073

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Re: Center line transfer findings
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2003, 07:59:51 AM »
My thoughts exactly Doug!

I can see you maybe wanting to play with your span a little if you wanted to experiment...but 3/4"!?!?!?!?  That's a REALLY severe difference!!  With a span that much longer you must have killed the front part of your thumb and your fingers to stretch out that much further.

Get the span fixed on both balls...I bet you will like having a CLT.  I find it makes the ball come off my hand a lot smoother, which is always nice!
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LuckyLefty

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Re: Center line transfer findings
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2003, 08:29:03 AM »
Yep,

A serious mistake was made.

Draw out drilling just like Tgrip.
Draw another line thru center of fingers.  Draw straight with tool and extend.

Drill thumb on normal Tgrip orientation.
Turn ball to line up second line CLT.  Drill fingers in regular spot on Tgrip with pitches oriented to the second line.

Exact span as before, exact thumb pitch as before.  Different orientation of finger pitches.

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Buzzhead

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Re: Center line transfer findings
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2003, 06:41:44 PM »
Ok one more question....

If I would have used the same span I would have ended up with a span that went to my middle knuckle on both my middle and ring finger. My span is already relaxed and I did not think this was right. Any suggestions??????? at least thats how it came out on the ball...
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Goof1073

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Re: Center line transfer findings
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2003, 08:00:31 AM »
Sounds like you were throwing a semi-fingertip grip?

Based on this new information you would have to have some pretty long fingers to stretch out a semi to a full fingertip by moving your span 3/4".  A typical distance is around a 1/2".  The other issue that you haven't brought into the equation is exactly what your pitches are.  Depending on what they are it would greatly effect your hand even if your span was exactly correct.  Your hand flexibility is what it is and if your hand wasn't fitted properly than you will have problems...as you have seen.

Typically a relaxed grip will also allow a bowler to put more revolutions on the ball, etc.  So this could also explain some of the difference, but not the pain you felt.  Maybe there wasn't enough bevel on the thumb?

It really is a hard thing to tell without knowing all the details, etc.
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