Drilling an index finger hole !!

[serial bowl]

I am thinking about adding an index finger hole to my ball, due to the fact that I have pretty bad arthritis in my hand. Are there any members out there who use this type of grip?

[Ball99999]

I'm not sure how that helps,
are you actually grabbing the ball with your fingers?

[RoccoRock]

I bowl with a guy who uses a pinky hole. He has a bad wrist, he uses a brace and the pinly hole to help. Works great for him, he has the highest average in the league.

[Hampe]

The only guy I've ever seen with that layout was a righty throwing backup. I wondered myself what it would be like to try and throw with 4 fingers instead of 3.

[jimlc2001]

No experience with that kind of layout. I'm worried about your track running over the possible index finger hole. If you do have a high right hand track, then I would not recommend it.

[serial bowl]

I was told to let the weight of the ball rest mainly on my fingers, and that would be easier for me if my index finger was bent. What is your definition of "grabbing the ball with your fingers"? If you don't apply some sort of pressure to the ball, how do you swing it? *

[serial bowl]

I am left handed , and still working on my release mechanics, so my ball track is inconsistant at best, but I am working on it.

[J Anderson]

We used to have a guy in our league who had index and pinky holes. Basically he had injured his hand so many times in his 50+ years as a carpenter / builder that he needed to use all five fingers to pick up any thing heavier than a cup of coffee. This was back in the eighties and he was just throwing a straight ball at the pocket.

[serial bowl]

I can relate to that. I guess it's whatever works for you.

[got_a_300]

Back years ago in the early 90's I tried the pinky hole but
it didn't really help anything not sure about the index hole
like jimlc2001 said it is possible that you would track right
over the hole.