drilling...fingertip or conventional style

[AZBowla]

You are such a snot love, LOL I know what you told me, but I wanted to get some other opinions too, especially since fingertip is the only way you bowl and don't use a conventional style ball. LOL

Hee hee! No problem love!

[75lockwood]

Lol i have this thing where i start typing 10-15 min before i posted, so 4-5 posts were made before i posted

get the misfit first!

[AZBowla's Girl]

Lol i have this thing where i start typing 10-15 min before i posted, so 4-5 posts were made before i posted

get the misfit first!

You all are trying to turn me into a Deviant...LOL

[Hammer]

Iremember when I got my first fingertip ball. The employee at the pro shop told me to put my fingers into the ball and then put the ball in my palm with the fingers at the top. After I did that he put his palm under mine and told me to take my palm from under the ball. When I did that the ball stayed on my fingers without squeezing. He told me that a lot of people think the ball will fall off the fingers when you do that. But because of the span between the thumb and the fingers friction holds the ball on. You don't have to worry about the ball getting stuck to your hand because at release the thumb will slide out first then the fingers put revs on the ball. Since this is your first fingertip ball before you do your approach pre-set your hand with a straight wrist and then turn your hand so the palm is facing a little toward you.As you make your swing make sure your hand stays in this position all the way through the release. Plus don't let your fingertips straighten out to release the ball. You want to leave them hooked like they are when in the ball. The weight of the ball will pull it offof your fingers and in turn put revs on the ball for a hook. The more you face your palm towards you the more revs. You don't want to go past the handshake position though. Any further and your hand will be going towards the top of the ball and that is a no no. It sounds like a pain but it really isn't once you get use to it. Good luck and have fun. THE END. LOL.

[billf]

Stroker but at what speed? Are you throwing straight now as one would expect with a conventional drilling?

Assuming (I hate doping this) that your ball is at least 14 pounds, speed of at least 12 mph with a below average rev rate and will learn to throw with the needed tilt and rotation.....the Karma Pearl. It will move a few boards and be very controllable. The Misfit, if drilled to go longer (80 X 4 X 40) will give a good read and good backend. However, that ball will be harder to learn to hook and control with. So I suggest the Karma first then the Misfit later. Your fabulous boyfriend can get you the Misfit for Valentine's Day.

Oh and fingertip grip. All day, every day as soon as you can. The benefits far, far, far out weigh the odd feeling when you first try them. Just remember, don't squeeze with your thumb with them as you do with a conventional drilling or it will tear your thumb up and kill the ball's reaction.

[HughScot]

About three years ago I got my first ball and the pro didn't say anything about fingertip, etc. so he drilled it with conventions holes. I got it changed within a couple of months and the difference was great. I'd never recommend conventional...unless physically unable for some reason.

[billf]

About three years ago I got my first ball and the pro didn't say anything about fingertip, etc. so he drilled it with conventions holes. I got it changed within a couple of months and the difference was great. I'd never recommend conventional...unless physically unable for some reason.

As with most things in life and bowling, I go against conventional wisdom. I've taken brand new, never rolled a ball before bowlers and put them in finger tip grips. Why? With so much to learn and get use to anyway, why not? Why create another thing to learn to use later when that can be avoided altogether? The purpose of conventional is to fit more bowlers with a house ball. That's it.

[J Anderson]

Keep your old ball(If you have 1)and use it as your spare ball.

Much success with your new ball!

Zothen

Should you take Zothen's advice, (and I would take it ), You might want to have your old ball plugged and re-drilled fingertip so that both balls will have the same feel. I did use a conventionally drilled ball as a spare ball after going to a fingertip grip for about a season before getting a fingertip plastic ball.

[Brother_jd]

Fingertip. From my expierence it is really hard to hook a ball with a conventional grip.

[75lockwood]

Fingertip. From my expierence it is really hard to hook a ball with a conventional grip.

Conventionally drilled balls are not meant to hook, there meant to be useable without a perfect fit (house balls) that being said, you can make any ball hook if you try hard enough lol getting a ball with a core drilled conventionally is a waste, your taking a ball that's meant to hook and removing a lot of its hook potential