Thumb question

[ArtVandelay]

I just thought of another question: I think someone on here spoke about having the thumb drilled in an oval pattern before and getting a better release that way. Anyone have input on that? I'd imagine that if snug is the key, oval wouldn't be a good idea. I'd imagine it's good to have that pressure on the sides of the thumb.

[billf]

Isn't your thumb oval? Most are. If yours is then you just answered your own question. If your thumb is round, get a round slug. If it's oval, get an oval slug.

[Tampabaybob]

Awesome! When I went to get my ball drilled, pitch came up and I had never really heard of it. He kind of explained it as the angle the ball is drilled, and said the interchangeable thumb makes changing that easy in the future if I decide I need to change it.

So, how do you know what pitch to use? Are there tests? One thing I liked about the ball driller guy is he had a lot of tests that didn't seem to be relevant but he was taking notes the whole time. The only thing is, doing that drill, it seems to release okay, so I'm inclined to believe he has it drilled spot on for me (aside from if I need a bigger hole for later games, which I can easily do now... Or if I should just get used to it and consider a tighter hole).

Thanks for bringing it up. Let me know if you have any more insight.

I hate beating a dead horse, but I'm horrible at just kind of understanding something... If a topic interests me, I want to learn everything I can. hahahaha.

If you have a good driller in the proshop he'll get you into the right pitch. With that said, I've had many drillers over the years and it took one guy to realize what was going on with my thumb. And thank God for that ! It made a HUGE difference. Sometimes it will take a while to figure this out and sometimes the driller hits it right the first time.

Going along with what Bill said, my new ball, I went back twice to have him work on the fingers and the thumb. Taking just a little at a time out until the feel gets just right. Most peoples thumbs, even if round will flatten out once inside the ball, and that actually turns that round thumb into an oval once your holding the ball. Just taking a little off each side of the thumb hole usually will work.

Bob