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    Sounds good ICEMAN. Impressed enough to have your new Beatdown plugged and re-drilled huh? I may have to give this a try sometime soon. My wrist is starting to affect me and I could use a little relief on it but still bowl.
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    Quote Originally Posted by vdubtx View Post
    Sounds good ICEMAN. Impressed enough to have your new Beatdown plugged and re-drilled huh? I may have to give this a try sometime soon. My wrist is starting to affect me and I could use a little relief on it but still bowl.
    I had people coming up to me and making comments, like:

    Nice ball, looks for sure you are getting a great angle into the pocket, with your ball spinning differently, giving you even more pin action!
    It was the talk of the league last night! I must say it took a while to make adjustments, since it was soooooo different then how the ball left my
    hand! Also also maybe 33 percent more rev's. If you have weak wrist, it will distribute the weight of the ball much more evenly in your hand, thus
    relieving some of the stress!

    All I can say was I am impressed, Bruce also moved the pin from above and right of pinkie, to center and above, which I am sure helped with the more
    controlled angle into the pocket, instead of a radical snap! Sure paid off in XXXXXXXXXXX lol!

    I am beginning to find out that drilling may be even more important then the ball itself!!! The ball is like clay to a sculpture, it can be many things, but when
    formed a CEERTAIN way, it can be beautiful! My Frantic now is BEAUTIFUL, and has been crafted by a master craftman, Bruce, of BP Pro Shop here in Independence Mo!! Thanks Bruce!! You are the Man!!
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    Hmm. Perhaps I'll request the Bill Hall Tri-Grip on my next ball. Not sure if it's worth $70 to do it...but if it's in the $50ish range...I'd definitely consider it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aslan View Post
    Hmm. Perhaps I'll request the Bill Hall Tri-Grip on my next ball. Not sure if it's worth $70 to do it...but if it's in the $50ish range...I'd definitely consider it.
    Remember, I had a ball PLUGED, and the Vise system, plus finger inserts.... Not all shops have the system, they have to purchase it from Bill Hall, who has a patent on the system. the drilling here on a new ball, is just 40.00 with the Bill Hall Tri Grip! If you purchase the ball HERE, from Bruce, their is free basic drilling, but 10.00 more for the system!

    So lets say you purchase a new Hy-Road, all you would pay is the price of the new ball say 150.00, and 10.00 bucks added for the extra time
    it takes to layout and measurements!
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    Hey iceman i know theres more to it but what i was interested in was the thumb position. Correct me if im wrong but the thumb in moved more towards the index finger?
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    Default Here it is, a picture of the Bill Hall Tri-Grip

    The ball had the pin above and to the right of the pinkie finger, It was way to sharp of a snap!,,, Now I moves into the pocket much better, with lots of energy!
    The blue arrow is not a hole, but a plugged balance hole, the ball does not need one with this layout! I will have my beatdown 16lber ready for Thursday league, and can't wait to see how it feels... so far I would have to say I Like the change in grip very much!

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    Seems pretty interesting. For some reason I doubt it is already available here

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    Its not just the position of the finger holes, its pitches also! I wish I could put into words, the feel of the ball coming off the hand,,, better lift and control!
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    Re: Bill Hall Tri-Grip fitting system

    « Reply #14 on: June 12, 2013, 11:22:25 PM »



    I can assure you that the Tri-Grip is not "merely" a CLT but is far from it. Many have tried to copy the Tri-Grip with the CLT method and have not been successful. Unless you understand the linear lines of the tendons of the hand that is based off of kinesiology that is explained in the video then no you cannot copy it.
    If you have your specs and go to another shop then yes that other shop can copy it if they know the technique.
    There has been many players that have compared the Tri-Grip with the CLT method and have found that the balance and feel of the grip is completely different from each other. If you want to do your own comparison then I completely encourage it by finding a shop near you that has the Tri-Grip method.
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    Quote Originally Posted by e-tank View Post
    Idk if my proshop does the tri grip but ill look into it.
    It looks like there's only a handful of drillers doing the tri-grip in Cali. One is Fred Curtis at Leo's Pro Shop in El Centro. Isn't that down your way? The rest are up in Nor Cal.

    You'll have to maybe go talk to Fred and report back.

    I am very interested in techniques or improvemnts based on anatomy/physiology/kinseology (Science.) The tri-grip sounds like it's just that!
    Last edited by Bunny; 09-17-2013 at 11:31 AM.

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