If the bathrooms in your bowling alley have hot air hand driers, they are your new best friend in the morning.Originally Posted by Bradski9
Thaw those hands out before practice starts.
My hand takes way too long to warm up at morning league.
I bowl in a Saturday morning youth league and ever since it got below 50s my hand (thumb mostly) takes forever to actually get used to throwing a bowling ball. I'm talking 15 minutes of practice and maybe halfway into the 2nd game I'm ready.
what I mean by that is I have had trouble for the past couple years putting a consistent amount of revs on the ball, like one shot will be 150, 2nd will be pulled right (I'm left handed) at like 100 and after that I will throw one I'm happy with at somewhere over 200..
I've been fiddling with my tape but it's pretty difficult since my thumb swells so much in that 15 minutes of practice and 1.5 games of bowling I almost always have to take a piece out again.
This is another question entirely, does anyone have any tips to help deliver a consistent shot in terms of rev rate?
If the bathrooms in your bowling alley have hot air hand driers, they are your new best friend in the morning.
Thaw those hands out before practice starts.
Fix you a nice hot cup of hot chocolate and use the cup to warm your hands while sipping on it (careful not to burn yourself if it is really hot though). I used to do this when it was cold and I would walk to school as a teen.
These are good ideas. Most likely your thumb doesn't quite fit at the beginnings so you grip a bit and walla... Less revs and occasional pulls.
Can you just put a piece of tape in?
it seems like 2 pieces is too much and 1 is not enough, i am getting some black smooth tape as i feel that will help a great deal. right now i just use white 3/4 textured tape.
I'm getting more an more people wanting an IT thumb, not for one size thumb in multiple balls, but multiple size thumbs in one ball.
What's an IT thumb? I have a buddy that has a thumb insert that locks into place and goes into like 4 balls.
The 2 most common brands of interchangeable thumbs are Vise IT, and Turbo Switch Grip.
At the bottom of the Vise IT, there is a section that is threaded, that screws into the piece that is glued into the ball.
At the bottom of the Turbo Switch Grip, there are two tabs that lock (when twisted) into the piece that is glued into the ball.
Each perform the same function, just use different methods to achieve it.
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Don't walk on Thin Ice!
IT won't really solve this problem though... You'd have to custom shave each one perfectly... I have two ITs (well... 4, but two only get used around July...) and still use about 3 pieces of tape in each depending.
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