Since getting your own ball drilled to your hand have you used a house ball since?

[jab5325]

I have to at least have my shoes to bowl--house shoes??? Yuck.

That said, unless I have my shoes, I'm not bowling. My friends understand the issue.

We had a couple of friends visit us last weekend, and we went to the local center. The lanes were pretty burnt up. I started off OK, but once it came time to make moves, I just left it go and goofed around with them. It was a good time--I ended up getting to practice 7s, 4-7s and other weird spares, while they had a great time.

[augoat]

Just wondering on those occasions you are on vacation visiting family and conversation of bowling comes up. Since you didn't bring your balls with you do you go ahead and just use house balls.

I'll be honest it would be pretty hard since I'm so used to the fit that a custom ball feels it would be awkward to toss a house ball with my approach as I would have to go back to thumbless.

Not usually. On a recent trip out of town we unexpectedly went bowling, and I was just goofing around thumbless. After a couple less than good games, I rolled a 175 and 198 to close out the night. That's the only time in the last year since I got a ball custom drilled.

[Jessiewoodard57]

I would be real weird to me .I have not use a conventional grip since I had my first ball drilled 35 years ago.

[NewToBowling]

I have never used a conventional grip. Went from thumbless with house balls to fingertip with custom ball