A old school Rev trick

[bowl1820]

You want a couple of extra revs?

Then stick a finger insert (get a soft one) on your index finger! It can give you a few more revs on the ball. (shave down one side a little for max. contact with ball surface)

you could also use a rubber finger tip (if tight enough)


That was a old school trick, they even started selling a product called the "Turbo Rev" based on this.

[Mi5hka]

hmm seems pretty cool

[martin]

really? have you tried it?

[bowl1820]

really? have you tried it?

Me! Sure I did, I tried the insert and I also had a green Turbo Rev. I thought the Turbo Rev vinyl was just a little too hard and didn't grip the ball surface as good as it should have. The new ones look like they may be made out of a softer material now, I haven't tried one.

Back when I tried it, it was just another bowling fad. For some people it worked great, others not so much.

one company went a step farther and made this thing that fit over your entire index finger (I cant remember the name). It was shaped like a hammerhead shark, contoured to the balls shape. To give you all these revs, I never seen anyone use it and the ads disappeared after awhile.

[kev3inp]

I've got a turbo rev that Lucy Sandelin recommended. It does seem to work, but I find it uncomfortable to wear.

[dgz924s]

This is a great answer to my extra Turbo Quad insert collecting dust so I tried it on my index finger and it is a perfect fit so now it is just a matter of doing a test drive at the lanes. I am usually pretty resourceful but I would have never thought of this old skool tip!....Thanks

[Leadbelly]

Good tip!!

[martin]

wonder if any PBA pros use it.. but i doubt so.. they all have monster revs already (Tommy Jones especially), to add more revs with this would be crazy i think..

[J Anderson]

wonder if any PBA pros use it.. but i doubt so.. they all have monster revs already (Tommy Jones especially), to add more revs with this would be crazy i think..

Don't remember when or who but I have seen at least one pro using something like this. No, it wasn't any one like T.J. or Robert Smith.

[bowl1820]

wonder if any PBA pros use it.. but i doubt so.. they all have monster revs already (Tommy Jones especially), to add more revs with this would be crazy i think..

I don't think any of them do it now. But that's where the league bowlers got the idea from back in the day.