Yes, I fully intend to demand that this ball be drilled 7/16 shorter.
I aleady emailed those pics to new pro-shop and found someone who is in total agreement that it's unusable
My comments on what people have said about the pics - and that he not holding the ball properly - that is 100% correct. He is absolutly not holding the ball correctly. But why are people balming him? It is phsyically impossible for him to hold that ball properly!!!!!!!!
The picture clearly shows that the only way his thumb can possible reach the hole, is if he bends his wrist and palm backwards in an extremly awkward angle. And even with doing that, about 1/2 an inch of his thumb still can not reach into the thumb hole.
He was NOT bending wrist and palm back because he doens't know how to hold the ball. It is physically impossible for him to put his hand into the ball without holding it all wrong. If it was possible for him to hold the ball properly, then there wouldn't be anything wrong with it in the first place!!!!!!
It should go without saying, that if anyone tries to put their hand in a ball, that there hand can not fit into, you'll see some pretty funky things going on as the hand is contorted into place.
If seeing a picture of the palm bent all the way back as far as it will bend, plus the thumb entering the ball at an ultra-extreme reverse pitch angle, and still the thumb can only get 80% into the hole does not demonstrate a bad drilling then I don't know what will. And it's not because he's doing anything wrong. He has to do all that to just to try to get his thumb to reach the hole!!!!
For anyone browsing the message board about your bad drilling and trying to figure out why your pro-shop is telling you your ball is ok, this is an example that you are not alone! If your ball hurts, if you can't hold onto it, if it causes blisters, bleeding, pain, then you're drilling sucks and any pro-shop guy who tells you otherwise is an idiot.
Maybe I should post pics of him putting his hand in my ball - cause it's drilled to the exact same span as mine!!!! (well, 1 finger is 1/8 inch shorter on his) and my hand is much larger than his.
Anytime a pro-shop messes up they blame the bowler. They tell you to relax grip (after drilling it so it is impossible to do so), they tell you, you are holding it wrong, they will tell you anything, except admit that they don't know what they are doing.
This interview with Aleta Sill I think goes over how so much of conventional wisdom on how to drill balls is dead wrong.
http://above180.com/aleta-sill-with-...t-bowlers-back
I know that there are some good ball drillers, but most shouldn't be drilling anyone's equitement.
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