hi,
and excuse my bad english.

i have a hyde drilled:

..............pin..
.....mf..rf.......
.................
.........cg.......
...............
...............
......th.......

i play a hight track and the first time the ball was great. suddenly, from one throw to the other ( after 25 games ) the ball clips the thumbhole but i havn´t changed somthing in my style, same handposition and speed.

the complete track, round about 5 lines of oil, completely hitting the thumbhole.
it´s the same when i change the handposition.
is the ball defect, what could it be?

needs help fast.

thanx
timo

hi,

i´ve filled the old holes and drilled the ball the same way  my reaction rip, with i realy love, is drilled.
and now the track is still clipping the thumbhole, doesn´t matter the release.
every position of the hand, every axis rotation, the ball clips the thumbhole and sometimes the finger.
how told, the first time the ball works great with the old drilling and from one frame to the other it started clipping the hole.

is it possible that something in the ball is defect?



.............pin....
.....................
.......mf...rf...
................
.................cg.
..................
..................
.........th.....
.................

I am experiencing a similar problem but I'm wondering if mine is associated with thumb pitch.

I was throwing 13 lb. equipment for several years with "0" thumb pitch and had no problems.

Last year I purchased a 14 lb. ball and was getting an above average amount of washouts.

I read several BR posts on lateral thumb pitch and after taking the suggested test it stated I should use 1/8 lateral under palm.  I redrilled the thumb and most of the washouts went away.

This year I went back to 13 lbs. because I was experiencing shoulder pain with the 14.  The 13 was also drilled with 1/8 under palm thumb pitch.  It doesn't feel quite as comfortable as the 14 did.

Could it be that because the 14 was too heavy for me that the lateral pitch was assisting me in lifting the ball?  Now that I'm back to 13 which is the proper ball weight could the lateral pitch be causing me to top the ball slightly and that's the reason why I'm tracking closer to the thumb hole?

I'm having the 13 redrilled and wondering if I should go back to "0" thumb pitch?


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LadyWannabe

Edited on 11/29/2003 12:46 PM

bowlerstyle,

Unless you're throwing a full roller style, a ball generally flares away from the thumbhole, not towards it, AFAIK. As Jeff Mop confirmed, this can happen when you change your release. There is some other reason; physical laws just don't change, unless you have somehow tapped into the Q continuum!
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"Just because you can do something does not mean you should do it."

Edited on 12/3/2003 7:26 AM