Hi all!

I've just switched to a 2-handed approach style of bowling and am looking at purchasing new kit/having my old kit made legal for sanctioned leagues. The USBC website makes about as much sense to me as Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister (British joke....) So just need clarity on a drilling rule some t**t in my center seems to think he knows everything about

Am i allowed to have ONLY 2 fingers holes (no ballast holes) in the ball. I think the ruling for USBC is this is allowed as long as there is less than 1-ounce difference in static weight on the ball with the centre weight measured between the fingers

Clarity people??


PS----- If anyone has any advise for drilling a right handed, 2 handed approach bowler or ANY advise to increase my speed from 15.3mph ideally to the 17mph++ mark (to help regulate my revs and open the lane up) all advise is appreciated  This is new territory for me and i'm open to ideas and practice fails 

Assuming you don't want more than two holes for the fingers, you can also have either a thumb hole or a balance hole.  If you have a thumb hole to use occasionally, say to shoot spares, the static weights must be legal based on both the grip center between the fingers and the thumb and the grip center between the fingers.  This greatly limits your layouts and for some combinations of top weight and pinout distance may be impossible.  If you never use the hole to grip the ball it is a balance hole and can be placed anywhere the static weights are legal based on a grip center between the finger holes.  You can always drill any of the holes deeper or shallower than normal to help meet the static weight limits.

I've never known a no-thumb bowler that wanted to use more than two finger holes, if that's your situation you'll have to contact the USBC for clarification.  --  JohnP

Yes it is legal with two holes. It's also displayed on the usbc website as an example under the rules section.

Layouts are no different they're based off your PAP and due to the variety of ways a no-thumber can release the ball, there's no set layout
Other than pin to PAP distance, layouts are used to avoid the gripping holes