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RotoStorm864

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another pitch question..please help
« on: March 30, 2009, 04:16:56 PM »
ok. remember i'm fairly new to the sport so bear with me. i recently had my thumb pitch changed which i am liking so far. now, i talked to my driller today about my finger pitches. i have noticed lately that i haven't felt the ball on my fingers and feel like i have been coming out of the fingers and thumb at the same time no matter what i do. i currently have 5/16 reverse in both fingers. my joitns are pretty flexible. my drill said he did this cause my span is 5 1/16 and 5 3/16. i am thinking about going to zero on both fingers. oh.i also use the vise power lift inserts. any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

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Re: another pitch question..please help
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2009, 01:36:31 AM »
night bump

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Re: another pitch question..please help
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2009, 02:06:02 AM »
Lots of talk about finger pitch lately...

If you are using lifts with 5/16 rev in the fingers, you effective reverse pitch is about 1/16.....  Going to "0" pitched holes with "lifts" will give you about 1/4 fwd.  That is pretty drastic with a 5" plus span.  

My feelings on finger pitch is the amount of reverse should be based on the flexibility of the bowler.  Ideally, you want the most contact between the finger pad and inserts that you can get, while being comfortable.  

I use 1/4 rev in my middle and 3/8 rev in my ring, with oval inserts.  I recently had to change the ring b/c I began to feel my finger nail "dig" into the back to the insert.  FWIW, my span is 4 7/16 and I use 1/8 fwd/1/8 right in the thumb.