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Nodsleinad

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CLT, Strickland, Collier or Action Grip (Frankie May)
« on: June 26, 2006, 11:03:20 PM »
What is the benefit of this type fit for those who are familiar with them?

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Re: CLT, Strickland, Collier or Action Grip (Frankie May)
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2006, 10:39:18 AM »
your palm sits on the ball. This should help you to relax your grip and help you come around the ball a bit better. Ive tried this and I think it feels great. I can notice the difference in the consistency of release and my rev rate has increased a bit.
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Re: CLT, Strickland, Collier or Action Grip (Frankie May)
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2006, 11:35:04 AM »
Which version did you try???

CLT, Collier, performance...they are all slightly tweaked different ...right?

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Re: CLT, Strickland, Collier or Action Grip (Frankie May)
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2006, 12:03:42 PM »
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your palm sits on the ball. This should help you to relax your grip and help you come around the ball a bit better. Ive tried this and I think it feels great. I can notice the difference in the consistency of release and my rev rate has increased a bit.
 


This is EXACTLY the results I have recently accomplished with a new grip that tenpinspro fitted me with when I visited California while on vacation in May. This grip took away all of the 1/4" out lateral pitch I had to have on a standard "T Grip" due to a stiff thumb and put it at 0 lateral, (I think I could even go 1/8" palm pitch now but won't as it works good as it is) plus took pressure off thumb, put more weight of ball on the pads of fingers, a bit more palm on the ball, and has enabled me to get around the ball better as well as increase revs. It has a bit of a CLT feel, but isn't a CLT grip.
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Re: CLT, Strickland, Collier or Action Grip (Frankie May)
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2006, 10:03:41 PM »
I'll say it again.. there is only one triangle in space that represents your grip. No matter what you do... you are either changing pitch, span, or hole size... or some combo of the three...  Call it what you want...you can offset this, change that, etc.. knock yourself out.. it can still be copied using a standard T-grip method.

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Re: CLT, Strickland, Collier or Action Grip (Frankie May)
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2006, 10:13:49 PM »
No kidding.  But how you drill it and how it feels when you hold it are two separate things.




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Re: CLT, Strickland, Collier or Action Grip (Frankie May)
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2006, 10:14:02 PM »
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Call it what you want...you can offset this, change that, etc.. knock yourself out.. it can still be copied using a standard T-grip method.  


Uh Uh, not quite. You can begin with a T-Grip, but you finish otherwise, but if you want to call it a T-Grip, that is up to you.

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tjj300

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Re: CLT, Strickland, Collier or Action Grip (Frankie May)
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2006, 09:52:03 AM »
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tj,

of course there is a difference in the two.  same as the difference in the act of fitting the hand compared to the physical drilling of the holes...

believe it or not, there are some on this planet that can drill holes into the exact same space in a sphere using a variety of nomenclature & processes.  the holes are still the same though...



That's my point.  CLT, Strickland, offset, these are really fitting variations to the basic T-grip.  The only difference is the location of the reference lines you use to measure your pitches from.  But they are still relevant in describing how the ball fits your hand. It's true that once a ball is drilled with one of these methods, you can measure the pitches so that they conform to drilling a T-grip.  And you should do that, makes replicating the grip in other balls much easier.  But the hand will still hold the ball like a CLT grip, with the ball sitting down in the palm.  So it is still a different animal.

To say otherwise is like saying all stools are alike because they all have 3 legs.


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Edited on 7/7/2006 9:48 AM

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Re: CLT, Strickland, Collier or Action Grip (Frankie May)
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2006, 08:35:16 PM »
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*feelzmigrainecomingon*


Ron, thats a sign of too many Molsons.....


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Re: CLT, Strickland, Collier or Action Grip (Frankie May)
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2006, 10:47:23 PM »
Man O' man!! Such touchy Techies!!

Whatever you call it.....I call it COMFORTABLE. It is the best feeling "grip" that I own, and I am glad my driller introduced me to it!
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Re: CLT, Strickland, Collier or Action Grip (Frankie May)
« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2006, 07:53:04 AM »
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*feelzmigrainecomingon*

nod,

the benefits are mostly mental (partialy experimental).  all centerline transpositions are just variations of pitch and span from the original grip.  to name them just makes them equivalent to fairy dust.

tj,

of course there is a difference in the two.  same as the difference in the act of fitting the hand compared to the physical drilling of the holes...

believe it or not, there are some on this planet that can drill holes into the exact same space in a sphere using a variety of nomenclature & processes.  the holes are still the same though...

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