I have a question for all drillers and anyone who has familiarity with this.

BTW, this is my first post, there's lots of good info on this site.

I've been bowling for a long time, my girlfriend has recently picked up the sport too.  She's gotten in the 160 range a few times with not even a year of bowling, a basic power groove reactive and conventinal drilling.  I'm sure she wants to get more involved with a better ball and I would like to see her throw a fingertip drilling.  Only thing is is while drunk one night (before I met her) she was wrestling with her sister and got her ring finger stuck in a belt loop, twisted and broke it.  She has very little use of the tip and just moving it is painful still.  She doesn't think she could throw a finger tip ball but has also never had the chance.

What do you guys think?  I don't think the axis could be done in a way on that finger so it wouldn't hurt her.  I think if she tried to generate any kind of lift with that finger on a 14 lb ball that she currently throws would result in alot of pain for her.  It also has a funny angle to that fingertip also.  She does not have a very strong wrist and doesn't throw the ball with alot of authority or have a high rev rate or speed....yet.

What about drilling up a ball with just her middle finger and pinky?

joblo1978 -- I did not mean to offend you with my response or pull the thread off topic.  And I still feel I gave you good advice.  I won't go into my qualifications to give that advice.  

And to the kids that have made this topic a joke  --  SHUT UP!  --  JohnP

I broke my ring finger at the first joint on my bowling hand about a year or so ago.  I kept on bowling, but was only using my middle finger and thumb in the holes, and my ring finger in a metal splint.  I did pretty good, bowling a number of games in the 220-230's, and for the time, pretty consistant in being in and around 200.

As my finger healed, I talked to my ball driller friend about the Sarge Easter grip, so he converted one of my balls for me to try it out.  I tried it and hated it.  It actually made my finger sore all over again, because the finger was deeper in the hole and would get tweaked on the way out.

What I had my driller do was, while still keeping a finger tip grip, I had him plug the ring finger hold and drop it down about a 1/4", and this did the trick!  It was more relaxed in the hole (because I had difficulty making my finger straight) and was not getting hung up, causing more pain or re-injury.