What is the affect of lateral pitch? Does one way or the other let your thumb out faster or slower?

I was reading where a guy said he has 5/8 left lateral, 1/8 forward and uncupping his wrist/hand made it easier for him to get the ball off his hand.


It just seem that 5/8 left lateral was a lot of left.

Thanks for the reply. This came about from the a post in another forum "Randy Pedersen on "how to get more revs"" and the discussion about it and generating revs, cupping the ball and wrist strength.

here was his post

After going through 6 different thumb hole pitches the last year (going from 0 lateral to 0 forward, to 3/8's forward, and eventually ending up at 5/8 left lateral, 1/8 forward), I think wrist strength while important is an overrated factor. How secure you are able to hold the ball in position, with your thumb, without grabbing onto it is key.

This tip is rather advanced. And it depends on your game. Although I have been working on releasing the ball like this myself. Haven't video taped myself doing it yet, but with the forward pitch I'm using, uncupping wrist makes it easier to get ball off my hand.

Aloajhr jr,

Sounds like you'be got it down!

Regards,

Luckylefty

As I undarstand Mo's procedure, for the base fit you get the thumb lateral pitch from the coke can test and the lateral pitch for the fingers from the fan chart.  The procedure and the fan chart can be found in the index, link below.  --  JohnP

http://wiki.bowlingchat.net/wiki/index.php?title=Proshop_Information#Fitting

keep in mind, if you stray too far from what is the "right" pitch for your hand, you can encounter some pain in your fingers.  Modifying lateral pitch is usually part of a performance fitting process.  You can slightly change lateral to have a different affect on your release (raising or lowering your track) but do it in moderate increments.

LuckyLefty is this what your looking for:
Pitch changes to adjust ball roll . . .
This info is from a session with Mo Pinel and Del Warren. They do advocate pitch changes to adjust ball roll.

They start with what some here have called the "claw" grip. That is, a bowler's standard fit will include more forward pitches and a shorter span than has been the norm for many over the last few years. When the thumb is fully inserted and the fingers are laid across the holes, the edge of the hole/insert close to the thumb will be between the first and second crease/joint. They feel that a closed hand can remain more relaxed and still hold the ball without grabbing.

Once the "standard" fit is determined, adjustments can be made as follows (for right handed bowlers, lefties need to reverse the lateral adjustments) :

* To Increase Rev Rate - add 1/8 forward to both fingers and 1/8 reverse to thumb

* To Decrease Rev Rate - add 1/8 reverse to both fingers and 1/8 forward to thumb

* To Increase Axis Rotation and Tilt - add 1/8 left lateral to all three holes

* To Decrease Axis Rotation and Tilt - add 1/8 right lateral to all three holes

* To Increase Roll for low track players - Add 3/8 reverse to middle finger and increase middle finger span by 1/16. Add 3/8 forward to ring finger and shorten ring finger span by 1/16.

* To Increase Axis Rotation and Tilt for very high track players - Add 3/8 forward to middle finger and shorten span 1/16. Add 3/8 reverse to ring finger and lengthen span 1/16.

* Two or more adjustments may be combined for more dramatic results.