Longer but you would tend to increase your span about 3/4 of an inch to increase pitch the 3/8 of an inch.  Probably an unreasonable amount.

Otherwise you will drop the ball if you just increase the reverse pitch.

A better method would be to slightly increase span, slightly increase reverse(1/16 for every increase of 1/8 in span), and slightly increase forward in the fingers.

If your goal is to get more reverse in thumb, but at the same time continue to have holding power on the ball.

REgards,

Luckylefty

I assumed thumb because I had seen another post relating to lefty50 increasing thumb pitch for more revs.


Hope this was correct.

REgards,

Luckylefty

lefty50 -- With finger pitches, it all depends on the flexibility of your last finger joint.  If they are very stiff, you won't need to increase the span any, the change will just allow your fingers to relax at the joint.  If they are flexible, you'll need to increase the span a little.  I would try 1/8" increase first, but expect to experiment some.  If your driller has a Jayhawk type fitting ball, you can get a pretty good idea by cranking the finger pitches where you want them and seeing how it feels.  For a relaxed fingertip grip, with the ball held dangling by the customer's side I like to be able to slide a standard pencil between the palm and the ball with some friction, but without having to really force it.  --  JohnP

Edited on 6/14/2004 11:54 PM