Can anyone tell me, in general, what effect will having the ring finger lower than the middle finger have on the release of the ball? Thanks for any info.

  I said almost all for my CUSTOMER BASE,  that meaning the majority of the people I drill balls for used the dropped ring finger.  Now that means that most but not all have this.  I could only have 20 people who come to me and 10-12 of them have it, and that to for ME is majority.  I could have a rather statistical abnormal customer base from what a typical shop sees.    

 

  A dropped ring finger to me is anywhere from equal distance of span to a shorter ring finger.    How do you know who these people are, you are not here to inspect their hands.  So there fore you do not know anything about their hands and if they in fact have the characteristics for those type of spans.   I did not say EVERYONE should use it.  I said that I drill MOST, MAJORITY of my customers that way, because that is what their hand tells me.  Not everyone has that type of hand who gets balls drilled.  It's more common to me. 

 

  Now if you have some kind of magic power that allows you to see these people here, you can not comment on the fact that I am right or wrong.  You can only assume that I am wrong because your way is different than my way, and that your way is the correct way.  You are allowed to somewhat make that assumption I guess.  My way is not too much different than yours, just statistically I see a different customer base than what you have. 

 

 

 

Edited by The Dreaded Durbin on 2/10/2011 at 2:25 PM

No argument intended.  In bowling there are a few different theories on how to do things.  Instead of just saying there might be different ways, there is debate on what way is right, who is right and how should it be done right.  Span is alot like ying yang envy.  If it's not long, people don't feel its adequate and doesn't get the job done. 

 

There is a guy in PA who invented a MAX-Y grip.  Alot of people debate him, don't take him seriously and discredit him and there are alot of people who swear by this grip and love it.  

 

Either way, if its comfortable, and your knocking down 10 pins all night....it is right.  

 

Edited by The Dreaded Durbin on 2/10/2011 at 2:46 PM

 

Edited by The Dreaded Durbin on 2/10/2011 at 2:50 PM

It is all about fit.

 

Another thing to try is putting your thumb in the ball and laying your fingers out over the wholes and see how they fall. Are they the same, one longer, one shorter? Then try putting just your thumb in with your ring finger in the correct hole, then your thumb in and ring finger in the middle finger hole and see if there is a noticeable feel difference.

 

For some reason when I read this I thought you were wanting to drop your ring finger a bigger amount.

 

The easiest way to try this is get a used ball and plug it and try it with maybe both fingers equal, and then with maybe a dropped ring and see how it feels. That would be a really inexpensive way to try it out.