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alloutsmith3

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Dropped ring finger
« on: March 02, 2009, 01:09:35 PM »
Does anyone have any pics of what a dropped ring finger drill looks like compared to the sarge easter. Thanks
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charlest

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Re: Dropped ring finger
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2009, 06:22:35 AM »
Dropped ring finger, as far as I know, just means the span is not all the way out to the full extent of the ring finger's true span. It doesn't really require a picture. Mine is "dropped" by 1/8" because of tendonitis in my ring finger. My normal span would be 4 3/4" and 4 7/8". Instead, I use 4 3/4" for each finger. The picture would only show 2 holes equidistant from the thumb hole.
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Goof1073

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Re: Dropped ring finger
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2009, 06:33:41 AM »
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Dropped ring finger, as far as I know, just means the span is not all the way out to the full extent of the ring finger's true span. It doesn't really require a picture. Mine is "dropped" by 1/8" because of tendonitis in my ring finger. My normal span would be 4 3/4" and 4 7/8". Instead, I use 4 3/4" for each finger. The picture would only show 2 holes equidistant from the thumb hole.
That's one version of dropped ring finger.  Some folks actually have a span that is short on their ring finger naturally, but it's rare.  Some people utilize the dropped ring finger terminology when they are looking at a ball with an offset thumb as it sometimes puts the ring finger below the middle finger due to the offset.
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charlest

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Re: Dropped ring finger
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2009, 07:01:00 AM »
Goof,

Any picture I have seen of the offset thumb had the ring finger hole appearing to be even further from the thumb than normal. It LOOKED like a stretched ring span. The middle finger hole LOOKED like it was "dropped" compared to the ring finger hole.
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Artimust

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Re: Dropped ring finger
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2009, 11:35:35 AM »
I utilize a "dropped" ring finger on some of my balls because I broke my finger, and dropping the ring a 1/4" helped relieve some of the pain.  I now use this when ever I get a new ball even though my finger is healed since I've gotten used to it.
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Jay

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Re: Dropped ring finger
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2009, 05:46:35 PM »
Charlest, I believe what you've seen is pretty normal if I understand correctly.  If you put the fingers in line and draw a line straight through the bridge, most people probably have the (center of the) thumb to the left(for righties, right for lefties) of that line.

I have what Goof mentioned.  The ring finger span on my equipment is shorter than my middle finger span.
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