My “feel†is not nearly as sensitive as it once was.
Once upon a time, I had a ball that measured out exactly right, but I insisted it “felt†different. After scratching our heads for about an hour as to why, we finally measured the ball itself, and found out it was just barely legal, and almost undersize.
The span was right, but the ball was small, which threw off the “feel†of the ball for me. We redrilled it just slightly longer, 1/16th as a matter of fact, and then it “felt†right.
My span is really stretched (I know, not popular anymore), but that is what I learned with, and I just never could get used to the modern “relaxed†style.