Ive recently decided that i may have gone overboard on lengthening my span.  Ive posted pics of both my new & older spans, with my hand relaxed & stretched over both spans.

The black line in the pics is just to see my joint more easily.

Please comment, i think my new span is a little over 1/8" too long.

http://www.putfile.com/kinalyx

Shawn

well, i dont feel uncomfortable at all when holding either ball, although, i DO feel like i have to grab the ball with the old span, the newer span allows me to stay more relaxed.  My main problem is that i have MAJOR wrist pain.  

I took 6 years off from bowling, got back into it about 6 months ago.  Im bowling fairly well, 207 average in a non walled center.  Before i quit 6 years ago, i had slight wrist pain that started back when i hyper extended my wrist bowling a regionals 1 year, it never got much better.  Ever since the first or 2nd week of league when i started back, ive had horrible wrist pain, sometimes so bad that after bowling, i can barely move my wrist at all.

I cant seem to figure out what the problem is.  Ive tried wrist supports, changing my pitch, lengthening & shortening spans, even tried a 14lb ball. Ive also stopped cupping my wrist, i now keep it flat, & ive untucked my pinky thinking that could possibly be a problem as well.  NOTHING helps at all.  The only thing that seems to do any good is a really tight wrist support(the ace bandage type) when i bowl.

The only thing i can think of is that after not really using my wrist for 6 years, all the main muscles have worn down, & now all the stress is going str8 to my tendons.

Ill be going to academy or something to get a couple different wrist excersizers tomorrow, hopefully after a few weeks of using them when im not busy with something, it will help out a bit.

Thanks for your input.  Im considering dropping at least 1/16" off the span just to be safe.