I had a discussion about gloves with a fellow bowler who tried out a very thin golf glove - just leather, no padding, also because of sweat. It was no real success for him, because:
- the glove HAS to fit... like glove. Very tight.
- it changes span and thumb size, the ball he wanted to try it out had to be changed (new finger inserts, thumb drilled a bit more open, and with a little less span)
While it worked so so, it had not been an overall imporvement for his game, so he dropped the idea.
Personally, I tried a bowling glove of a friend (do not remember the product, it was quite thin, with silicone padding in the palm for extra hold on the ball, free finger tips and thumb, no wrist support, expensive!) and was not convinced. While it improved the hold onto the ball during the swing, I could not find any other positive thing about. It also looked quite... gay.
Additionally, I made some trials with a glove which is used for weight lifting - leather body, padded palms, free finger tips and thumb. Had similar effect as the gay rubber thing above, but I had to cut the thumb open to have a good grip at all. Had the impression that the palm paddings promoted an earlier release, but the results were not convincing, too.
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