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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: lilpossum1 on March 07, 2014, 10:06:48 AM

Title: No finger inserts
Post by: lilpossum1 on March 07, 2014, 10:06:48 AM

I have noticed more and more people talk about how they have switched to no inserts, and I am curious as to why? Are there benefits to no inserts?

Title: Re: No finger inserts
Post by: chrisleftwich on March 07, 2014, 10:24:48 AM

I switched because the grips tear my fingers up in longer formats.  I tried it most of this season and lost tilt, which in turn made carry go away.  I actually switched back to grips last week and noticed difference right away, but again my fingers tear up a lot more with grips

Title: Re: No finger inserts
Post by: Strider on March 07, 2014, 10:27:15 AM

It's just feel or preference.  I gave up inserts many years ago and never looked back.  I used to hit up on the ball a lot with inserts, so for me no inserts means a cleaner release.  Another benefit is no more maintenance and cost for replacing inserts.  If you buy a lot of used balls, inserts might save you the cost of a full plug and re-drill, but unless you span and pitches are almost identical and you like the existing drill pattern, it still might not save you anything.

Title: Re: No finger inserts
Post by: JamminJD on March 07, 2014, 10:43:23 AM

Quote from: Strider on March 07, 2014, 10:27:15 AM

It's just feel or preference.  I gave up inserts many years ago and never looked back.  I used to hit up on the ball a lot with inserts, so for me no inserts means a cleaner release.  Another benefit is no more maintenance and cost for replacing inserts.  If you buy a lot of used balls, inserts might save you the cost of a full plug and re-drill, but unless you span and pitches are almost identical and you like the existing drill pattern, it still might not save you anything.

^^^THIS^^^

Title: Re: No finger inserts
Post by: Impending Doom on March 07, 2014, 10:48:23 AM

IMO, no grips allow you to get the ball into the lane much cleaner than with grips. I haven't used grips since 98, and would never go back to grips. There was a learning curve with them (first ball I did, I was so worried about my fingers that I beveled the crap out of my fingers. Now, I use no bevel at all.) Try it and see.

Title: Re: No finger inserts
Post by: xrayjay on March 07, 2014, 11:26:41 AM

I'd like to try and sample the feel of having no inserts. And if I like it, it'll be very costly for me to have several balls to plug and re drill at around $25 to $35 for each. That's like about $200.

Also, I have semi oval fingers, how do you make it feel snug?

Title: Re: No finger inserts
Post by: Impending Doom on March 07, 2014, 11:35:02 AM

I personally use some of that Master rosin or blow some warm air into the fingers.