Hello,
I recently went to a sarge easter grip with in old ball. Had the ring plugged and the middle left finger tip with a grip. It took me a couple weeks how to throw it without hurting my already painful ring finger but then figured out something that worked for me and I can't picture going back to regular finger tip but curious about standard conventional and I refuse to drop weight from 15 to 14 pounds. I also once had a driller convince me long ago on a brand new ball to go from no pitches on my thumb and have my fingers and thumb drilled reverse and it was terrible. I kept the 1/8 reverse but the fingers were plugged.

I just don't have the strength in my fingers like I used to do to decades of bowling and typing from my job. I actually wished I tried this 15 years ago. I'm thinking I could try a house ball and find a 14. I do think if I get a new ball the sarge grip will suffice with some moderate span and pitch adjustments. I guess I could picture hanging up on the ball with conventional and right now I can actually roll the ball over my mark without worries and distractions of pain.

Some yeas ago I tried a sarge easter grip. Could not get used to having one finger one way and the other another, so that never stuck------however a couple of seasons back I went to a conventional grip(with inserts) because I was having a horrible time controlling the breakpoint. Switching did help in that dept but it also has helped me physically in my fingers. I have bone spurs and probably arthritis in my bowling fingers and two large knots on each bowling finger, and they used to swell a lot when I bowled more than just my league night on any given week, but since I went conventional I have not had any finger issues of that sort so conventional is staying around.

Brad