BallReviews
General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: BigHorhn on January 04, 2016, 01:28:16 PM
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Can high track bowlers use bowling balls that are drilled below the finger?
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If you are thinking like a pin below ring finger for example, yes. I am a high track player and have had pin down drillings, pin in ring drill and have had no issues. But, that is only me experience.
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How high are we talking? 6" PaP? or a lil higher? Either way, a 6" pin to PaP shouldn't clip the fingers.
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The answer is basically, yes. Problems sometimes arise when high track players place the pin in line with, or to the left of, their middle finger (for a right hander).
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I track high and i personally cant use pin under drillings or i will roll over the thumb or turn into a full roller. The only dilling I can use for pin down is driling through the ring finger which I do like the reaction. Anythng lower, I can't use. I have to work on getting my hand out of the ball earlier. Easier said than done though.
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I track very high and use pin down often. I sometimes have an issue with negative pins, but low pins have not been an issue.
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Thanks for all the replies to my guys. I have used balls with low pins before,that's why I was perplexed when he said that. I understand now that it takes a little more time to get the measurements right, so the easiest thing to do is drill the ball pin up.
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Low pins can lower the track bowtie to the point that a high track flares over the ring finger hole. The rule of thumb is to keep the pin in the "flare safe zone", or to the right of a line from the PAP to the middle finger. To estimate the location of the bowtie of a ball without a balance hole draw a line from the PAP through the pin to the track. -- JohnP