My teammate has been having a nightmare season. So far he has been able to finish a grand total of 7 games due to tearing the skin on his thumb every time he bowls.
He will come down to the center and get all taped up, and usually by the middle to end of the second game, the skin on his thumb is toast. He is a lefty, and his thumb is losing skin on the side that is away from the fingers. It becomes too painful for him to bowl, and he often times is forced to quit in the middle of a set.
He goes home, skips a couple of weeks of bowling to let his thumb heal, then comes back down to give it a go, and then the whole process repeats itself. It is a real problem because he really enjoys bowling and is very talented (215+ when healthy), and also because he is on our Scratch Trio team. Due to the rules of the league, we are severely limited in who we could have come in and bowl for him, so we usually have to take his average minus 10.
I think the obvious problem is the lateral pitch in his thumbhole. Based on where the skin blisters, I think he needs more away pitch. Am I right? I would also suggest to him that he try more forward pitch, to discourage him from gripping the ball so tight. Does anyone agree or have a different possible solution?
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