trouble with my middle finger. I use a fingertip. I was wondering what would happen if I changed to a conventional grip. Have any of you made this change? If so what happened? Does this change require any revision(s) in pitches? I have 1/4 fwd in the thumb and 1/4 to 1/2 reverse in the middle finger. Also any other imput as to what you did to alleviate pressure and discomfort in your middle finger.  Thanks.

I used a stretched fingertip grip for several years. A while back, I started having some pain in my ring finger joint.

  I went and had a ball drilled for a more relaxed grip and that seemed to cure the problem. I toyed with having a dropped ring finger (sarge easter grip), but decided to just shorten the span a bit overall.

  Once I got used to the feel and started to feel "normal" with it, now my old stuff feels like its a mile too long, even though we only shortened the span 1/8 inch.

 I went from 4 3/8 X 4 1/2 to 4 1/4 X 4 3/8. Didn't change the pitches on anything either, just the span.

 Oh, and as for DrRevs take on conventional drills killing your ability to score? Glenn Allison, who shot bowlings first "official" 900 series and was a touring professional, used the conventional grip for as long as he bowled and it didn't seem to affect his ability to score.

PROOF:
http://www.bowlingball.com/wordpress/ask-the-coach-with-mike-mcgrath/

http://images.bowlingball.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/my_only_problem_is_that_i_am_inconsistent.pdf

 Didn't seem to hurt Chris Warrens revrate either:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxt6eLz4Azk
--------------------
Good transactions list in my profile

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein





Edited on 7/15/2009 12:06 PM