Bowling Ball Thumb Hole Too Small

Bowled last night to practice and noticed that i am slipping moreso where the thumb grips the bowling ball.

Bowling ball thumb hole too small. Custom thumb how to youtube duration. I have callus developed on the outer part of my thumb and it swells up whenever i bowl more than a day in a row and competitions are usually hell for me having to compress my thumb with tissue paper and having severe pain in the callus. Finger holes too tight in a bowling ball omgachicken0 loading. Now my 2nd year around.

And i could manipulate how i want the ball to roll. No matter how long of a. Your first thought is always to make the. In fact it s probably too big.

This isn t happening to all my equipment but enough of it to think it is a problem. For all bowlers of all ages and abilities i recently got my first spare ball drilled and at first i thought the thumb hole was too tight. Avg 165 winter then sprung up to 190 for summer. Use a thumb guard or splint to protect the thumb.

Alter the grip or round of the edge of the thumb hole on the ball. I was gripping it with the thumb. I have tape in the thumb hole and at times i still feel like i am slipping. If you think your thumb hole is too small it probably isn t.

Thumb exit problems are so difficult to fix because the release itself only takes a split second and we re talking about just one piece of that. One of the most complicated issues to fix in bowling is the concept of clearing the thumb this refers to how consistently your thumb exits the ball as part of your release. The thumb hole is as important if not more important than any gripping hole or the overall span and finger pitches of your ball. I ve been bowling for the past 8 years of my life and i honestly have no idea how a correct fit feels like.

Correct any causative factors such as a thumb hole which is too small. My first year of bowling i bowled with a lose thumb hole. It is surprising how many bowlers will use a ball with far too much looseness in the thumb hole and then squeeze the ball in order to not drop the ball before the right time for the release to happen. About press copyright contact us creators advertise developers terms privacy policy safety how youtube works test new features.

I m 16 this year. Proedge bowling 46 244. The guys at the pro shop said that it should feel like that and told me to try it out.