Bowling Thumb Pitch

If you have difficulties with dropping your ball behind the foul line or with under rotating your bowling fingers using forward thumb pitch helps prop your bowling wrist to support the ball weight as you enter the release zone in your forward bowling swing.

Bowling thumb pitch. Here are some tips to make sure your bowling ball fits. A 3 8 reverse pitch doesn t seem too excessive if you have large hands. When measured and drilled correctly based on each individual s hand a non squeeze non muscled free armswing with virtually an automatic. It might not be something you ve thought of before but getting the proper bowling ball fit is an important ingredient to your success.

I was quite insistent after dropping my ball thrice on the approach that it was way wrong but after properly fitting my thumb hole with tape i will never go back to forward pitch. There are several of them including the oval thumb drilling charts pitch charts for fingertip conventional and thumb drillings and callus guide. There are three major components to a bowling grip. I was bowling with forward pitch for the longest time because it felt right then i got some new balls and they drilled them with a slight reverse.

Bowling ball thumb pitch is important. There are charts in the ibpsia hots manual. Depending on how skilled you are as a player and depending on your release technique your pro shop professional must determine the best thumb pitch angles to use in your bowling ball prior to drilling the ball. Span thumb pitch forward or reverse and thumb hole size.

Check your thumb you want your thumbhole to feel loose but it needs to read more. Does your ball fit you correctly. A forward pitch angle in your thumb hole will help you hold onto the bowling ball slightly longer than will a reverse pitch angle. Pitch pitch 15 16 forward 7 8 forward 13 16 forward 3 4 forward 11 16 forward 5 8 forward 9 16 forward 1 2 forward 7 16 forward 3 8 forward 5 16 forward 1 4 forward 3.

Most thumbs are at a 40 45 degree angle measured from a 90 degree line from the centerline of the grip most ball drillers do not understand that 0 250 reverse pitch and 0 250 right pitch for a right hander add up to a 0 pitch effectively.