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Scotty H
Hey all,
Hopefully someone out there can visualise what I am about to describe.
I have had my ball drilled earlier this year by Gavin at Richlands (while he was still there) and then my newest one by Harold Fryer. Both did a great job in my opinion however I am still having a bit of trouble.
My current ball is a 15lb Visionary Immortal and its drilled in a mostly standard way. What makes it different is that its drilled with a fair amount of reverse pitch because when I was measured up and Gavin drilled out the ball as he normally would, it immediately created a problem with shocking blistering to the immediate left side of my thumbnail. He attempted to alleviate the problem by scraping out the side of the hole to allow better release around the thumb but without much improvement. The only solution seemed to be to put the reverse pitch on it. This created another problem, the ball is that much harder to hold on to now... I use grip tape inside the hole, and Rosin on my thumb, and I am able to make it work, but my wrist and thumb gets really tired after a couple of games and by my 4th game each week, consistency is out the window. I end up letting the ball go too early / dropping it all together and it makes for a frustrating night.
So what im hoping for is that someone else might be able to suggest a solution. My thoughts were to angle the hole slightly to the side/perpendicular to the grip line, instead of angling it towards the finger holes and that way it might even up the reverse pitch to being a bit more neutral, whilst still helping with the blistering problem. Perhaps another alternative would be an oval thumb hole?
Can someone please help with a suggestion as protector tape is working for now with the blistering but it isnt helping the fatigue.
Cheers,
-Scott
Hopefully someone out there can visualise what I am about to describe.
I have had my ball drilled earlier this year by Gavin at Richlands (while he was still there) and then my newest one by Harold Fryer. Both did a great job in my opinion however I am still having a bit of trouble.
My current ball is a 15lb Visionary Immortal and its drilled in a mostly standard way. What makes it different is that its drilled with a fair amount of reverse pitch because when I was measured up and Gavin drilled out the ball as he normally would, it immediately created a problem with shocking blistering to the immediate left side of my thumbnail. He attempted to alleviate the problem by scraping out the side of the hole to allow better release around the thumb but without much improvement. The only solution seemed to be to put the reverse pitch on it. This created another problem, the ball is that much harder to hold on to now... I use grip tape inside the hole, and Rosin on my thumb, and I am able to make it work, but my wrist and thumb gets really tired after a couple of games and by my 4th game each week, consistency is out the window. I end up letting the ball go too early / dropping it all together and it makes for a frustrating night.
So what im hoping for is that someone else might be able to suggest a solution. My thoughts were to angle the hole slightly to the side/perpendicular to the grip line, instead of angling it towards the finger holes and that way it might even up the reverse pitch to being a bit more neutral, whilst still helping with the blistering problem. Perhaps another alternative would be an oval thumb hole?
Can someone please help with a suggestion as protector tape is working for now with the blistering but it isnt helping the fatigue.
Cheers,
-Scott