Deformed fingers due to bowling.
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Is the above common?
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fingertips got blood clots... that's about it... blisters aside...
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Constant abrasion of the fingers against the sides of the finger holes/inserts will definitely cause things like blisters, callous, and also...deformed fingers. Deformed is a rather harsh word...but we know what you mean.
I dun have such problems because my fingers do not rub too much. But my thumb is deformed.
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Yupp yupps.....
Both my thumb and fingers are deformed on my bowling hand....
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i tink we can organise our own freak show. but, some of the best bowlers i see do NOT have deformed limbs and appendages. smoothness is the key eh?
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My right thumb and middle finger is out of sorts too
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You guys all need to go and have your balls redrilled. Deformed fingers and joints are a result of improper fitting.
I was fortunate that I corrected my drilling earlier.
Another advice, never drill your balls finger tip. It should be slightly relaxed, for all hook bowlers. -
i dun really have anymore problems with fingers and thumb.
Just the occasional rubbing of the thumb due to release.
otherwise, i'm all "free from freaky fingers" -
Player1,Originally posted by Player1:i dun really have anymore problems with fingers and thumb.
Just the occasional rubbing of the thumb due to release.
otherwise, i'm all "free from freaky fingers"
If you have occassional rubbing of thumb due to release, then you would probably either have a problem in your release (timing) or could be your drilling that cause you to overly gripping your ball.
Btw, do you happen to have blister or callous on your thumb? If do, then you definitely have the above mentioned problem.
Do get it check before its too late and nothing in future can help. -
i do have callous, but this is due to my past releases.
I'm still training on totally not gripping the ball, so occasion rubbing is because i grip slightly. But definitely less than before, and by alot.
So its ok actually...
there are also occasions when the thumb feels nothing after a throw so
i'm quite alright still...
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Good to know you are aware and is making changes.
All the best for your future games!
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Contary to popular...or should I say stubborn personal beliefs, blood clots formed on the fingers( from the tip to the 1st joint) is caused by an overly-long span. Although people who have such a condition will tell you that, blood clots aside, it feels good because they can get so much lift, finger, grip, etc.... it is a bad span fit. I waws no exception to that. However, over time it will have a worse effect on us physically, more than just blood clots.
Blood clots on the nail sides of the fingers would be caused by incorrect pitch.
Swollen areas on the left and right side of the first join of the fingers is due to incorrect hole size and sometimes, too short a span.
Swollen thumbs are either due to too tight a thumb hole, of to air-pressure. To reduce air-pressure, look for me and I will help you drill a vent hole for the thumb hole
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Blood clots found on the back-side of the thumb is caused by excessive bowling with a tight thumb hole.
Remember that the ball should be fitted to your hand, so much so that you need not grip on to it at all. It should fit like a glove.
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Oh yes, crooked fingers are caused by an incorrect release or by a bridge which is too wide. Most of us should have a 1/4" bridge, and, 1/4'' left pitch for the middle finger and 5/8'' right pitch for the ring finger(for righties, for lefties it is the opposite) at most. However there are some who tend to over-turn the ball with their middle and ring fingers. Hence resulting in crooked fingers over a period of time.
Yes this condition here and the ones listed in my previous replies are very common. I have crooked fingers too, due to a wrong bridge distance and pitch which I did not discover till my fingers got crooked. -
my thumb looks so alieny now
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Mine's the middle finger. Getting more and more bendy
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mine fingers no prob or any changes, juz that my nails always break, chipped
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i juz noe remy's left hand is so much bigger than his right hand...
u can see the big difference between his left fingers compare to his right fingers....his left hand and fingers is juz so much bigger... -
Guess the more you use it, the bigger it gets
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Just a quick thought, lefties are naturals at turning the ball. They have a brilliant way of going around the ball so well and smoothly, (so those who want to be able to go around the ball better and attain better release timing, change hands...haha).
Anyway, I can't say why, but lefties are just briiliant when it comes to timing and ball rotation. Thus that's probably why Remy's feft fingers are so drastically different from his right....
:>.....by the way, Remy's timing has always been so brilliant....it only got better! -
yup...remy juz came back yesterday morn tooOriginally posted by OR|G|N|ck:Just a quick thought, lefties are naturals at turning the ball. They have a brilliant way of going around the ball so well and smoothly, (so those who want to be able to go around the ball better and attain better release timing, change hands...haha).
Anyway, I can't say why, but lefties are just briiliant when it comes to timing and ball rotation. Thus that's probably why Remy's feft fingers are so drastically different from his right....
:>.....by the way, Remy's timing has always been so brilliant....it only got better!
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hhhmm....u r kinda right......i left handed and my left palm is like slightly bigger than my right.......i like bowl also.......Originally posted by OR|G|N|ck:Just a quick thought, lefties are naturals at turning the ball. They have a brilliant way of going around the ball so well and smoothly, (so those who want to be able to go around the ball better and attain better release timing, change hands...haha).
Anyway, I can't say why, but lefties are just briiliant when it comes to timing and ball rotation. Thus that's probably why Remy's feft fingers are so drastically different from his right....
:>.....by the way, Remy's timing has always been so brilliant....it only got better!
on timing wise....yea....agree on u 2......