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Originally Posted by Ghostvette
Lein, why would you have a beginning bowler use a fingertip ball? 
While bowling is not usually a difficult sport to become competent at, it's frustrating when the ball doesn't go where you want it to... (gutter ball). 
I was told that a finger-tip ball was more for accomplished bowlers and you would /could graduate to that after mastering the basics (approach, release, etc). Maybe I'm a little confused, it's been a while since I went bowling, but I had a 16lb Hammer and a 15 lb Beast I used, neither of which is a fingertip ball. Hell, I had a hard time breaking 160....  |
It was just the way I was taught. I had her learn a basic 4 step approach. We are working on rotations now and sliding properly. She was adament on me teaching her how to bowl and hook a ball. So I got her a medium/dry ball with a little potential and got her a fingertip grip. She hasn't complained at all. Just throwing your typical backup ball for someone who is new to the grip. We will work that out this weekend. I figured it would be easier having her just use fingertip now and get use to it instead of going conventional and then switching over later.