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Article: A tuck won't nip your revs worries.(Bowling Clinic)
- Article from:
- Bowling Digest
- Article date:
- June 22, 2004
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* Does tucking the pinky finger give you more revolutions on the bowling ball? I've been told it does and wonder how. I have tried this, but it doesn't seem to work for me. I am a right-handed stroker who has averaged in the mid-190s for the past 10 years. I've watched Robert Smith, who has the most revs on tour, and he spreads his pinky finger. He doesn't tuck it.
Tucking the pinky finger tightens the grip on the ball. When fingers grip the ball harder, they can lift up on the ball harder. This method of getting lift works more for some and less for others, just like anything else.
Lifting up (or hitting up) on the ball was very widely used before ...