2008-07-26 Bowling Practice

Today I bowled on freshly oiled lanes. I also resurfaced my ball from 320 to 1000 grit to remove many of the surface scratches and such that I've obtained through my many practices. I've also took out all thumb tape and I put in a new 1" white textured strip on the pad side and changed out the 1" black smooth tape with 3/4". Changing to 3/4" is to see if the 1" was squeezing the sides of my thumb causing my sticking issue. So far no sticking but I'll wait and see.

I was working on changing my timing to be a little earlier. I was trying to have the ball by my right calf in the middle of my second step. I was also unhinging my pushaway downwards but I somehow was ending up muscling the ball up in my backswing; I will need to work on it. This earlier timing seems to restrict my backswing wrapping behind my back a bit.

I was also trying real hard at keeping my wrist loaded/cupped up until the release point. I've even obtained a wrist guard to help me with training my wrist for feeling the proper position I should be in.

The last thing I was working on which seemed to come and go was keeping my forearm square to my target. This is something that I'll need to work on more as when I did it correctly it kept my fingers inside the ball longer and kept me from rotating the ball too early.

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[TomThePharmacist]

what ball are you throwing? your form seems nice but the ball isnt rolling hard. Is it your rev rate or your ball?

[let1hang]

@TomThePharmacist

It's my rev rate and the axis of rotation that is preventing me in this video from having the ball make a hard move left in the backlane.

[TomThePharmacist]

Well in that case I would just say remember to stay behind the ball til the very end. I used to be a 160 bowler for my whole junior career but once I got a good coach I went to the 190s and am now in the 200s. The release is everything slide the thumb out and use those two fingers to roll the bowl

[let1hang]

That is exactly what I'm trying to do. I'm a mid 180's average now as I have seen a coach and she has straightened me out quite a bit. I still don't have a lot of hand in the ball but my form and accuracy has greatly inmproved. My next lesson with her, when I schedule one, I want to work on my hand position so I can work the inside part of the ball more.

[TomThePharmacist]

good. good luck!

[donsmith40]

Good Luck, hope this helps.

To be flexable enough to play deep inside or straight down the lane, your ball has to travel the same way, which is by your side. If you would move all the way to the right and try to play the 3 board, or first arrow, you not going to do it from the middle of your back, unless you make a drastic change in direction, which will end up in usually a poor shot any way.

Keep working, you have good skills.

[donsmith40]

But the swing path is always the same. In the video you are square to the lane, but swinging the ball out to the right. And that is why the ball is getting to the middle of your back. You get away with it because you are athletic and your athletisim takes over. But you can make it easier on yourself and score consistanltly higher by becoming more accurate.

[donsmith40]

Keep this in mind to solve the problem. Always play square to your target, not sqaure to the lane. So, if you are going to play the second arrow, but are going to stand on the 25 with your feet, you will want to turn your shoulders and feet towards the ten board in a manner where your swing is lined up with it and you throw the ball straight, and not from the middle of your back. When you want to play the ball staight down the second arrow you then will be square to the lane.

[donsmith40]

You are coming in from the inside nice, and the ball is close to your slide foot. But your swing path needs to match the angle of your shoulders. You would have to turn your shoulders to the right to match your swing. If the ball gets to far in the middle of your back, it can only travel one way on the downswing, which is away from the middle of your back, shooting the ball to the right.

[donsmith40]

Hello, You do have a nice form and style, however there is one thing I think that can help you alot. Replay your video and stop it at the top of the backswing at your head. The problem is you bring the ball to far over in the middle of your back, and you do this at different variations, and when you strike, you have not done it as much. I'll bet you throw shots that stay out to the right and you don't know why, because you feel like you throwed it as good on the one you struck with.