It would seem to me that the ball would go left off your hand and end up left of your target. But, maybe I'm just looking at it wrong. If it works for Chris Barnes it might just work for me. I mean he does have 8 titles.

CoachJim, I see a lot of people doing this release here in europe - especially the younger players who have coaches (not in my country, though :))

So it took you 1 year to get this release? The article states that many will not be able to do this release and I was wondering if I should even try to learn it or not. I would definitely like to. Do you think it can be done if you just keep practicing until you get it right?

I was thinking about opening a new topic specifically about this release, because I have a few questions. But I need to prepare some videos first.

The key to hitting your target is that the thumb comes out before the hand moves around the ball. Also, not that the hand moves around the ball, the ball does not move around the hand. This way, the ball continues on path, and the movement of the hand is what contributes to the large number of revs.

Last night, I tried to practice with a new technique from Ron's tip.

A significant improvement was I could grip the ball firmly during the whole swing with flat/cupped/cocked wrist and dropped only a few time, however I could not make the release consistent (of course, it was the first time, what do you expect??? ).

The release was too late or too early, or sometimes I still pulled the ball. But when the release was correct, I didn't fell the pull of the ball weight on the fingers (or just felt a bit), the ball looked like just escape from my hand, landing smoothly on the lane (no sound), and it rotated a lot (even with small angle), and it hit the pin very hard. It happened only probably 1/20...

I also got problem to hit the target... a year makes sense now...