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Legend
Registered: Fri Aug 27 2004
Posts: 10100
A/S/L: Mountain View, CA
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#55900 - 05/04/08 08:29 AM
Re: My first video.
[Re: Jay R.]
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USBC Silver Coach
Registered: 09/19/06
Posts: 4665
A/S/L: Reston, Virginia USA
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Welcome to the site, you seem to be losing leverage at the release because you are too open to the right of your target and pull the ball across your body from time to time. Try keeping your balance arm up higher and square to your target at the release. The video was too dark to see your hand position, but I like the fact that the ball was close to your ankle at the release, that indicates you have a good armswing which is rare. You could gain a little more power by getting a little more knee bend into your slide try bending your right leg a little more as you go into your slide. Next video try setting the camera's night vision so it takes in more light.
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#55930 - 05/04/08 05:09 PM
Re: My first video.
[Re: Jay R.]
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Legend
Registered: 05/03/08
Posts: 1300
A/S/L: 21/M/Tacoma, WA
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I also thought this pic might be helpful in case discussion about getting the right fit goes further. If you turn your head so that my fingers appear more vertical, you wil see my normal "thumbs up". I find it really weird but it's natural. I'm hoping by looking at this someone can take an educated guess on what my thumb pitch should be. Currently one of my balls have 0 pitch which still takes a bit of squeasing, but the others including the one in the video is 1/8 reverse. The reason for this is that I wanted to experiment with more forward pitch. If there's any other types of pics that would be helpful such as positioning my hand like I'm holding an imaginary bowling ball, etc let me know.
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#55988 - 05/05/08 08:17 PM
Re: My first video.
[Re: Jay R.]
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League Bowler
Registered: 11/17/07
Posts: 64
A/S/L: 32/M/WA
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Is that at Narrows Plaza Bowl on Mildred Street?
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#55991 - 05/05/08 08:51 PM
Re: My first video.
[Re: Jay R.]
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USBC Silver Coach
Registered: 09/19/06
Posts: 4665
A/S/L: Reston, Virginia USA
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Also, As you can see I have a small hand and wrist. I think this makes it hard on me to get a decent rev rate because it's not too strong and perhaps a little lazy. Although I may not be able to [censored] my hand through the whole swing, I feel like I can cup it. Is that enough to get the proper revs I need? If you measure your thumb from the base to the tip as a general rule if it is 2" or longer you will not need as much forward pitch as someone with a shorter pitch, you can measure your thumb and figure that out for yourself. The majority of the revs you see guys get on TV is from cocking the wrist into the release zone and uncocking it as the thumb exits the ball which puts a spring motion into the release which doubles the amount of revs you could normally get on the ball. Since it looks as if you have read Ron's tips, are you able to do the cupping drill for testing your wrist strength in the bowler's release tip?
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#55993 - 05/05/08 09:41 PM
Re: My first video.
[Re: CoachJim]
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Legend
Registered: 05/03/08
Posts: 1300
A/S/L: 21/M/Tacoma, WA
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Is that at Narrows Plaza Bowl on Mildred Street? It's actually Paradise Village. What center do you bowl at? If you measure your thumb from the base to the tip as a general rule if it is 2" or longer you will not need as much forward pitch as someone with a shorter pitch, you can measure your thumb and figure that out for yourself. The majority of the revs you see guys get on TV is from cocking the wrist into the release zone and uncocking it as the thumb exits the ball which puts a spring motion into the release which doubles the amount of revs you could normally get on the ball. Since it looks as if you have read Ron's tips, are you able to do the cupping drill for testing your wrist strength in the bowler's release tip? My thumb is close to 2 1/4". I may have to go somewhere between 1/4 and 3/8 forward like you suggested. In my attempts to cock the wrist, I think all I've done was get as many revs as if I was only cupping it because I tried to keep it the way even through the release. Now that I know you have to uncock right at release I might be able to rev up a tad more but nothing like the guys on TV because I don't feel that my wrist is that quick. Yep, I've read almost all of Ron's tips plus his Breakpoint Target articles and I can do the cupping exercise in the Release tip, but it takes a lot of effort while it seems easy for him.
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#56001 - 05/06/08 12:48 AM
Re: My first video.
[Re: Jay R.]
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League Bowler
Registered: 11/17/07
Posts: 64
A/S/L: 32/M/WA
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I bowl at Pacific right now. I used to bowl at Narrows Plaza on Thursday nights in the Buckshooters league for a few years until I took last year off. Next year Pacific is offering a Monday Night PBA experience league. I was thinking this would be a cool idea, but I wanted to try and establish a 200 average before doing this. I also wanted to learn to shoot straighter at my spares too. Next year, I want to expand and maybe bowl a league at Paradise or maybe Bowlero because I heard that in comparison to Pacific and Narrows, Bowlero really floods their lanes.
Edited by Worm27 (05/06/08 12:50 AM)
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