Is the reason the non-slide leg finishes at 7:00 is to get the proper distance from slide foot to ball?

On my second day back to work from vacation I was in the middle of a five car rear end extravaganza. Tonight, at work, I was stretching out my hurting lower back & neck. Bending at the waist and totally relaxing to touch my toes, I noticed the distance of my bowling hand to my slide foot. It needed to be brought in about half the width of a bowling ball to be in the right location (imaging a bowling ball in my hand) to the inside of my slide foot. I brought my leg around to the 7:00 position (6:37 looked perfect) and sure enough my hand had moved in closer to my foot while my shoulders remained square.
I had always thought the “balance” leg was for balance not hand location.

~ John

interesting. i'll have to look the next time ( tomorrow ) and see where mine end up.

Ron Clifton has intresting article on Trail leg:

http://www.bowl4fun.com/ron/tip4.htm

"The answer is as far as it can go and still keep your hips square to your target. You don't want to go so far that you open your hips and shoulder more than you should at the line."

Thanks for the article, that is what I mean though. I think that a relaxed, non-controlled arm swing would hit your ankle if your "Trail" leg goes much past 7:00. - Me - I don't think I've come within 8" of my ankle, unfortunatly! I think I now have a visual of how and why to correct that.

~ John

The further the leg goes the more you will lean and it can bring the ball in too close unless you control the swing.