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Nice tips, thanks Shannon !
Thanks for watching!
Great tip
Thanks for watching!
thanks inside bowling and staff for all the great tips this year …. can’t wait to get back to bowling when its allowed
Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching! Hope you can get back out on the lanes soon!
I live in montreal canada and my favorite place is still open to bowl.
Must wear masks but it will close as of the 25th till January 12th another stricter lockdown.
Lucky it’s been open..
I love these they’re concise and very helpful.
Thanks for watching!
Ok i gotta be further to the right lol.
Not gonna bother with the tape but a great tip regards.
Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
I was wondering about how your arm is supposed to look at release? I have a slight bend at the elbow rather than straight arm…. I’m wondering if this is normal
That is okay and becoming more common in today’s game to create more power upon the release.
Perfectly fine. That’s how I release. I’m able to generate much more power and revs at the point of release, compared to when I used to keep my elbow locked through the throw.
I throw 14-15.5 mph using 2 handed and it feels natural to have that elbow bend at release and feel like I’m more hitting up on the ball to give an extra oomph, but I’m having trouble with accuracy. I’m still very new [7months] and hitting a 170 average. So trying real hard to study all these tips, but accuracy and footwork is inconsistent. This has helped me with footwork which I’m very happy for.
My footwork is so embarrassingly pitiful. 🤣
Keep working on it!
Since we don’t want to be looking down at our feet during the approach, any suggestion(s) for the center that won’t allow painter’s tape?
Looking down at the approach during practice and then back at your target upon release for training purposes can actually be helpful. Give that a shot if your bowling center wont allow for tape on the approach.
@InsideBowling Actually, my center isn’t open. Probably won’t be for a long time. However, I know that raising and lowering my head will probably make me dizzy, too! lol
It’s in a way good to hear your center is closed. Our center is open, packed to the gills on league nights and zero mask wearing or distancing so I opted out for now. If your center won’t let you use tape you can buy an adjustable laser set it way back on the approach where you won’t disturb it, angle the beam down until it creates a line down the approach. You can have a friend help align it to where you second step is landing.
@Frank Canonica Thanks for the idea, Frank!
I’m in California so now I have tape in the hallway and a hole in a closet door.
Wondering how I can get into the PBA? To the men’s tour. Do I need to win some kind of competition at the level of the country, continent, world among amateurs? Which way could it be?
Sorry for the off-topic question.
Hello there! Check out the FAQs on the PBA website for answers as to how you can become a PBA Member; https://www.pba.com/faqs
@InsideBowling Thank you very much
TheFLAG2009 uh, be a world class bowler.
To improvement of the timing I have used also the color tapes. Moving the ball, extending the elbow directly where you Watching the tape
Hi new succriber can u make a video about bowling bags and everything a bowler neads!!
Thank you for the idea! We will make sure to keep this in mind when shooting future videos!
Thanks for share all your knowledge.
I will never understand why someone would thumb down a helpful video. How sad is your life?
It’s fun! Thanks for the support Chris. We appreciate it.