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How to eliminate improper squeezing of your bowling ball | consistent release
Great vid. Thanks J.R!
What happened to Bowling Kombat? That was super cool.
Still going. 3rd episode will be up soon
I always practice that with a one step approach before I really start my practice sessions
When I was younger this took me a while to understand. This combined with keeping your fingers dead and wrist semi firm is not easy, but when you get it, you get it, it will just click. Shots get more consistent and revs go up a lot. Takes practice, but he’s spot on with the method.
Brian Longo took me 10 years. Misery bowling at its fullest. My fault for not listening.
I did this about 5 years ago. There were many tears involved.. To say it has made me a better more consistent bowler would be an understatement. This has been EVERYTHING for me.. Not to mention the blood blisters I never get anymore.
That doesn’t look like a 1/4 in bridge to me! Someone put that ball on a scale 🙈
I will be trying this in my practice tomorrow. I never knew this.
A god way to think about is to imagine you are gripping a screwdriver versus gripping a hammer. You can tell if you are doing it right if your tricep is engaged and not the bicep
back at it with a green screen lol
I have been doing this with great success. It can be awkward, but easy to get used to.
Mu buddy and I bowl two different nights a week in two different alleys. On one league he drops the ball and on the other one he hangs the ball. Any idea what could be causing this?
maybe one place is heavier (oily) lanes and he’s not toweling off ball enough with rag and possibly getting some oil on hands? Or maybe he likes the french fries better at one bowling alley 😉 aka greasy fingers
@300game lol well definitely not the French fries. He’s been bowling for about 30yrs. However, he doesnt care enough to clean his ball after every shot. Hes a wheelchair bowler so I assume that he thinks he will take longer and ppl might get upset.
@azulcrema1O I second oil on fingers, it has sabotaged me before by picking up an oily ball. Other thing to be mindful of, I like some have thumb swelling depending on climate, so in a colder bowling center my thumb hole is looser (I will use a storm rosin bag) and in warmer centers it is tighter (Thumb swells; I will use a dab of chalk on my thumb).
Jr Raymond could you do a video about elbow bend while release
Is this method preferred to just using a tiered tapping method with a ton of tape near the thumb tip (thereby keeping your thumb straight and preventing knuckling)?
I always wrap tape around the base of my thumb to make it more snug. Makes it so i don’t have to squeeze at all
Thank you Raymond! This was very useful 🙂
2 handed bowlers be like ‘No…’
mark roth….nah
When OR where do you release the thumb? In the flat spot, ankle or top of the toes?
The natural anatomy of the hand with regards to bowling ball fit is a forward pitch in the thumb and a reverse pitch in the fingers but I’m constantly being told that a reverse pitch in the thumb will help the thumb clear faster but here you say forward. Unless someone clarify I’m even more confused that ever.
Thank you, I will keep you informed.