PBA Pro Bowlers Tour Tips & Tutorials with Marshall Holman : "The Release"

[bowl1820]

How not to hit up on the ball

PBA Pro Bowlers Tour Tips & Tutorials with Marshall Holman : "The Release"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-TbJ6nAO-M

[Blomer]

Can someone please explain what “hitting up,” means?

[bowl1820]

Can someone please explain what “hitting up,” means?

Hitting up aka: Lift
It's when you release the ball late , putting lift on the ball releasing it in an upward direction instead of out on the lane. It can cause the ball to over react, hook too early, bad rotation.

In the past a lot of time players put lift or hitting up was done to make the balls hook, but with todays balls it makes them erratic.

[boatman37]

Can someone please explain what “hitting up,” means?

Watch the video below at about the 18 second mark. See him 'loft' the ball. Now watch his next release a few seconds later. He sets the ball down nice and smooth.