bfreshour
01-25-2010, 01:11 PM
Hi everyone. I bowled quite a bit in High School, because I worked at the bowling alley. I was never really taught however and mainly threw a backup ball because it was the easiest method. I think near the end of my stint, I moved to a regular hook...
Fast-forward to 12 years later... I'm now 30 and trying to start bowling again. I bought a 15lb Loud Noize ball as I figured it'd be a good ball to start again. I had it drilled by the local pro fingertip. I guess just the standard drill layout as she didn't ask me any questions and she's never seen me bowl.
Anyway, I almost feel like the ball is too heavy for my wrist, but maybe it's just the way I'm trying to throw it... I think the first night I threw it, I was throwing it suitcase style with a lot of speed. The ball looked like it was turning but it'd mostly go straight. Yesterday, I went again, tried to slow down everything, tried to pay attention to my release, but I just can't get down how to let the ball roll off my fingers...
Half the time I feel like my thumb comes out too early leaving my fingers helpless and I get no rev. Other times, my thumb gets stuck (which leads me to something else mentioned later) and the ball gets too airborne.
Is most of the strength from bowling in the wrist, or am I trying to throw the ball wrong? I've watched so many video and read so many tips the past few days just trying to figure out what I'm doing...
Back to the thumb stuck issue, in the third game with this ball, my thumb had swelled up (this ball doesn't have a thumb slug, is only finger-tipped) and I couldn't get my hand out of it. At the line I had to turn around and tell them I couldn't, they said pull your fingers out first, but I couldn't get them out either. My hand was literally stuck. Is the width between my finger tips and thumb perhaps too far? Should I get my thumb drilled out further and use tape to help if my thumb isn't swollen?
How do you decide where to stand before throwing the ball? Some people start on the left side and produce a wide arcing hook ball, others start on the right and produce a small hook into the pocked, and others start in the middle and have a small arcing ball. I just don't know which of these I should try to do... I think it depends on how much you want to rev the ball, but I'm not 100% sure.
Any tips for releasing the ball such as finger positions at release and palm position?
Fast-forward to 12 years later... I'm now 30 and trying to start bowling again. I bought a 15lb Loud Noize ball as I figured it'd be a good ball to start again. I had it drilled by the local pro fingertip. I guess just the standard drill layout as she didn't ask me any questions and she's never seen me bowl.
Anyway, I almost feel like the ball is too heavy for my wrist, but maybe it's just the way I'm trying to throw it... I think the first night I threw it, I was throwing it suitcase style with a lot of speed. The ball looked like it was turning but it'd mostly go straight. Yesterday, I went again, tried to slow down everything, tried to pay attention to my release, but I just can't get down how to let the ball roll off my fingers...
Half the time I feel like my thumb comes out too early leaving my fingers helpless and I get no rev. Other times, my thumb gets stuck (which leads me to something else mentioned later) and the ball gets too airborne.
Is most of the strength from bowling in the wrist, or am I trying to throw the ball wrong? I've watched so many video and read so many tips the past few days just trying to figure out what I'm doing...
Back to the thumb stuck issue, in the third game with this ball, my thumb had swelled up (this ball doesn't have a thumb slug, is only finger-tipped) and I couldn't get my hand out of it. At the line I had to turn around and tell them I couldn't, they said pull your fingers out first, but I couldn't get them out either. My hand was literally stuck. Is the width between my finger tips and thumb perhaps too far? Should I get my thumb drilled out further and use tape to help if my thumb isn't swollen?
How do you decide where to stand before throwing the ball? Some people start on the left side and produce a wide arcing hook ball, others start on the right and produce a small hook into the pocked, and others start in the middle and have a small arcing ball. I just don't know which of these I should try to do... I think it depends on how much you want to rev the ball, but I'm not 100% sure.
Any tips for releasing the ball such as finger positions at release and palm position?