Graaille

Most anyone who knows me knows I throw Legends/Lanemasters exclusively, well, since I got serious about bowling. I'm one of those people who does research and checks out reviews, compares and contrasts, and expects things to last. Which is a serious consideration given the fact that I'm hurling a 15 pound object at 17 miles an hour towards 30+ pounds of wood between 36 and120 times a day. I'd taken bowling in college and still had my old 13# Ebonite Gyro drilled conventional, but when I was asked ...

I should state up front that the only time you should hook it at any spare, is if you have a pretty good idea where the oil line and/or breakpoint is. If you are unsure for any reason, then it is better in the long run to use the straight shot, even on clusters with sleepers. For example, you are moving several pairs after each game in a tournament and after a move you leave a 2-5-8 in the first frame. You pulled your first shot and it skidded all the way and barely hit the headpin. Sound familiar? ...

Just How Hard Is It? by Jim King

All of this talk about the Great Bowlers of Today (GBOTS) and those of yesterday might sound a little intimidating to a bowler who is serious about their game and thinking of making a switch to throwing it straight. I have heard people exclaim that it is just too hard to be that accurate. Or, they just don?t have time to practice enough to become that precise.

I understand your present dilemma, if you have one. Hooking the ball at ...

Now we are ready to start using targets for individual spares. I have a different methodology than many instructors. Most will teach you to use the same target and move your feet to adjust from say, a 6 pin and a 10 pin. I think this is fine on the left side spares for righthanders (though for a different reason) but for right side spares, I move my target and use the same starting point. I think other systems work pretty well, but let me explain my reasoning for having a different system for spares ...

How to throw it straight. by Jim King

Okay. You have decided that you want to be a GBOT (Great Bowler Of Today). You have made the commitment to learn a release that will make the ball go straight on any condition. You go to the lanes to practice and your "kill shot" still hooks. What happened? Why won't it go straight? You ask ?What can I do to kill it more?? Lets back up and analyze the entire situation.
Of course, the easiest way to learn how to throw it straight ...

by Jim King

When I started bowling as a youngster, my father and any other coaches I had preached that the major difference between a good local bowler and the "Great Bowlers Of Yesterday" was that the great ones hardly ever missed any spares. I think that, to a large extent, it is still a true statement. I believe that most of the "Great Bowlers Of Today" are excellent spare shooters and over the next few issues, I will attempt to show you how you can improve ...