Day 1 of Training, :(2 finger bowling)

[J Anderson]

I don't mean literally run, but speed up from the first step to the 4th step,
because I have seen different styles, from people just walking up to the foul line, stopping then he aimed his shot and released, it had a great throw with hook and demolished the pins.

One of the advantages of being young is that you can try a number of different techniques without having to fight old muscle memories. If you watch 10 pro bowlers, you'll see 10 different approaches with variations in tempo, speed, direction, length of slide, number of steps, etc. Most of us start with either as close to our normal way of walking as possible, or we try to copy the way someone else does it. It sounds like you have a pretty good coach. Hopefully, he'll let you try different things and yet keep you from getting into bad habits.

[martinezsam2495]

One of the advantages of being young is that you can try a number of different techniques without having to fight old muscle memories. If you watch 10 pro bowlers, you'll see 10 different approaches with variations in tempo, speed, direction, length of slide, number of steps, etc. Most of us start with either as close to our normal way of walking as possible, or we try to copy the way someone else does it. It sounds like you have a pretty good coach. Hopefully, he'll let you try different things and yet keep you from getting into bad habits.

Yeah he's pretty good, he has shown me how to find my strike zone at Del Rio, and I have to adjust but also on different bowling lanes, My strike spot is between the 1st pin and 2nd pin on the left,
ball has to go through the 2nd arrow and hook into the pocket,

[eugene02]

Your lucky to have a coach to teach you.. Unlike me Learned things the hard way.. by myself.. experiencing..

[martinezsam2495]

Your lucky to have a coach to teach you.. Unlike me Learned things the hard way.. by myself.. experiencing..

I'm pretty sure you've learned pretty well on your own, you should be proud of yourself,

[TheSheibs]

Yesterday I went bowling and figured I would give two finger bowling a try. I got a strike the first time, gutter the second, and knocked down 6 pins the third time. I have some questions for you. Without the thumb I noticed that it is harder for me to release the ball in front of me. I also noticed the ball bounced on one of my attempts. To help better understand how you bowl...How do you hold the ball long enough to throw it smooth and out in front of you? I noticed I dropped the ball each time. When do you take your other hand away from the ball?

[martinezsam2495]

Yesterday I went bowling and figured I would give two finger bowling a try. I got a strike the first time, gutter the second, and knocked down 6 pins the third time. I have some questions for you. Without the thumb I noticed that it is harder for me to release the ball in front of me. I also noticed the ball bounced on one of my attempts. To help better understand how you bowl...How do you hold the ball long enough to throw it smooth and out in front of you? I noticed I dropped the ball each time. When do you take your other hand away from the ball?

When you knocked down only six pins, did you throw the ball at the 3rd arrow? Because when that happens I usually get a bad brake with the pins and get a 6 as well, knocks down the entire right side,
but mostly I throw at the 1st through 2nd arrow and aim for my strike shot, usually the 7 pin sticks up. I will post a video by sunday showing how I bowl, since I'm sure it'll be a lot easier to see it than explain it., I take my other hand away from the ball as soon as I took my 2nd or 3rd step, For the ball bouncing I sometimes do that to make the ball hook a little later,

[TheSheibs]

when you take your other hand way is the ball resting on your arm at all? Yes, posting video would make a lot easier to understand. Just trying to understand what it is your doing and how your doing it. I would hate to give you advice on something to have it feel weird with you but at the same time I want to make sure the advice I give will work for your style of bowling.

[martinezsam2495]

when you take your other hand way is the ball resting on your arm at all? Yes, posting video would make a lot easier to understand. Just trying to understand what it is your doing and how your doing it. I would hate to give you advice on something to have it feel weird with you but at the same time I want to make sure the advice I give will work for your style of bowling.

video will be up soon! Only a couple of clips because the ipod died.
:/