The lane conditions where you bowl are a much bigger consideration than which hand you roll with. Likewise the way you throw, how many revs, how fast, etc. are also more important than right or left.Originally Posted by bamabowler
Best Ball for a Leftie
Just wondering if anyone has advice on the best ball for a leftie?
The lane conditions where you bowl are a much bigger consideration than which hand you roll with. Likewise the way you throw, how many revs, how fast, etc. are also more important than right or left.
John
The one that gets them the most marks.
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If your left handed just pick a ball throw it straight up 5 and youll be fine.
Do I detect a little jealousy? Is the game so much easier on the left side? Then why are you still bowling right handed? Why make the game harder than it is? Do you put on a blindfold to play darts? There are a number of righties in my league who pipe it up 5 also. Shall I tell them they're doing it wrong?
I know lefties that couldn't hit their mark if it was boards wide, just like some righties. The technique the good ones have is so fluid and smooth that yes, it makes me jealous. There are righties that are fluid and smooth in their own right but they just don't look as good as Parker Bohn III, Johnny Petraglia or three in my league. Oh, and none of the left-handers I mentioned have to play straight up 5, they can play the whole lane when needed.
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A little joke but their is some truth. And i am refering really only to lefties that are in that 180-210 range, those are usually the ones that can hit their marks and since there is far fewer lefties then righties then can stay are their marks much longer cause the oil is there longer generally. If I would have known the advantage lefties had when i started bowling 17 years ago i just might have bowled south paw but I've come to far to start over. Get my average to the 220's wasnt easy and im going to rid it for as long as i can.
Being a lefty myself, I would say the best ball is one that is drilled for your left hand. Back in the day lefties had the advantage since we could naturally make the ball curve. Now with all the different cores you need to make sure the ball is drilled correctly. If they drill it like they do for a righty you might not be able to be consistent. I got a new Columbia 300 Freeze Hybrid two months ago and they actually put a balance hole in it to give the ball the right setup for being thrown by a lefty. It would also help to talk to someone who knows how to set up and drill a ball for a lefty. As for picking a ball, it depends on how much curve you want and how you throw the ball. Overall talk to someone who knows how to drill a ball for a lefty and who is able to see how you are currently throwing the ball. Then they can recommend the best ball in your price range.
it dose not matter if your a lefty or righty i use to throw lefty when i screwed up my wrist on my right hand it was difficult to learn when to reaslease but that the same time i was learning new things that i put into my wind for when i go back to right handed and the stuff i did loefty instantly came over to my right hand and i inproved soo much from misssing my target alotnto maby missing my target like 3-4 times per game other then for spares shots i got no target for those.
but what im saying is the ball that you want is a ball that you think you should get but if your starter into bowling and learning howto hook then i advice starting with a entry lvl ball a c300 freeze or others theres lots more.
just the thing i did when i started i bowled streght then when i was learning to hook a ballk i instantly went to a high performance ball witch untill this year i went back down to basics and got a new c300 freeze and starting all over again and going to inprove my games.
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No offense intended, but what evidence do you have for saying "we could naturally make the ball curve"? As a natural right hander, I started throwing almost dead straight. If this was a function of being right handed or copying my dad's style I don't know. When I learned to throw lefty, it was basically a mirror image of my right-handed throw, but again, I'm naturally right-handed so that doesn't really prove anything. Among right-handers that I've observed over the last 37 years, most seem to naturally roll straight, some roll a back-up ball, and some have a natural hook. On the left side, while most have some hook, I've met several who throw dead straight, none with a back-up, but then again its a much smaller statistical sample.
Of course I don't really know how natural these deliveries really are except for the kids that I coached last spring. I am skeptical that handedness causes a natural anything.
Maybe we can do a poll of the lefties out here as to whether they have a natural hook or not.
John
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