Young guy from AZ

[Cuda K5]

Hello, my name is Jake from Phoenix, AZ. I have just recently purchased a new Nexxus as my first "real" ball and quickly realized how horrible my bowling form is. I have been researching as much as possible, so I figured I would join a forum since they have helped me with other hobbies before. This season will be my first time bowling full time in a league with my work. Last season I subbed for them and averaged a 175 (with a crappy plastic ball) after about 20 games.

[The German Shepherd]

Welcome to the Boards, Jake!

Jay

[ursus]

Welcome Jake!! Hopefully you will find these forums usefull toward meeting your bowling goals

[got_a_300]

Welcome to the site and the forums Jake, you have definitely come
to the right place to seek help in improving your bowling game as
there is some bowling coaches and some very knowledgeable bowlers
in here that are always willing to help out.

[billf]

welcome to the forum Jake. 175 with plastic, not too shabby. There are several threads here with youtube links showing correct form, etc. Also on youtube you can type in Team USA bowling tips. Carolyn Dorin-Ballard has an excellent drill/tip there called the handshake drill to learn a basic hook. Other websites with great info by world known coaches include Joe slowinski's www.bowlingknowledge.info and Ron Clifton's www.bowl4fun.com

[RoccoRock]

Welcome Jake, I've only been on the boards a few weeks and I've gotten great advice so far. Everyone is friendly and willling to help. I would bet your form isn't as bad as you think it is. Probably a few tweeks here or there and you'll be stylin!

[Cuda K5]

Thanks guys. The main problem I am having right now is, I have never had a free arm swing. I have always started out with the ball extremely low then muscled it back then muscled the ball out in front of me using my elbow to snap the ball as hard as I could. Now that I have a good 16lbs ball, doing that is going to destroy my arm and I can't get any speed on the ball.

I think I am going to give this drill a try when I go to the lane this weekend http://youtu.be/2NhM3tights

[billf]

My push away use to go in front of my face. Now I start with the ball low. It's more how Rhino Page does his. Watch as he lifts it up, no higher than parallel, and lets gravity pull it down. I lift up on the first step of my 5 step approach and this has helped me get my ball speed up and keep a free arm swing.

[RoccoRock]

I had the exact problem myself. I had a lesson yesterday, and he told me I was muscling the ball too much. In my case, it's a bad habit, formed by two handing. I concentrated hard on letting gravity pull the ball down, not pulling it through, but just let gravity do its thing. Took a few throws but I got the hang of it. The great thing about gravity, it's a constant, so theoretically if your letting gravity to the work, the ball should come off at a consistant speed.

[Cuda K5]

I worked on letting gravity control my arm swing on Monday, but I everytime I did that I couldn't get my wrist back under the ball on the down swing or even on the side for that matter. I'm hoping I didn't make the mistake of getting too heavy of a ball