You can do it. Try during a practice session doing the one-step approach drill with a full swing. Concentrate on feeling and being under the ball. Don't worry about the score or the reaction for this time.
Thanks for the responses! I'll have to work on keeping my hand under the ball, trying that yo yo release again some, and making sure I have my left leg bent. I have a lot more knee bend doing thumbless since I stay low the whole approach. Now atleast I have some more things to work on next practice session
You can do it. Try during a practice session doing the one-step approach drill with a full swing. Concentrate on feeling and being under the ball. Don't worry about the score or the reaction for this time.
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rab....you have all the pieces of the puzzle, just put them together. Slow your feet down just a little and get that knee bent at the line and I think you'll be fine. Do another video in a couple of weeks and show us the improvement.
Bob
I defintely am going to work on the thumb release some more on Sunday. Tonight I started off good with a 201, but as soon as the lanes started drying out I could not get a consistent reaction. I threw five or six splits the second game and completely bombed it. I managed to scrap out a 160 something the third game and we managed to win, but I need to figure out my thumb release soon since I cannot find any consistency thumbless. I think the biggest thing I'm going to focus on is cupping my wrist at bottom of swing to make sure I'm under the ball at release. I may go Fagan style and just stay relaxed the entire swing until I need to cup. I know I stay under the ball good during the backswing now and that doesn't help at all. I'm going to focus on cupping at the right time and also making sure I keep my left knee bent and right shoulder low. Thanks for the tips!
I tried two and a half damn games to get hand under ball using thumb and failed miserably. I tried everything I could think of. The only slight success I had was taking miniature backswings similar to how I do when I don't use thumb. That worked with thumb in the ball but it wasn't really more affective than just taking my thumb out of the ball anyway.
Rab here is a drill that helped me! Take a football and toss the ball underhanded and make sure you put a spiral on it. This will simulate throwing a bowling ball.
Zothen
Something is bothering me about this one line - "I threw five or six splits the second game and completely bombed it." You were going brooklyn and or hitting the nose, were you moving left as soon as you left the first one? Did you make sure you were hitting your target and not lifting your eyes which makes you pull the ball? Ask yourself those questions and when you go practice on Sunday "make sure" you're seeing that ball hit your target. If you are, MOVE quickly. Change your entire shot. Maybe one entire arrow on the lane.Originally Posted by rab91787
Bob
Bob, that was bowling thumbless. I move left but sometimes if I do I overcompensate and end up getting more backend and still go through the nose. I definitely did better last night going thumbless than I did with thumb. I could not get the same feeling at all.
ok, was wondering what was happening.
Bob
I definitely could not get my hand under the ball at all last night with a full swing no matter what. I guess next weekend I could try to just focus on keeping my hand behind the ball and doing the underhand spiral motion to try and increase revs. I have to focus back on thumbless though to prepare for leagues Tuesday as we play the first place team and if we win all three we'll take first place.
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