Need hook help :(

[Ball99999]

For some reason I can only reply if I hit "go advanced" but anyway,

what you said helps because it gives me a definite time frame of when and when I can't turn with my fingers. After my thumb exits I can just jerk up with my fingers then.

When lofting, do you delay the thumb release?

[rab91787]

Wow that's huge. I bet my turning the thumb from out to in at the end of the release was making it stay in the ball way too long and killing my revs. I have no idea why it has never been clear enough for me to catch that through all of my reading on the subject. I always heard about clock positions and turning the fingers around the clock. Well I figured that included the thumb as well. I'm really pumped to work on cupping/un-cupping and maintaining thumb to the right this weekend! If it works I will be so happy!

[billf]

For some reason I can only reply if I hit "go advanced" but anyway,

what you said helps because it gives me a definite time frame of when and when I can't turn with my fingers. After my thumb exits I can just jerk up with my fingers then.

When lofting, do you delay the thumb release?

To loft properly DO NOT ALTER YOUR RELEASE. Proper lofting is done with the slide leg, specifically the amount of knee bend. Watch the King of Swing, Michael Fagan, probably the premier loft bowler on tour of Mika Kovuniemi. (wow that messed with spell checker lol)
They both alter the amount of bend at the start position which in turn alters it in the finish position. Just another reason to start with a good knee bend. Once' your body is use to the correct amount for a proper release it becomes easier to alter for loft and be able to estimate accurately for the amount of loft.

[Ball99999]

So the knee bend is how high your ball is released then? Makes sense.

[striker12]

yes ball99999 just dont bend your knees soo much that u get too much loft that you end up throwing the ball right on top of the pins lol thst somethings i have already almost done with sut alittle knee bend soo i had to take some of the bend out of my knees

[billf]

Less bend = more loft.
Striker, you're full of ****. There's no way you "almost" lofted a ball on top of the pins. I'm willing to bet you couldn't even loft a 6 lbs ball that far. Plus if you took bend out of the knees then you would loft it more. Not sure how you expect a ball delivered lower to go higher but whatever. I call bull**** on that post!

[striker12]

bill my old style of bowling i had no backswing soo i was different to you guys but it was not really on top of the pins but it was close just abit past half way down the lane with a 15lb ball because i use to mussle the ball and my bowling coach told me i should stand up more because when i got to the foul line i stood up soo it would give me alot of loft soo he had me put less bend in my knees to make me push the ball more outwards know i dont even loft the ball nomore cause i have no need to i just adjust my speed and revs or if i need a later hook i will just get another one of my balls drilled to go farther up the lane.

i will try to get the video of when i lofted the ball on o jsut the 1 frame but at first i need to edit it cause its a 2hr video of me and some buddys bowling

[striker12]

bill here is a video of me throwing a strike with my old style u can hear it smoke the pins and a somewhat video of me lofting the ball it was the first one that i can up to and just took it cause u will see what i mean by when i stood up on the release it dose not go far but i think the ones wher ei loft it hard are farther in the video.

heres my old bowling style throwing my hammer hawg getting a strike.

[striker12]

heres with me lofting it as a spare shot jsut see how my body stands up on the release abit.





srry for bad video just took them with my ipod from the computer saved me from having to edit the hole 2hr video.

[Tampabaybob]

Striker, I've warned guys that lofted the ball that far out, that if they did it again, I'd show them the door ( when I managed a center). Probably missed a bunch of spares , too, right? LOL

Bob