For those who read the posts in order the comment I said was incorrect wasn't the push away (which I don't prefer) but rather the ball higher for faster speed, lower for slower speed.
If the ball is lower it will travel less distance. If the arm swing is at the same speed then to have the correct timing at the end the feet have to move faster. Why have so many coaches and the USBC decided to teach this method, backed by science, over the previous method that was used since the beginning of bowling? Most human beings, when they increase the arm speed (has to happen with the arm higher, longer swing in same time) lose accuracy. With speeding up the legs and keeping the arm speed the same as before, it is exponentially easier to hit the desired target.
Just because you like a style doesn't necessarily mean that it's the best style to suit you and improve your game. I wish I could bowl like Norm Duke or Walter Ray Williams Jr. (don't we all?) but they are part of the 1% of the bowling population that has that kind of ability.
As for the comment (don't remember who posted it) that most pros don't use the hinge method, I can't think of one under 40 years old that doesn't use it. Plus remember, most pros have been bowling for at least 20 years (most started around 4) so even if they wanted to use it, they would have to retrain themselves. Why do you guys think there are so many younger winners the past few years? It use to be that you hit your bowling prime in your mid-thirties, now it's mid-twenties. Not only do coaches have to be flexible with styles so doesn't the bowler if they want to truly improve their game. If I could show you one thing that would raise your average 50 pins but you couldn't bowl like Norm Duke, wouldn't you do it? I betcha Norm can do it already but doesn't have to.
Did I get upset that you said once again that I was wrong? Sure did. You said the same thing months ago when you first posted wanting more speed and I said you needed to free up your swing. You said I was wrong, your swing is a free arm swing. Then months later, whoa, you felt a freer swing. Is it totally free? No. How can I say that? Because even the tops pros are not completely free but damn close. When you posted awhile ago about getting more revs I made a suggestion about hand positions. You said I was wrong, it doesn't work. Bob made the same suggestion two pages later and you replied how much better your ball moved. So yes, your inconsistency is annoying to be blunt. Why do I keep trying to help you? Because one day something will click, the light bulb will go off and all these posts will finally be able to help you. Just because you sometimes get on my nerves doesn't mean I don't want to see you bowl better.
I would bet that you are the type of person that learns easier from seeing something done. That's not a problem as a lot of people are that way it just makes it harder to do with words. If I lived closer I would take a road trip and show you everything I've been trying to get into your head including how to play the inside part of the ball.
Originally Posted by billf
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