Awesome Advice
Originally Posted by Tampabaybob
Hmmm, where to start. 1: the gym won't give you any speed. Bowling is a muscle free sport. That fact is what allows the little guys (Norm Duke, Pete Weber) to compete with the big guys (Wes Mallot, Mike DeVaney). Speed is generated first by the legs and second through how fluid the swing and release is. Your foot work is better than it was but still atrocious. Your tempo to the line is too slow the last two steps. Your feet are too far apart on your steps. This comes into play because as any baseball player knows, the closer your feet are from side to side, not stride length, the more the horizon moves. I am the opposite extreme as people wonder how I don't trip over my own feet as they almost go one in front of the other. Yours are still just beyond shoulder width apart at the step. Your whole delivery looks overly methodical, almost mechanical. I'm not trying to be mean or an *** just bluntly honest. As you correct all these other issues your ball speed will increase naturally. Once that happens then and only then, should you learn how to adjust your speed. Doing so now would only hinder your progress in more important areas.
Your release is inconsistent because your wrist/hand position is inconsistent on the back swing. The ring finger, ideally, should lead the way on the down swing. The easiest way to do this is to set your hand/wrist accordingly in the stance. Once you get use to the feeling in the swing then it won't matter as much in the stance as you will automatically lead with the ring finger. To help with hitting your target, when your balance hand comes off the ball, point it towards your target, thumb down so your thumb will block anything above that target. This will help you focus on that target. As your swing comes down use your balance arm as a counter-weight. Once your swing comes to your ankle, accelerate both arms with the palm of your balance hand pointing down and towards the back. You will find that with a proper knee bend this is a really easy way to keep the same swing, lock on your target and use momentum and balance to finish the swing. The acceleration is where a lot of Revs come from while maintaining control.
Knee bend. Also used to control amount of loft the correct way. Whatever bend you have in the stance is the amount of bend you will tend to have at the finish. Bob teaches lower, lower, lower while I teach same plane. Both work and are effective but to differing degrees for different people. My new favorite person is Tony Chin. Why? He reminds me to keep the proper body alignment with my TOE, KNEE & CHIN aligned perfectly at 90 degrees to the lane. Now you will never be able to order Chinese food again without remembering that. So get in to your stance bent at the waist and knees, stay bent at the waist and let the power of your legs propel you forward. The legs are by far the strongest muscle group on the human body so use them. I've yet to hear of a person that could bench more than they could squat unless a serious injury or disability was involved.
When you go into your slide, mini-slide or plant, whip that balance leg behind you. Keep it low with the foot preferably on the ground. The foot on the floor with help maintain the power through the finish while keeping balanced. Post the shot. This means hold the finish position until the ball passes through the pins. Watch the ball go all the way through. Get into that habit know because later seeing what the ball does after it hits the head pin will help you make decisions about the shot. For know it ensures that you can't come up on the release and ruin an otherwise good delivery. Plus by holding it you can see where your slide foot is a determine, did you drift? did you hit your target? did your foot go at some strange angle while sliding?
You made a ton of progress from the first video. If you hadn't I wouldn't have been so blunt and given so much information at once. But by making this progress I see how serious you are and capable of handling the changes without worry or scoreboard watching too badly. So don't take my critique hurtfully but rather as a compliment. Keep up the hard work!
and work on stare down your mark i love cosmic bowling and very nice spilt pick up you've come a long ways my friend lol you've made great improvements 
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