Bowling Form Problems

[atambohmer]

Looking over the videos, I think you may have misunderstood something. Now you seem to be throwing the ball fairly "flat".

Lets look at Dillion as an example. Starting at 4:30 he is trying to turn the ball over, but is doing so before the thumb is out of the ball. This results in the ball spinning like a top. At the 4:45 point he throws the ball without the thumb. The way the ball is rolling is what you want to achieve with the thumb in the ball.

By waiting until the ball is near your ankle to release the ball, the thumb is out of the ball, but the fingers are still in the ball. At that point you throw it just like you had no thumb in the ball.

By combining the thumb in the ball armswing, and the thumbless ball release, you get the "explosion" that Duke speaks of.

Todays oil patterns will help guide a good rolling ball towards the pocket.
The thumbless approach allows you to achieve a good rolling ball while making plenty of other errors.
That is why you seem to get good scores quickly with thumbless, but you will plateau much lower than your potential.

I see what you mean. I do sort of just place it on the lane when it should be pushing it onto the lane. Thanks for pointing that out. That's the main thing I'll work on today as well as the "explosion." And I'll let Dillon know what he's doing.

[noeymc]

ok so this is what i see your hand is on top of the ball try to stay under it but you are looking much better =D i think your ready to go see a coach =D

[atambohmer]

ok so this is what i see your hand is on top of the ball try to stay under it but you are looking much better =D i think your ready to go see a coach =D

That's awesome! Yeah, I'm going to start searching for a coach sometime this week. Hopefully it isn't too tough to find one. I'll just start by asking if my main bowling alley has any coaches' phone numbers on hand.

[noeymc]

http://www.mybowlingcoach.com/FindACoach.aspx

http://www.bowlingball.com/find-a-bowling-coach.php

[atambohmer]

http://www.mybowlingcoach.com/FindACoach.aspx

http://www.bowlingball.com/find-a-bowling-coach.php

Well that's a cool way to search for coaches. It looks like there's just one in my area, and the next closest one is 56 miles away. I guess that makes it easy to decide which one to call.

[noeymc]

lol yeah

[atambohmer]

But how am I supposed to contact him if he doesn't have his email or phone number listed?

[atambohmer]

Well, I'm back at square 1. Those search engines are cool, but I can't contact a USBC certified coach in my area. I'll just have to see if my bowling alley knows any coaches.

[AZBowla]

Your local pro shop should be able to help you out with finding a coach. I know if I were one in your area that's where I'd advertise...

[atambohmer]

I started putting my hand behind the ball (not sure if it's enough or not) but it seems to be making all the difference. I'm making more strikes and spares now. The left side spares are also much easier when I use my spare ball. And I tried contacting my pro shop about finding a coach, but he was at a funeral today, so I'll call back tomorrow. Anyway, here it is. My scores ranged from 158-169, but I felt like today was my best performance so far.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwhaw...ature=youtu.be