Nice work, still need to get a little more knee bend. You need to start working with your brother! He has the hook part down but it is the sloppy no thumb release. But then again if he is anything like my brother he doesn't want to hear any advice from his big brother.
Haha, yeah. Trust me, I've tried to convince him to use his thumb, but he's pretty stubborn. It doesn't help that he bowled two games over 200 (not in the same day) so he thinks he's pretty good the way he is. I'll try to work on more knee bend. I don't know why that's the one thing I've had a lot of trouble with, but I'll keep working on it.
Don't worry I struggle with the knee bend also. It is natural to stand straight up and so it is tough to break.
With your brother it never helps the issue when they see some success a certain way. It makes it tougher to let him know that he could be better if he did it differently.
I refer to the no thumb bad form bowling as the "teenager punk kid style". Mainly used by those kids who annoy you and wonder why they are there cause they have no real form or desire to line up correctly. They somehow get the ball down the lane and hits pins and it truly is one of life's mysteries.
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Haha, that's an awesome way to think of the no thumb form. Yeah, he got seven strikes in a row one game, but he misses so many easy spares. Sure, I miss some still, but not many of the easy ones. It's like he just figured out how he should throw the ball for strikes on a house shot, but if he leaves pins up, they rarely get knocked down on the second shot. He even bowls without his thumb when he tries to throw straight. It's frustrating to watch, but he refuses to change right now. When I bowled without my thumb (well, partial thumb, but same thing pretty much) I ended up hurting my wrist, and that's what it took to decide to learn to bowl the right way. Whether it sounds bad or not, I hope he starts to feel some uncomfortable soreness sooner than later.Originally Posted by scottymoney
hey! i take offense to this! i'm a teenager but i'm also a perfectionist lol
regarding your form, with practice you will get better and better, what i do for knee bend: line up on the approach, bend my knee's a few times finaly resting with them bent, then start the approach. its good to get a routine together that way you do it every time and you get used to it
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I haven't tried bending my knees a few times before, so it's worth a shot. I'll try it out, and maybe that's just what I need.
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The thumbless is the target audience for todays oil patterns. The 10:1 ratio only requires you throw the ball from left to right across the oil line, and have enough revolutions to stop the ball close to the oil line producing artificial accuracy.
You can cross out further right but those are the shots that have the potential of going thru the nose.
Back in the late 80's early 90's the BPAA decided they couldn't afford integrity. They needed to make their customers happy rather than challenged. Net result after some fighting with the ABC (now USBC) is we have much easier lane conditions.
Very true, and it always comes down to making the customers happy. Although I think they need to educate people on what oil patterns are as to show them the differences I bet over 75% of bowlers don't understand that there is different patterns and certains patterns make it easier than others.
Thumbless bowlers have one thing going for them, they don't get their thumb stuck in the ball. Although now they don't have that excuse!
WOW ! What a huge improvement !
Great advances in your form, and roll on the ball. The only thing I'm seeing is to have you STAY DOWN at the foul line. Look at the video of Norm Duke and carefully watch the slo mo parts where he's ending at the line. Knee bent and he's holding his position until well after the ball has been released.
Keep up the good work.
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