Finally a video ready to hear what I need to improve

[scottymoney]

Finally remembered the camera during practice and made a video. Can't wait to hear what I need to work on.

http://youtu.be/jywIVpr9xM4

[billf]

Your bowling. OK, now I'm ready to watch the video

[scottymoney]

Bill this is before I started working on revs. Which i was able to do a bit of playing inside the ball.

[billf]

Scott, you go back and forth between being square and open at the release playing the same line. When you are more open and let the ball go out it looks pretty good. To aide on this, whip your balance leg over and on the toe. Most shots you leave it straight behind you with very little angle. Try for close to 60* with the toe well beyond your slide foot.

[scottymoney]

Scott, you go back and forth between being square and open at the release playing the same line. When you are more open and let the ball go out it looks pretty good. To aide on this, whip your balance leg over and on the toe. Most shots you leave it straight behind you with very little angle. Try for close to 60* with the toe well beyond your slide foot.

So I want to just make sure I understand this right get my leg more left. I am a bit confused on the square and open part or will the balance leg more left take care of that?

[scottymoney]

I think I see it now, the shots where my balance leg was more left then straight behind me I saw a better result. Seems much more of my strikes were when the foot was in the correct/closer to the correct spot.

[billf]

When your shoulders are both the same distance from the foul line, you are square. When the throwing shoulder is further from the line, you are open. Getting the balance leg over helps in keeping the shoulders open. In reality, you want your shoulders square with your break point.
When I want to play a straight line, like up 5, I just force my balance leg behind my slide leg. To help stay open I whip it well beyond the slide leg. It's an easy part of the delivery to adjust for assistance without having to alter any other part of the delivery.

[scottymoney]

Makes sense, Shoulders toward the break point, kick the back leg left. I used to play a lot less hook and much more of straight angle to the pocket which would allow me to keep my shoulders square. This definitely will help me adjust for the line and angle I play. Any other things I should work on?

[billf]

You have enough to practice on the last couple of days. Get those down and we will look again. I think you're real close just tweaking here and there.

[scottymoney]

Not bad for 2 weeks ago doing a 3 step unbalanced approach to this. Almost wish I had a video of that.
I would describe the 3 step unbalanced approach as a caveman throwing a rock.

I do see that I dropped my high back swing compared to what it use to be. With the revs info you gave me before and now this, I am excited and will be hitting up some practice tomorrow night.

as always thanks Bill!