Can the release be something that happens naturally?

[jbeck]

I bowl on N. Island Base or 32nd street base. What about you?

[e-tank]

Ah military man. How are the prices there? Me and the gf were about to go to the alley and the shop on 3nd street

[jbeck]

Prices are really good I think. $1.75 a game during the day and about $3.25 during the evenings. Mondays I bowl free between 11am and 1pm, plus $1 games all day Mondays after 3pm. I usually get coupon discounts as well because I'm a regular. N. Island lanes are better than 32nd street, but the approach lanes at 32nd street are well taken care of because most leagues are held there. I waited too late to join a league, so I'm practicing for the next.

[jbeck]

On a another note I bowled my highest game of a 182! 8 pins above my previous high score. All thanks to this and other posts...I concentrated on staying behind the ball, pressure on my fingers a little, and powering through at the moment of release! This has been my best bowling week so far and I can see that 200 game coming pretty soon. About to go cosmic bowling with my son tonight, just for fun since I can't really see the arrows. I'm still gonna put some effort towards it though.

[Perrin]

On a another note I bowled my highest game of a 182! 8 pins above my previous high score. All thanks to this and other posts...I concentrated on staying behind the ball, pressure on my fingers a little, and powering through at the moment of release! This has been my best bowling week so far and I can see that 200 game coming pretty soon. About to go cosmic bowling with my son tonight, just for fun since I can't really see the arrows. I'm still gonna put some effort towards it though.

Great job. always nice to hear about someone finding their swing.

[Tampabaybob]

On a another note I bowled my highest game of a 182! 8 pins above my previous high score. All thanks to this and other posts...I concentrated on staying behind the ball, pressure on my fingers a little, and powering through at the moment of release! This has been my best bowling week so far and I can see that 200 game coming pretty soon. About to go cosmic bowling with my son tonight, just for fun since I can't really see the arrows. I'm still gonna put some effort towards it though.

Good game. Now that you've shot one, think about how you were positioned, how clear your mind was and what the ball was doing at the end of the lane. All of these things need to take place mentally as you're bowling. This game is fun and then you improve. When you improve many more things come into play and it becomes much more of a mental game, as well as physical, and you start to think a little more about things you never thought about as a recreational bowler. Everybody wants to improve but only a small percentage really want to put the time and effort into it. It sounds like you want to get to that next level and I applaud you for that. Keep working on the finer points and that 200 game is right around the corner.

From your other thread, during that 3rd game, when the lane oil breaks down, you need to move to a different target. One thing I teach, is if you start leaving a 4 pin or if you leave a split, then the lane is changing. You then have to start moving your feet a couple of boards to the right or move your target further away from you. If that doesn't work, move your target two boards left and your feet 3 or 4 left (right hander). Try that next time when you see the ball coming up heavy on the head pin. Knowing when to move and doing it is a big part of the game of adjusting. Good luck and let us know how you're doing. Also if you can post a video, that would help us help you as well.

Bob

[jbeck]

Good game. Now that you've shot one, think about how you were positioned, how clear your mind was and what the ball was doing at the end of the lane. All of these things need to take place mentally as you're bowling. This game is fun and then you improve. When you improve many more things come into play and it becomes much more of a mental game, as well as physical, and you start to think a little more about things you never thought about as a recreational bowler. Everybody wants to improve but only a small percentage really want to put the time and effort into it. It sounds like you want to get to that next level and I applaud you for that. Keep working on the finer points and that 200 game is right around the corner.

From your other thread, during that 3rd game, when the lane oil breaks down, you need to move to a different target. One thing I teach, is if you start leaving a 4 pin or if you leave a split, then the lane is changing. You then have to start moving your feet a couple of boards to the right or move your target further away from you. If that doesn't work, move your target two boards left and your feet 3 or 4 left (right hander). Try that next time when you see the ball coming up heavy on the head pin. Knowing when to move and doing it is a big part of the game of adjusting. Good luck and let us know how you're doing. Also if you can post a video, that would help us help you as well.

Bob

Thanks! Yes I know I have to work on my mental game...I usually start thinking to much after I hit 3 in a row. Most of the time though I leave a lot of 5, 8, or 9 pins, which I think maybe to my ball only being 13 pounds. I'll probably go to a 14 the next time I can afford a ball.

[Tampabaybob]

Definitely go to at least a heavy 14 or a light 15. It makes a difference, especially because many of the ball companies put a generic core inside the 13 lb balls and below. The core helps the ball to gain much more power to hit the pins. And remember...you're throwing a 13 # ball at 35+#'s of wood. That's why your leaving those pins; the ball is deflecting off of the pocket. Also if you're not throwing a fingertip ball, get your next one drilled that way. It will help get more rotation/roll on the ball.

Bob

[Hammer]

I agree with Tampabaybob to go to a 14# ball and a fingertip drilling. The ball will carry the pins better and it will be easier to learn to put revs on the ball. And I agree with billf that a stroker release is more natural and a cranker is more of a learned release. I think that I use to be a stroker but I think I got to a tweener level a while back. I seem to get a lot better revs on the ball. I belly the ball out a lot and very seldom am I straight down the boards.