New bowler help (video)

[SmilingBowler]

Great video post swingset!

[Bendial]

My advice would be to just slow things down a bit. Walk a little more natural and don't "strong arm" the ball down the lane

[Tampabaybob]

Week three of practice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QCCNkjg--Y

I went and talked to my local pro shop guy that drilled my ball, and asked him about fingertip and the fact that I wasn't getting very many revs with my current drilling, and also that I was struggling a bit with my form and timing. He said that he would like to see me bowling around 150 with the conventional grip before he drilled it fingertip. So I tried to focus a lot today on approach form and timing and just bowling the ball straight.

Things that felt good:
* I don't always do it in these clips, but I had some frames where I really dropped my right shoulder, and practically placed the ball onto the lane.
* I worked on getting more power off of my third step into my slide.

Things that didn't feel good:
* My right leg is still staying behind me and not going to my left. This may be an issue with my flexibility (very unflexible) or maybe I am just not used to that.
* I think I am still bowling a little out to the right. I need to tilt my core and give myself more room for the ball so that my bowling plane is more in line.

Thanks for any comments!

Cheers,
Tav

Tav, Very good improvement from your first video to your third. What I saw in the video that may help you are the following things:

1. Your foot speed is good (slow, slow, quick, quick) and you have a good knee bend at the line, however, with your right leg staying straight behind you you're not allowing your right hip to open up too get the ball closer to your left(slide) foot. You want to get that right leg back behind you and over to your left with your right toes on the floor. This will help you stay balanced at the line and make for a smoother delivery.

2. Your push away on your first step seems to go in an upward motion. Try either pushing it out and down or just dropping it straight down on your first step. What you're doing with that pus away is unnecessary motion that can cause several other problems.

Other than that you're off to a good start. I do agree that you should go to a finger tip right away. I strongly disagree with that ball driller to wait until you're averaging 150 to get it redrilled. I start all of my kids (students) with a fingertip, even if they've never bowled before in their life. It's more comfortable and allows you to do so much more with the ball in the way of motion. I'd say get a second opinion from another pro shop in your area.
Good Luck and keep us appraised at how you're progressing.