not releasing ball next to ankle and a poor leg kick for me
What is your problem spot in your approach?
Not enough knee bend in your approach, not swinging straight back and forward in your swing, not swinging close to your ankle in the release area, not keeping your hand from turning too early when you reach the release area or not sliding right or close enough to the foul line or all of the above? Out of all of these mine would be my sliding. For some reason when I slide my sliding foot will not slide to the center of my body sometimes and sometimes it does. When it slides to the center of my body I have a nice in balance shot. Sometimes it will slide straight forward and then I have to be ready to catch my balance when I release the ball. This technique is great if you like pulled shots. Another sticking point is sometimes I have a tendency to rush the shot when I reach the top of my backswing and I start to come forward. This is also nice for pulled shots. Pulled shots are okay if they lead to Brooklyn strikes. What is your thing?
not releasing ball next to ankle and a poor leg kick for me
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Hammer, I think you pretty much summed it up for me. All of that stuff could be better, although I do have a nice straight swing. I am working on more knee bend and balance foot farther left - as that seems to force the other issues in place. In order to get more knee bend I am attempting to step more into the slide which puts my slide foot more in the middle of my body making the balance foot having to go more left. Dang physics again taking over my bowling!
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Hmm I would say probably when my foot tends to be a bit far back from the foul line sometimes when I throw my shots. Maybe that's what usually happens in my style, but I certainly discovered that.
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mine is when every time i step with my left leg it seems to go left but this could be a problem with my spin but we will see on friday.
another thing is not getting close to my ankle but reason fro that a few years ago i hit my ankle with a 15lb ball on my spare shot and it hurt but not enough to make me stop bowling
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OUCH!Originally Posted by striker12
My problem is...that sometimes the ball doesn't knock all the pins down. I release it...wanting it to...but it doesn't. And I HATE that.Because if it doesn't knock them all down...then I have to throw a ball...at a smaller target...like one pin. And thats even harder than the FIRST shot!!
Also...my follow-through. Straight follow-through....I do pretty good. If my follow-through looks more like a bear clawing at Scooby Doo...not such a good result.
And for spares...not trusting my spot....then not following through....too afraid to hit the gutter and missing left.
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I have to disagree with the statement, based on logic only. The FIRST shot has to enter between two pins at a specified angle in order to carry a strike.My problem is...that sometimes the ball doesn't knock all the pins down. I release it...wanting it to...but it doesn't. And I HATE that.
When shooting ONE pin, you have a target that is approximately 26" wide - the width of two bowling balls plus the width of the pin. All you have to do is to get a small portion of the ball to hit on either side of the pin, thus creating a larger target than you have on a first shot.
BUT....easier said than done!
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Does rotating my arm early count as part of the approach?
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For me keeping my speed consistent and walking a straight line. I seem to drift right every now and then.
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