Interesting thought, I never do. Will try tomorrow in my practice session
Do you use lateral and forward and back adjustments on the approach?
I would pick a target on the alley and use left and right lateral moves for adjustments with my feet. My teammate told me to try forward and back moves with my feet also when lateral moves aren't working. There are a lot of adjustments you can make when bowling using your feet and hands and targets on the alley. I have been trying forward and back adjustments with my feet more and more to get use to it.
Interesting thought, I never do. Will try tomorrow in my practice session
All of the above. Lateral,forward, back and hand position. Just depends on what I see my ball doing
moving back and forward helps with ball speed so its really up to you to watch where your ball hit if hit high sped up if it hit low slow down and if ur in the pocket small adjustments with moving back and forward =D
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Absolutely use left, right, back, forward moves when needed.
Needed to make move right and about 18" back this past week when I left 5 10 pins in 7 frames.
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Actually, thinking about this more: I never move forward/backwards to adjust.
The only time I move people when I'm coaching is when they're timing is off on their approach because they're trying to fit in steps really quick due to being too close or conversely because they're swing is off from lengthening their stride too much.
Wow, 18" back is pretty crazy! I would be rolling the ball over the foul line most of the time and falling off the end of the approach always.Originally Posted by vdubtx
I presume you moved backward to get a little less speed, right? Were they all ringing 10s? Just wondering what the thinking is with the forward/backward adjustment on the approach.
left and right to find oil and forward and back to change speed
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I started using forward and back adjustments just recently. What I found, for myself anyway, is that forward and back adjustments seem to be larger adjustments then lateral left and right adjustments. With lateral moves it seems like you can get away with a board or half a board to start hitting the pocket correctly. If you use forward or back adjustments it seems like it takes a few to several inches to make a correct adjustment. A few inches I guess would be to hit the pocket correctly if you were hitting a little high or low. Several inches would be used if you needed more or less speed on your ball to get a good pocket hit. As everyone knows you adjust the speed of your ball with your legs and not by muscling the ball with your arm muscles to throw it harder. Muscling the ball with your arm will make you miss your target on the alley or make you pull your shots and won't let the ball work like it is made to with the type of core it has.
Good points hammer. Makes me reconsider my post above.
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