Me bowling advice appreciated

[Amyers]

Amyers, I think your game looks good. I paused on your video and your timing looks pretty good. Remember there is no wrong way to bowl. People have success with early and late timing. You are a big guy so when you are pulling the ball it may be getting outside of your body on pushaway. There is at least 1 guy giving advice that i can assure you would love to throw the ball like you. Balance at the line is very important and i see your concern for that. Just try to post each shot you make and stand there a few seconds after the ball hits the pins, i don't care if you pick the 7 off a full rack. It looks like the lanes hook quite a bit, don't be afraid to go to weaker equipment because you have plenty of ball motion to carry. Keep working out there and good luck.

Thankyou fortheloveofbowling I have made some changes to my game since those videos and had some thumb problems since then also that I've been trying to get worked out. Look for a new video soon.

[fortheloveofbowling]

Have your ball driller check the pitches beacuse of the thumb trouble.

[Amyers]

Have your ball driller check the pitches beacuse of the thumb trouble.

I have been. Today made for the 4th change but I think maybe we got it right.

[Amyers]

I had to go to Louisville today so I decided to stop in at the AMF Rosebowl lanes and shot some new video.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yUyQXwB...m-upload_owner

First off I know the balance at the end was terrible. I had been working on that and improved it a lot but then I started having issues with my thumb and it went out the door. I haven't videoed myself lately and had not noticed that had come back but I thought the timing looked better which was what I thought was causing the problem. Let me know what you think.

[fortheloveofbowling]

Amyers, It looks like you are projecting the ball to the right better now. You had mentioned before that you were having trouble with that right? Hey, your game looks pretty good and the balance looked pretty good on most shots. Your trail leg was on the floor and sweeping behind you and the timing looked pretty good. Just because you take a little step to the right after the ball passes the arrows is not a big deal. You have some good fundamentals to work with just have some confidence in your game. What ball were you throwing there? It looked like an uproar?

[fortheloveofbowling]

Hey Amyers, have you ever driven up to Cincinnati and bowled the Hoinke Classic? If you haven't you will definitely want to make a trip to the western bowl, you will love the place.

[RobLV1]

I believe that your balance problem and your thumb problem are both directly related to your timing which is very late. You are holding the ball for the first two steps before pushing it away which gets you to the line way ahead of the ball. Your push away should be timed with your second step, not your third. This late timing is causing you to pull the ball through your swing which results in your thumb getting ripped up from coming over the top of the ball, and your body falling off to the right as you attempt to muscle the ball to catch up to you at the foul line. Once you get your push away going with your second step, I think that you will see more ball speed, more accuracy, better balance, and the ability to stay behind the ball to put a much better roll on it. Good luck.

[rv driver]

I believe that your balance problem and your thumb problem are both directly related to your timing which is very late. You are holding the ball for the first two steps before pushing it away which gets you to the line way ahead of the ball. Your push away should be timed with your second step, not your third. This late timing is causing you to pull the ball through your swing which results in your thumb getting ripped up from coming over the top of the ball, and your body falling off to the right as you attempt to muscle the ball to catch up to you at the foul line. Once you get your push away going with your second step, I think that you will see more ball speed, more accuracy, better balance, and the ability to stay behind the ball to put a much better roll on it. Good luck.

A little help here; you're the coach -- not me, but I didn't see it that way. I did see him push off on the second step. He didn't start his downswing until the third step -- is that what you mean? Could you explain/clarify a little further? Thanks!

[RobLV1]

Each shot is a little bit different. For the most part, the pushaway starts about half way through the second step, rather than at the beginning. This is aggrevated by the fact that the pushaway is going upward, rather that outward, which gets the timing even later. My suggestion is to start the pushaway in tandem with the start of the second step, and push out, not up. As a way of learning to do this naturally, work on posting your shot at the line (keep your balance and hold your follow through). You may be able to kind of back into correct timing this way, by letting your instincts take over to correct the problem.

[Amyers]

Amyers, It looks like you are projecting the ball to the right better now. You had mentioned before that you were having trouble with that right? Hey, your game looks pretty good and the balance looked pretty good on most shots. Your trail leg was on the floor and sweeping behind you and the timing looked pretty good. Just because you take a little step to the right after the ball passes the arrows is not a big deal. You have some good fundamentals to work with just have some confidence in your game. What ball were you throwing there? It looked like an uproar?

I feel better with it I changed over to the 5 step approach to help with the timing of the delivery and had got that better. I am having much better luck I'm down to only one or two pulls a game two the left it's a work in progress.

The ball is a Seismic Euphoria it's a great piece for lower oil conditions and the lanes were a little dry.

My scoring has improved when the thumbs not acting up. I'm throwing in the 170-210 range pretty consistently and i think that will improve some more once I add the spare ball. Hopefully next week