exactly! I just wish people were more open to two fingered bowling. Sometimes it's made out to be wrong. I've heard there was a old school bowler in the old days who won in the pba bowling two fingers
I average 200 with no thumb, but i am unique in that i throw a back up ball accurately at 10 pins(95% vs 50% conventional) i hate the myth that you cant throw accurately with 2 fingers, its just not true when i throw a bad ball its generally because of poor footwork on my approach!
I have never had a lesson, ive done alot of studying and i record myself to see what changes need to be made!
I also hate hearing the arguement that there are no pro's throwing 2 finger for a reason!
The reason for this is because most the pros on tour have had a coach their whole lives who have tought them to bowl 3 finger, and we can all agree that virtually no coaches in the land teach the 2 finger method!
exactly! I just wish people were more open to two fingered bowling. Sometimes it's made out to be wrong. I've heard there was a old school bowler in the old days who won in the pba bowling two fingers
I have no issues with no thumb bowlers. Just some bowlers complain about their balls hooking way too much and always hitting brooklyn and blame the house, so they start swearing and kicking the ball return. Then end up picking and throwing a 8 pound house ball so they can throw it faster, but with it being so light, it just gets deflected.
they need to lern2adjustOriginally Posted by ecub
The old school PBA bowler who won was Mike Miller and that was back in the urethane days. When reactives became the norm he went back to 3 fingers for more control. The no love is not for those who are willing to work on their game and get good. It's more about the 60 or 70 percent that spray and pray on house walls and then think they are good.
Still love the game but had to quit because of my left leg amptation
High game 299 x 5 High sanctioned series 805 (1989)
Ya, i don't use my thumb either. I have been bowling with a curve w/no thumb for over a year now and most of my games are 200 or over........People tell me all the time that i should go pro....But i have not been bowling with a curve long enough to try that. Plus i have lots of high games between 250-280, but i won't consider my self to be good, until i get a 300 game......
I've gotten that comment before, just take it with a grain of salt as it's usually people who are not as good as you saying that. The other reason not to go pro is if you have your fair share of low games as well. I wouldn't consider even doing regionals unless I average at least 220 on house shots, that's just me though.
I don't bowl no-thumb but I've thought about it. The two main concerns to me are control of the ball and ball speed. Plus if I can I prefer the down-and-in shot and the revs that come with no-thumb bowling will make that pretty difficult.
thanks for all the posts! I know that the consistent shots r not there, but with practice can be effective enough to be a good bowler. I never blame the house, but always look to improve on mistakes.
Well, after finding out how much stuff costs, i could never go Pro anyway....lol..I didn't realize how much stuff costs to go on tour and stuff.........
On another note, people keep telling me to join a league, but why do that and bowl 3 games? That just gets me warmed up for the night.....I'm used to bowling on Cosmic bowl on Saturday nights and bowl about 10-15 games for only 14.00.............
Yeah that is a good deal. The benefit of league is basically competition, chances to make a little money, and the social aspect of it. Plus there's awards and tourneys. But, whatever you decide to do with your money is obviously up to you.
And yeah I noticed the tour tourneys cost a bunch but I think if you're sponsored you don't pay for it out of your pocket. I'm not exactly sure how it all works though.
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