Took the camera to the alley for the first time at lunch today.  I've never seen myself bowl, and it's humbling.

6 shots in the vid, alternating between a Roto RSX and a Epic Odyssey.  I wasn't trying to do anything special, I just wanted to get a baseline on my form as a whole.

I know my balance sucks, I fall off every shot.  My slide knee is shot which makes it hard to get low and stay there at the line.  And my thumb comes out way too quick, I knew it did before I shot the vid, but didn't realize that I was dropping  the ball so bad.

Anyway, here's the vid, suggestions are welcomed.

http://media.putfile.com/Me-bowling-13
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-Clint

Good Points:  You seem to do a good job of walking straight on the approach without much drift.  Your ball speed also seemed to stay pretty consistent from shot to shot, which is also good.

Things To Work On:  If you can not get lower with your knee, then you need to really focus on a clean release every time to ensure you will not keep dropping the ball.  Keep your hand under the ball longer and wait to rotate your wrist aorund the ball until your thumb comes out first, this should help with dropping the ball.  Also, it seems that part of your problem with falling off the shot comes from your right arm flailing off to your right after your follow through, which in turn pulls your body in that direction, causing you to fall off consistently to the right.  If you need to swing the ball don't encircle the follow through with your arm to do so, try and angle your shoulders and feet at the foul line to point to the right going across your mark, and make sure you follow straight through the shot, no flailing.  Since you walk pretty straight, you should be able to open up your shoulders a little and see good results and better balance at the line.

Also, try less reverse pitch in your thumb (if you have any now), that will help with projecting the ball out on the lnae.  All in all, not a bad form, these are just my ideas to help you out.  Good luck!!!
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MainePBA (Also known as MaineLefty)

Thanks for the comments guys, exactly what I was looking for.

Just some other info

Current thumb pitch is 0" rev, 1/8 right
I checked the ball speed by going frame by frame and it's pretty consistant, 18-18.5mph for all shots.

I'm going to have a visit with a new driller to have him check the grip.  The only thing that concerns me though is when I do stay in the ball longer, my release is junk.  Loft of any kind kills the few revs that I have.  Is this because I'm not staying under the ball?

Also, what about holding the ball higher to start?  Or should I just get a good fitting ball before changing other stuff?
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-Clint

It's not that far off. You're falling off because of early timing. The ball is getting into the swing too quickly. Hold the ball closer to waist level at the start to delay it. Remeber, bowling is a sequence. Anything that happens at the foul line is caused by something that happened much earlier in the approach.
For the release, 0 reverse doesn't sound like too much. If you are squeezing the ball, you likely have too much bevel. Use less.

Joe

lots of guys buy thinner tape 3/4 and some even tear that in half and add to the side!

REgards,

Luckylefty
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Open the door...see what's possible...and just walk right on through...that's how easy success feels..

We'll see what happens with the oval thumb.  He can always change it out for a round one again pretty quick if it sucks.  I forgot to look what he had the thumb pitch at, but it felt good on the fitting ball he had.
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-Clint