I feel better then ever with this style change. After 7 games (the video was shot at the end of the 7th game, in fact this shot in the video was my 11th shot that game, the previous 10 were strikes) I felt like I could easily go another 3-4 games. The lanes were pretty fried after me and my buddy were practicing. The ball you see is my IQ Tour Pearl in OOB finish. After bowling today I took the ball to the proshop and they went to a 4000 grit sanding disc. I forgot what he called it, started with the letter N.

Anyway, this is the 1st video I've ever posted on youtube and even on this forum. I know how some people can be on this forum and I'm ready for whatever good or bad to be said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-qqzgOHwME

I unfortunately don't. I can say that before this change I felt extremely off. Everything felt mechanical and must be perfect and there was a lot of muscle involved.

This new style IMO has already shown me what it can do for me in several ways. I can bowl more games with better accuracy, virtually no effort involved, and repeating shots are easy. My last 3 games today were 288, 215, 220 after I had already worked on my hinge form the previous 4 games.

Tomorrow night will be the 1st test with the new style during league bowling. I will update end results good or bad.

BTW, thanks for confirming what I thought about my timing. The thought about changing to the hinge style was mainly due to severe timing issues with the traditional push-a-way form.

Watch videos from Chris Barnes, Shaun Rash, Bill O'Niell, even Norm Duke has a little hinge in his form.

Here's another video, the part with the hinge style starts at 2:36.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5nnDbV0znE

Steven, I can't view the videos, but in the classic 4 step, pushaway type release, the ball starts dropping down into the backswing during the second step, correct?  If he is using the hinge pushaway, I think it should be dropping about the second step.  If the ball was dropped in the first step with the hinge, it would probably be too early.  Does the timing look correct in the 3rd step?

Your both correct. I used to push the ball away as I 1st started my right foot motion but after a few weeks this motion would get later and later. So I decided to change it up so I can actually repeat the hinge with virtually no muscle input the entire swing. I've also noticed a small increase in ball speed at the pin deck. Last night was the 1st test with the approach and shot 202, 237, 216 for 655. I feel better then ever and feel that I have yet to see the full benefit of the new change.

Yeah, because it's not a push-a-way anything now, just roll into the back swing. It's probably the best change I've done in a long time outside of getting a new ball only to find out that my hand span was a tad too short.