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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: milorafferty on August 29, 2018, 03:51:00 PM
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Were you looking for help? If you want people to reply to your topic, you can't lock it before anyone posts.
As for how to "Learn" to put your thumb in, you have to do it the same way the rest of us did, PRACTICE.
Since you are in the Dallas/Ft Worth area, you have incredible resources available to you. I took lessons from Rod and Theresa Ross when they were still in this area(Central Valley of California) and it was money well spent. Rod might not be available for private lessons now, but Theresa probably is and she is a fantastic coach.
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I didnt realize I locked it but I fixed it. I am not in California I am in texas. I do need to go practice. I have thought about taking a lighter ball and learning the technique with my thumb in ball what r ur thoughts on that
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In this day and age, watching youtube helps a lot, personally. The biggest thing for you is going to be timing- clearing your thumb fast enough but not too fast. The actual release and imparting revs into the ball should be the same as your previous release.
Your approach also has to change, so probably best to start with drills.
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Didn't see OP but you could also perhaps move to a release like Tom Smallwood's where he only puts his thumb in up to the first knuckle.
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You can see on youtube. Smallwood palms it actually. Closer to Tom Daugherty. His thumb is facing forwards (not back).
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I didnt realize I locked it but I fixed it. I am not in California I am in texas. I do need to go practice. I have thought about taking a lighter ball and learning the technique with my thumb in ball what r ur thoughts on that
A lighter ball might help, but I don't really know. I'm probably the worst person here to give instructions/advise on how to bowl. That's why I suggested Rod/Teresa Ross in the Dallas area. Both are first rate if you can get private lessons from them.
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Can’t figure out why anyone that could physically bowl without their thumb would want to change to a conventional delivery...that’s like a left hander wanting to bowl right handed so I can only assume you hate winning.
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Everybody's hand is different, the only way would be to experiment. I've experimented with pitches, tape in hole, tape on thumb, etcetc. It's going to be a long process but I guess you have good reasons.
I've also seen a bowler put his thumb only into the first knuckle, and had his ball drilled that way (span and pitch radically different). Worked for him!