Referring to the point about there not being many succesful nothumbers, I wonder how many 'serious' bowlers have tried it, without being heavily advised against it by his peers/coach.

Could it be that the reason there are so few succesful nothumbers is because nobody is teaching these nothumbers how to bowl, they basically have to figure everything out by themselves?

Around here, nobody takes nothumbing seriously, I don't think anyone would ever consider it as a serious solution. I've seen one guy do it for more than a couple of throws, though I haven't seen him competing in anything but league atm.

I've seen some two handed nothumbers do well though, most notably Osku Palermaa and Jason Belmonte. If those two can do it, then why not anyone else?

I think that people arnt consistent because they are never given the chance to get good enough to become consistent. They are told they will never be good with no thumbs. Im sure if someone got USED to it, like someone who is a good 3 finger bowler, they could be very succesful at it!
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And why would I "saw" pins in half, THATS A WASTE OF PINS!

No thumb bowling is the future of bowling. Therre's nothing wrong with bowling no-thumb and quite frankly, it's better..!!

The only purpose of using your thumb is to hold onto the ball. It doesn't give you any more revs, it actually takes revs off the ball. You'll never hang up in the ball. There is no need for tape, so you'll never have thumb problems. That's a HUGE advantage for many bowlers.

Siniak's point is a good one, and a VALID one. Yes, if no thumb bowling was taught by someone, we would learn how to do it properly, better, and at a younger age. It would also be more accepted.

Jabroni, the only reason you don't like it is because you get beat on a house shot (normal shot) by no thumbers. As a matter of fact, most bowlers will get beat on a NORMAL SHOT (house shot) by no thumbers and higher rev players.

This is why you want tougher conditions, because you can't beat the talented bowlers, who KNOW HOW TO THROW THE BALL WITH POWER/REVS..!! =:^D

I watched Jason Belmonte and other no thumbers in the las vegas tournaments most have good control, and use a thumb on spare shots like 10 pins. I have a friend who low average is 226 no thumbing and shoots all spares 3 finger with plastic. He is as good as any amatuer out there and bowls doubles with David Haynes all the time so unless he is good i doubt David Haynes would want him, so to generalize there are some great no thumbers just like there are alot of crappy 3 finger bowlers including me on that count.

okay, how about the "Walter Ray Williams Jr. 2 fingered spare ball" from years ago?  Anyone ever tried or still use it?

I'll be the first to admit, I tried it, successfully at first but soon learned how to simply break my wrist to throw a straight ball.

Vernon
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"If you want SQUARE work, you DON'T CUT CORNERS!!!"....