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Just thought I'd show some evidence, that a proper fitting ball is the BIGGEST difference you can make....
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ANDY
There is doing in not doing what you weren't doing but doing in what you weren't doing to do what you were doing but not doing and doing as well

So don't do it!

Yea man, Im still throwing unfitting balls and hitting up like mad!!!
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In bowling lateral under palm pitch(right for a righty) is similar to a strong grip in golf!

Bill Taylor does not give percentages but says almost no one is lateral left as a righty!  (not everyone).

In golf more great golf has been played with a stronger rather than weaker grip grip and almost always those that are successful in breaking into the "sub 80 class every time I play club have a strong grip"

Currently Tiger Woods is on the verge of screwing up the greatest carreer in golf by switching from a strong grip to a weak grip mid carreer.  The number of players who have been really great for a long period of time with a weak grip in golf number about 1(Johnny Miller).

So it is in bowling.  Most righties need some right lateral thumb pitch most lefties need some left lateral pitch.

A little anecdote.  A friend and I were talking about this and he said.  "Oh yes, thumb lateral!"  "A great bowler around here was on a hot streak where he couldn't shoot under 700 for weeks at a time and then he'd have a bad night and shoot 660."

"Well like many he wanted to get better, so he heard the popular thing was (almost the politically correct thing in bowling now) was the lateral out or left lateral for a righty".  "So he tried it."
"After a month I saw him and asked him how the change was going" "The fellow replied...."GREAT".  "He said I love the look of the ball on the lanes and I have never rolled it better"  "The friend of mine a great believer in this guy said, "So what did you shoot last night".  "The fellow replied, 530!".
"But things just didn't go right for me".  "I'll get them next".

Again:

"How'd it go?"  The great local bowler, "I had 580!, I'm starting to really loev this roll!"  My friend ..."What are you averaging?  He said about 201 and he was down a little from 228 but would soon have it".

Another month.  My friend.."How's that new grip working out?"  Ummmmmm, the reply"I've switched back!"  "How you shootin?" "haven't been below 700 in a month!!"

REgards,

Luckylefty
One can actually usually tell just by wathching whether a person has the proper amount of thumb lateral right pitch or too little or too much just by watching the armswing thru the release area, in relation to the starting path of the ball.

An arm that heads to the outside of the shot or right of the actual ball starting path is too much lateral right for the righty.

An arm that heads inside the starting path is often too little right lateral thumb pitch or even left pitch with the thumb calling for right pitch.

Lastly an arm that goes properly dead up the starting path of the ball has a precision fit and able to go either way, outside or inside the path with the bowling arm as desired to encourage hook or fade!

REgards,

Luckylefty
PS we have a guy around here who knows nothing about bowling, pitches, grips, 2 and 1 adjustments etc and he has picked up a ball from a friend and never redrilled the ball.  Just uses it!  He has so much more right lateral for his thumb(coke bottle test) than he really needs it is not funny.  

He also has so much area on our lanes to strike I can't believe it.
He is a big strong kid who's arm sweeps right of the balls path by quite bit and he has so much area it is unbelievable!  He had a 800 in last few months and actually it was an 837.  Two weeks ago shot 300.

Think Tish Johnson if you want to picture what his armswing looks like!
This guy is using about 5/16 right lateral to bowl with and his thumb calls for about 1/8 right.  In other words too much.  It seems too much works better than too little in both of the above sports!

REgards,

Luckylefty

Edited on 10/3/2004 0:11 AM

Edited on 10/3/2004 0:19 AM

Wow, nice post LL.  I originally found out my problem, when I heard of the coke can test.  When I did the test and found out I needed the lateral, everything became clear.

Dirtbikebowler, well I was using new skin and stuff, that would work out well enough, but like I said, my bowling wasn't helped much from it.  I wouldn't really want to shoot more than 6 games.  But now, I could bowl at least 20 if I wanted, likely more, like I used to be able to do.
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ANDY
There is doing in not doing what you weren't doing but doing in what you weren't doing to do what you were doing but not doing and doing as well

So don't do it!

I read about the coke can test and was wondering what it is.  Could you guys please explain this to me because I have not heard of it.  Thanks
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