I read an excerpt from Bowling, by Douglas Wiedman, about wrist position and finger pressure.  He stated to keep your wrist firm, you should apply pressure with your "outriggers" - your index finger and your pinkie along with your middle and ring fingers, and that this pressure will lock your wrist in position.

I have read before, from Susie Minshew for example, that you should apply pressure with your index finger to maintain a firm wrist and she also mentions that tucking your pinky will result in a few more revs.  We all see power players tucking their pinky and it is obviously an effective technique.

Ron Clifton wrote for an effective release you should cup your wrist, but in that article at least, he doesn't elaborate on finger pressure - just cup your wrist.

Obviously, the point of keeping a firm wrist, whatever way you go about it, is to keep your fingers below the equator of the ball until you get the ball to your release area.

How do you like to achieve this position?
Dave


Edited on 11/5/2008 3:02 PM

Set the wrist in the desired position before the push away and simply maintain the same position through release (KISS).

It is also easy to practice throwing a football in an underhand spiral. Too much finger pressure and the football will wobble. You can use the same motion and light finger pressure to hook a bowling ball, but now you're using a cupped wrist.

It is truly amazing how little one must do to impart revs on a bowling ball to make it hook. Readers who already hook the ball, try hooking it a little less and then a little less and then a little less during your next practice session. Pretty soon it will start to feel like you're doing "nothing" to the ball and it still hooks. Sure the amount of hook will be less, but feel how easy it is to do.

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