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Slick911

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Hand positions
« on: December 25, 2013, 04:18:14 PM »
Want to find a consistent hand position. In the first few years, I was really able to play to my strengths and stay behind the ball and play up and in, but after taking time off (and picking up some bad habits), it's changed a lot...even when the lane conditions aren't that grueling.

Any feedback would be great. Thanks!
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Re: Hand positions
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2013, 05:15:26 PM »
Go back to your A game stay behind it and play up and in, focus on getting rid of the bad habits not working around them
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Re: Hand positions
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2013, 08:53:52 AM »
I would agree. You have to get that hand position locked in to the point of it becoming almost automatic, before you can ever move forward and try new hand positions in developing a "B" and "C" game.
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Re: Hand positions
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2013, 10:06:36 AM »
People are gonna crucify me for this answer but, get an adjustable wrist brace and practice with it. It will train and strengthen your wrist to the favored hand positions. Then you can take it off for competition. I wear one periodically for practice when start wrapping my hand around the ball and I'm not going to lie, I HATE IT! But it helps retrain my wrist and hand to in one position to teach me when to rotate on the ball. I put it on for a few games of practice, HATE IT, then strike tremendously. For $50ish bucks, I spend more on spilt liquor.
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Re: Hand positions
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2013, 10:28:17 AM »
Quote from: Rightycomplex on December 26, 2013, 10:06:36 AM
People are gonna crucify me for this answer but, get an adjustable wrist brace and practice with it. It will train and strengthen your wrist to the favored hand positions. Then you can take it off for competition. I wear one periodically for practice when start wrapping my hand around the ball and I'm not going to lie, I HATE IT! But it helps retrain my wrist and hand to in one position to teach me when to rotate on the ball. I put it on for a few games of practice, HATE IT, then strike tremendously. For $50ish bucks, I spend more on spilt liquor.

Totally off the subject, was that a Ric Flair reference?  One of his famous lines was "Ive spent more on spilled liqour than you make in a month". Lol.
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Re: Hand positions
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2013, 11:00:32 PM »
Appreciate the input you guys have given. And to be honest, I don't think that'd be a terrible investment to go head and get one.
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Re: Hand positions
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2013, 04:07:40 AM »
Quote from: northface28 on December 26, 2013, 10:28:17 AM
Quote from: Rightycomplex on December 26, 2013, 10:06:36 AM
People are gonna crucify me for this answer but, get an adjustable wrist brace and practice with it. It will train and strengthen your wrist to the favored hand positions. Then you can take it off for competition. I wear one periodically for practice when start wrapping my hand around the ball and I'm not going to lie, I HATE IT! But it helps retrain my wrist and hand to in one position to teach me when to rotate on the ball. I put it on for a few games of practice, HATE IT, then strike tremendously. For $50ish bucks, I spend more on spilt liquor.

Totally off the subject, was that a Ric Flair reference?  One of his famous lines was "Ive spent more on spilled liqour than you make in a month". Lol.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! LOL! It's true tho, but yea, that was a Ric quote.
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Re: Hand positions
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2013, 07:17:18 PM »
Related to hand positions - Finger adjustments:
http://www.bowl4fun.com/ron/tip11.htm


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Re: Hand positions
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2013, 01:58:10 PM »
Have several friends that an wrist brace helped a bunch,as for me do not like the feel I try to use hand and finger positions with out feeling restricted.
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