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lilpossum1

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Help me pull my head out of my...
« on: May 29, 2018, 11:24:04 PM »
I'm struggling. Hard. With my conversion to left handed, I'm bowling in two houses this summer. I feel like my form is really good. I have some accuracy problems, but hey, I'm learning. As my form gets better, my missed are getting smaller... In one house. In the other house, I'm getting into my own head. The shot to me is playing super flat, with an out of bounds outside approximately the 8 board. I can't be accurate enough for it. I start missing, and my natural tendency is to try to force the shot. When I do that, I severely pull the shot inside. I'm averaging about 40-50 pins lower in this house. Any tips from this vague description?
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Re: Help me pull my head out of my...
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2018, 11:51:49 PM »
I am going through something similar, teaching myself to bowl LH. 

What I am working on to improve my accuracy is to do a cross-over step and pivot step, keep the ball close in my swing, under my head at all times.

How is your balance at the finish/slide?

Another thing that was effecting my accuracy was my inconsistent drift.  I managed to get myself walking straight with no drift now but I still am inconsistant because I seem to pull it when I try to get more hook. 

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Re: Help me pull my head out of my...
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2018, 08:09:43 AM »
Quote from: lilpossum1 on May 29, 2018, 11:24:04 PM
The shot to me is playing super flat, with an out of bounds outside approximately the 8 board.

I find OB extending to the 8 board hard to believe.  I'd can understand there being OB on THS around 5 and out due to topography and/or a bad machine. 

With that said, are there any other lefties playing outside?  What are they using?  Look at the better lefties in the house and become as close to clone as you can until you can figure out the nuances.  If the other lefties are struggling too, maybe it's just not a lefty house and maybe the whole leftside is OB.
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Re: Help me pull my head out of my...
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2018, 08:54:44 AM »
I experimented bowling left handed for a summer and my biggest issue was a free arm swing.  The weight of the ball and the overall approach was so foreign to me I felt the need to muscle the swing.  I was robotic in nature and this led to inconsistency. 

I think you understand this already.  Even right handed I will get tight when things are tough.  Put me on a sport shot and I will become less fluid and more rigid causing inaccuracies on the level I never approach in league.

Find time to practice a free modern arm swing and you will improve.  It is tough though... it takes practice away from competition so you aren't concerned with scoring or results.
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lilpossum1

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Re: Help me pull my head out of my...
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2018, 10:14:07 PM »
Quote from: MI 2 AZ on May 29, 2018, 11:51:49 PM
I am going through something similar, teaching myself to bowl LH. 

What I am working on to improve my accuracy is to do a cross-over step and pivot step, keep the ball close in my swing, under my head at all times.

How is your balance at the finish/slide?

Another thing that was effecting my accuracy was my inconsistent drift.  I managed to get myself walking straight with no drift now but I still am inconsistant because I seem to pull it when I try to get more hook.
My balance at the line is better than right handed, with nearly no drift. It might be one board, but I don't think there is any.  Unless i do something terribly wrong, which isn't unheard of lol
Quote from: LookingForALeftyWall on May 30, 2018, 08:09:43 AM
Quote from: lilpossum1 on May 29, 2018, 11:24:04 PM
The shot to me is playing super flat, with an out of bounds outside approximately the 8 board.

I find OB extending to the 8 board hard to believe.  I'd can understand there being OB on THS around 5 and out due to topography and/or a bad machine. 

With that said, are there any other lefties playing outside?  What are they using?  Look at the better lefties in the house and become as close to clone as you can until you can figure out the nuances.  If the other lefties are struggling too, maybe it's just not a lefty house and maybe the whole leftside is OB.
Believe it. It extends to about the 5 board on the right side of the lane, but definitely the 8 board on the left side. And that is being conservative. I only bowl at this house in the summer, so I don't know where the really good lefites play, but the only other lefty that throws a hook sees the same thing I am, and he is pretty decent. He is struggling to find any sort of decent look using a variety of equipment.
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