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leftyinsnellville

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Eureka?
« on: November 24, 2008, 05:21:13 AM »
About two years ago I had a team mate explain the concept of "closing" my fingers at the end of my release to give the ball a little more revs.  Try as I might, I wasn't really able to do it very well.  

This week (after several weeks of working on loosening up my swing) I remembered what he told me and I gave it a try.  I had no problems and got some great extra revs on my ball.

I haven't heard anyone on here discussing this technique nor does it look like the pros on tv are doing this (when I watch PDW his fingers are pointing at the sky on the end of his release).

Is this something I should incorporate into my game, or is it just another move that complicates the swing making it more difficult to repeat?
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janderson

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Re: Eureka?
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2008, 02:16:47 PM »
Can you better describe the technique?

The way you described it sounds to me like an attempt to squeeze or grab the ball with the fingers after the thumb clears and before the ball leaves the hand.

In and of itself, it is not a "bad" thing to do. It will tend to delay hook and sharpen the break point.  There are times when this is desirable. There are times when it is not.

How repeatable it is completely depends on the bowler.

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