the only thing i notice is the elbow is bent throughout the whole swing and he is hesitating at the bottom of his swing hard to get consistant when the elbow is bent at bottom of the swing

He appears to be lifting out of the ball sideways?, rather than following the ball with his hand. His whole shot stops at the foul line and although you can't see it from the video i have to believe that his hand doesn't actually get much beyond his ankle. Needs to work on a follow through that continues toward his mark. Just my 2 cents...
  Hope it helps, I know how hard it can be to try and help a stubborn bowler as my sister has never heard a suggestion she likes.
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Edited on 1/5/2007 8:40 PM

His timing is late most likely due to his excess foot speed.
Swing is extremely controlled and muscled and you can tell there is a high degree of tension in his hand at release.
The bent elbow definitely needs to be fixed as it really hurts his swing plane and causes him to push the ball instead of swing it.

What I would have him try:

I would have him move forward on the approach 1 step, this should reduce his foot speed giving him more time to wait on the ball instead being forced to have the ball play catch up.

I would also have him do what Ron C. calls going for a walk.
What this mean is have him start at the back of the approach and walk toward the foul line at a leisurely pace and start the swing when he feels that it is the appropriate time. This will do a couple of things: It will help to teach his brain that the legs and arms can move independently while swinging a bowling ball. It can also help to remove the bad muscle memory that has been ingrained into his approach.

I would try and get him to start his push away quicker since he is about a half step late when he starts it unless the above helped with his timing.

I would try and convince him to get the feeling that he is trying to through the ball at 75 speed. This should relax his swing and reduce the tension that he has at the bottom of the swing. With the more free and fluid swing his speed will actually increase and a free swing is a straight swing
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Edited on 1/5/2007 9:05 PM

This may be a stupid thing to say, but when was the last time he bought a new ball? I was in the 190's back in Maine. When we moved to Florida, I was shooting 170 with the same equipment. Talked to a Pro-Shop and after looking at my ball, they said that it was DEAD. Bought some new equipment and I am back in the 190's.

If it is old, he might be trying to adjust for it and that is where you see the problems in timing and such. These are just my thoughts, I hope that they help...
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He his not taking his time in moving the ball togeter with his right leg. Not to rush towards the foul line with a long and stretch slide. Which gives him a unbalanced final release. Let him have a 5 step aproach in which he takes a short sliding step with his left leg without moving the ball. Then when he moves his right leg is when he starts moving or pushing forward the bowling ball towards his target. He should create a cadence for his release, have a moderate control slide that he can stick before the foul line for a strong release of the bowling ball. He has to have patience and control on the aproach. He does not need to run down the aproach.