Well an easy solution is to cup your wrist. While that may cause your release to become inconsistent, the best way to do it is strengthen the wrist and forearem of your bowling hand. I use a device called a Powerball gyroscope and that has helped me alot. Plus I train my wrist and forearm so I can get more rev on the ball.
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"I am the most consistent bowler in my house....

I consistently SUCK!!"

I can cup my wrist just fine, but as i come to the bottom of my swing, i can't keep it quite cupped and it breaks....  

The reason I don't have a profile is because without a consistent shot, I'd have nothing to put there.

With the cupped wrist, at the bottom of the swing, where does the hand go, should it be going 'through' the ball, or almost pulling up off the side?

With my previous ball, I'd consider myself a stroker, it was a 13lb ball, so i had a little easier time of getting revs on it, but not enough to get me out of the 'very low revs' category..



Edited on 3/19/2004 5:18 PM

Lefty, I'm not exactly clear on all the lingo, care to explain that a bit more?

I was bowling close to the 3rd shift, so the lanes should have been shot enough to get some sort of reaction, but without the revs, it doesn't know where to go when it grips midlane


That second tip seems to help.. especially the freeze frame..  i think i'm bringing my hand around a bit too early, meaning my wrist hand is already on the side of the ball by the time it gets to the line...  i think i need to adjust that..



Edited on 3/19/2004 5:24 PM

maybe i didn't explain myself well enough...  this ball is making very little move left at all, certainly not what it's rated to, because of my lack of revs

Well said.

REgards,

Luckylefty
Wait for oil!

LuckyLefty, this is the same cat that a few weeks back was disregarding guidance on getting a new ball...now it would seem that he has bought a ball based on the hook rating but does not have the ideal condition for the ball.  He certainly is not going to listen to us when we try to tell him that more revs are going to contribute to the ball rolling out even earlier...

Oracle,

 Don't jump off the bandwagon too quickly. Experienced bowlers (myself included) tend to think newbies understand much more than some of them do, and we take things for granted when we refer to "roll out" or "preffered spin axis" or any number of other terms we deal with when trying to decide on our next purchase.

 We have several balls (usually) and are filling small niches and tend to forget some folks only (only?) have one or two balls and don't have experience on a myriad of lane conditions. It can very easily be mistaken for indifference on our part. We know what we are talking about and just figure you do also.

 In reference to your post, cupping your wrist  is the quickest and most efficient way of producing more revs on your ball. Hand position and timing (hitting) the ball can also be useful tools to create more revs.

 You must also realize that some people will ALWAYS put more on the ball than others and that it is not always how much you get on the ball, but in how the ball utilizes the energy that you have given it upon release. I will try to explain it like this.

 A slick ball, (ie.. plastic or pearl urethane) will, under normal conditions, burn less energy on it's path down the lane due to the lesser friction created by the ball and the lane surface. If you put 20 units of energy in one of these ball, and because of the low friction, it only uses up 15 units, it will still have 5 units of enrgy in the roll/hook of the ball. It will still be trying to hook and roll because it will still have stored energy in it.

 A friction ball, (ie.. dull urethane, reactives, or particles) will, under normal conditions, burn more energy on it's path down the lane due to the increased friction created by the ball and the lane surface. If you put the same 20 units of energy in the ball, and because of increased friction, it burns it all up at 50 feet, it will "roll out" and be dead on arrival at the pins.

 The only cure is to find a way to impart more enrgy at the release point, or find a ball/fix the ball so that it does not burn up all the energy created by your natural release.

 I have been bowling since 1980. My first years average was a whopping 120 and this year it is 228 on sundays. It takes time to learn the little things, but it can be rewarding when done properly!
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