It's because your not transferring maximum power from your legs to your release, in which the release is not in a position to transfer power.

In video 2, you got the back swing up high and but had to accelerate the bottom swing in order to catch up. This didn't give you time to release the ball with power and your slide and knee bend didn't match up with your hand because your hand was late.

You want your hand to have plenty of time at the bottom, so you can get your thumb out clean, rotate around the ball and lift with your fingers. Trying slowing your footwork down to buy more time to swing the ball. Or push off earlier to buy more time in your swing. By perfecting your timing, you can get your hand in a position to impart power and roll. Watch some videos of better players and pay attention to the timing, in which your right foot slides, right knee bends, and the hand should be right there when the knee starts to bend. Then you can go through the release motion.

Consider buying Mark's Book, Game changer or something. But it's a matter of working backwards, and doing what it takes to get the aforementioned position.

Your thumb is in the ball way too long to have a high rev rate. The quicker you can get the thumb out and rotate your hand around the ball(up the back, on the side ect) with the fingers still in the ball, the better your rev rate will be.


Get a very light weight house ball, like 6 lbs or maybe 8, and throw a few without your thumb in the ball at all to get an idea of what it should feel like.