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PacersGuy

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need to slooooooow down
« on: May 20, 2004, 07:44:13 PM »
greetings all!

okay, i've had my first lesson now.  have changed my approach from a five step to four, which i'm much more comfortable with.  i'm working on a consistent push away and hand position.  the pro and the manager of the pro shop both tell me that i'm not "that far away" and will get a big boost in my scores in a short while.

i had the pro shop manager watch me bowl for a while yesterday to pick his brain on a ball type and his comments kept coming back to having way too much ball speed.  

i've tried slowing my approach, changing ball position at push away (lower AND higher), both with varying degrees of success, but can't get much more than a 10% decrease.  (sorry no actual mph's for you)

what methods are common practice in getting ball speed down?

thanks!
steve

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Fatboy8

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Re: need to slooooooow down
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2004, 10:52:42 AM »
My biggest problem is throwing too fast also. I throw it right through my breaking point, and I'll have terrible hits. I don't have alot of "hand in the ball", so I can't get my ball to hook with alot so speed.

My pro and others all told me "let the ball work for you". As simple as that sounded, it worked. I just brought it back slow and let it glide straight through and released. But mentally making my arm relax, and groving my shot greatly improved my game. Hope this helps.
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PacersGuy

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Re: need to slooooooow down
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2004, 03:14:06 PM »
update on progress:

in my practice on sunday, my focus was on reducing my ball speed, which i did with more success than i had anticipated.  i think the two things that contributed the most were to slow my approach.  second - i imagined my hand as being a passenger on the ball until the release.  

between those two things, i got a better release (more leverage, it felt) more action on the ball (had to move my starting point 5 boards left while maintaining essentially the same target.)

i'll likely do a bit of practice after work..  keep you posted.

steve

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