With a few posters recently talking about short oil and long oil I got thinking how many of you bowlers who are struggling to get the finish you are looking for at the pin deck even though you get to the pocket fairly consistently.  Most of the time the angle is only slighty off and changing axis rotation is too large of a change.  I remember watching Earl Anthony demonstrate things with a bowling ball that was just amazing.  He changed the length of the breakpoint by changing his wrist position.  This often times changed the angle to the pocket just enough for him to increase his carry percentage.

If you flatten the wrist you have more skid and late revs.  If you cup the wrist you have less skid and more revs.

Flat wrist = go long and snap, gets through heads without expending energy saves it for later.

Cupped wrist = arc, starts early expends more energy earlier.

Also with the flattened wrist it helps you get through the heads better ala the drag shot.

So if you struggle with carry you might want to try this technique.

If you have comments on this post them here.  If you have success post them here as well.


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My approach is more in line with what Clutch said above. I try to leave the wrist out of my changes. If I am forced move inside I want to come across the ball more to the side to change my axis angle. Wrist curl for me is harder to repeat. That's just for me though, I know some can acheive similar effects with the wrist.
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kendog
avoids spare shooting at all costs
just throw strikes

Kendog,

The reason it makes so much difference, is think of looking at the arrows.  You roll a few balls and the ball just doesn't quite get back to the pocket.  By looking at the dots, it gets you to set the ball down sooner, which in turn get the ball into a roll sooner.  That is great for heavier oil patterns.  On the other hand, you look at the dots or even the arrows.  The ball is having a hard time getting down the lane.  By looking farther down the lane (down to the arrows or farther), you help project the ball, or what we call "push" the ball for a later breakpoint.  Something so simple can sometimes make a huge difference.
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If anyone out there is worried about the scores being too high, try duckpin!!

This will mess up your adjustment scenario as far as targets go. I had been targeting at the arrows since I started bowling. Always had a problem with my ball hooking up too early.

I found that I never could be very consistent hitting my mark that way, so I switched to the cherry dots between the foul line and the arrows. The effect was that I have become much more consistent at hitting my mark. The funny thing is I also have changed from swinging the ball third or fourth arrow to playing 20 at the line ,across 12-13 at the arrows. I don't have the problem of rolling up too early anymore at all.
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kendog
avoids spare shooting at all costs
just throw strikes

What exactly is the suitcase throw? I have heard it can be used on dry lanes with some success.

Thanks Bones, tried the suitcase  a couple of times in practice never was consistent. I was most likely doing it wrong. At slower speeds it seemed to go long then the ball would just snap left.