This is a tip for beginners; if you bowl above a 180 these tips are probably not going to help you. These tips mainly focus on the release for hook bowling.
Hello fellow bowler and welcome to my bowling tips. I know, I've been there myself. You're searching all the Internet to find some decent bowling tips or articles to improve your bowling skills. As unusual as this might sound, I actually started bowling when I joined the bowling team. Hmmm, how in the world did I get into a bowling team if I had never bowled in my life??? Well, let's just say that our team is not the best team in the league. I kinda made it by luck too, some strike, and some spares got me on the JV bowling team, barely. Anyway, back to the tips that you have been waiting for. I understand that you're desperate for amazing tips, so please read on. Hear goes:
The first step you need to take is to get familiar with the 4-steps approach. You stand approximately 4 strides away from the line. If you are a right-handed bowler, stand with your right foot a little bit behind your left. As you start approaching forward, first step with your right foot, follow by your left, then right, the last step you take is with your left and you release the ball. Practice this step to get more consistent and more rhythmic. After you master this, you are ready to move on to the next step. And also CONGRATZ! You are already a better bowler.
The 4-steps is really a basic element that everyone should know in bowling. Unfortunately, I'm not going to talk about the take back, the knee bend, the shoulder position and all those stuffs. Because I think if you really care about this sport, then you can easily find these things in bowling books found in your library or somewhere on the Internet. Instead, I'm gonna go right to the part I consider to be the part that changed my game from an OK average score of 110 to a bowler with an impressive 180 average. I'm going to talk about one of the most important things in bowling, the release.
I used to bowl straight, meaning after I release the ball, the ball goes straight without curve. The problem with this is that it's fairly hard to get consistent at this and there are certain angles that you just can't get by bowling straight. That's where hook, or curving of the ball, comes in. I'm telling you seriously right now, after I learned this, my score immediately skyrocketed. And I'm gonna teach it to you.
Here are the steps to learn the hook release:
Find a ball with fingertips; these will help you A LOT in the process. But if you can't find one, don't worry about it, just use a regular one.
When I first started to try to hook the ball, I used crazy motions in hope that I would put a tremendous curve on the ball. But they were all in vain. One time, I did the most ridiculous thing and for some reason the ball hooked. Then I realized, at this level, I'm not gonna be the one to curve the ball, the ball curves itself.
So you learned now that the ball technologies now are so advanced that the ball will curve itself. So what do you have to do? Well, just let the ball go and let it hook on its own. Here is everything that you need to know about how to hook a ball. When you first try to do this, do this very slowly, I repeat, very slowly. Your arm isn't adapted to doing this yet so you're trying to build up muscle memory. This step is all about the release. When you walk up to that lane, make sure your middle finger and ring finger are directly under the thumb when you release. And the release is very simple, just drop the ball. The ball will rotate as it falls off your fingers and cause it to curve.
Now you learn the release, it's time to watch your ball roll down the lane slowly and curve into your target pin. As you get better with this, you can increase the speed.
You've just master hook bowling!!!! Now get out there and get that 200 you've been craving!!!
