One of the primary differences in two-handed bowling is the grip. Most two-handed bowlers do not use their thumb in the bowling ball, relying instead on their middle and ring fingers. This allows for greater wrist flexibility, which contributes to the ability to generate a strong hook. The...
The fingertip bowling grip gives you more control over the ball’s lateral spin than a conventional grip or semi-fingertip grip. With the fingertip grip, you will be able to bowl advanced shots such as the hook more easily. You can use the hook shot to knock over pins left standing at ...
ease your tension and boost your confidence. One too many can make you lose your form. And bowling is a game in which tiny changes can have a huge effect on where the ball goes and how many pins it topples. Bowling is a game of nuance. One nuance: Spilling on the lane is a no-...
The professionals make it look effortless, but if you’ve ever tried learning how to spin a bowling ball yourself, you’ll no doubt appreciate what a frustrating process it can be without the right guidance to help you perfect your technique. That’s where we come in. Whether you’re gear...
Thedrilling layoutcan either encourage a sharp back end hook motion or minimize back end hook depending on the degree of Differential of RG and Flare Potential the given bowling ball possesses. Try not to be stubborn and not change your bowling ball if it hooks far too much or not enough....
Using a lob wedge, position the ball more toward your back foot, rather than toward your front foot or in the center of your stance as you would on regular chip shots.
Now, that is not to say that you cannot use the information provided above about weakening your wrist position in order to make a reactive or urethane ball do the same thing as a spare ball, but the spare balls are intentionally designed to not hook. The spare balls will give you even ...
In Tenpin Bowling the idea is to knock over as many pins as possible with your first ball, if the first ball is not a strike you're going to leave pins standing. No spare is easy to convert but there are very few that cannot be picked up with a well-placed ...
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A hook is a more severe version of adraw, and the hook is the opposite of aslice. A very severe hook is sometimes called a "duck hook" or "snap hook." When those terms are used, it probably means the ball flight started out straight before dropping severely to the left. These are...