Bowling became too easy?

[sevenwood]

@want2know

you can’t buy skill

You realize, of course that you’ve just dashed the hopes of millions of bowlers (and golfers, for that matter) everywhere…

[TriPolar]

@sevenwood

@Robot_Arm

I’d kinda like to learn to throw a hook.

I was in your position two years ago, and the only thing that worked for me (as someone with virtually no hand-eye coordination) was using a suitcase grip.

Basically you hold the bowling ball like you’d hold a suitcase, with your thumb pointed at your body instead of at the pins. When you release the ball your thumb tends to come out first and your fingers second, promoting a (for right-handers) counter-clockwise spin on the ball. To get more counter-clockwise spin, try starting the downswing with your hand cupped slightly and then moving your fingers away from your body (and your thumb towards the floor) slightly during the release.

The suitcase grip is supposed to lessen your natural hook, but for those of us that don’t have a natural hook it seems to generate one.

I learned that when I started league bowling way back when. It worked great for me, giving me a predictable slight hook, about the width of the ball down the lane. I can drop the ball on a dot and it goes where I want it to. I bowl infrequently now, but it still works. I get fewer strikes without practice, but I’m picking up spares just as easily. Being right handed, its easier to pick up the pins on the left.

Before I start doing that, I had to roll it straight, or get a curve I had no control over.

Thanks for showing me how to do that Jack. RIP