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It requires a good fitting thumb, and using that snug fit to full back with thumb. Too many try to curl the ball and that is heavy and causes strain. But with the snug thumb and using that to pull back, the ball feels less heavy and cuts the strain. Check out our older video on the importance of the thumb, part 1. That may help.

Did you throw a plastic ball? If not, that is my first suggestion to keep from hooking past. Without the spare ball (or if the spare ball still hooks because of slower ball speed), then I normally suggest removing the device and practicing on the different throw. But if that is too much change, and you want to keep it on, the last option is to get up the back of the as much as possible. You want end over end roll. Without a, spare ball, it may still hook a little because of the weight block, but it will cut it down. Personally, changing to right up the back is tougher, especially with a device that keeps you from uncoiling the wrist, but those are your options. Hopefully one works for you.

@baldbrothersbowling I use a HyRoad on right-side spares. I know - I know. My rationale is to carry something I can use late in blocks or certain sport patterns. I guess I can go to urethane. My proshop operator has been telling me... "polyester" for a year. I should just do it. Thank you for your time!

​@jcc_482 I 100% understand the issue of using up a space for a spare ball. Issue is that you either have to just do it, or spend a lot of time practicing coming out flat or suitcased to cut the hook. Always happy to help.

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I so appreciate that. I do coach high school, and we are in the works on developing our site into online training thru video analysis. We are in Omaha, NE. We greatly appreciate you watching and for the comment.

Thanks. Yep, 1974!

Appreciate the comment, but I am not sure what you are seeing. I have a 5-step approach, and start pushaway on 2nd step. My 2nd step crosses directly in front of my first step. I continue to take a left movement on step 3 also, but the 2nd step is crossing in front of the first step.

Lol, it can be tricky to get used to a more snug fit and not bend your thumb if you are used to that.

Appreciate that.

Thank you for that compliment and good luck to you on getting back into it.

Lol. I have Uber skinny wrists.

I love that analogy.

Thank you. I have a secret code to get into the feed of others. LOL. Not really, but thank you for watching and commenting.

That is a common question, and the unfortunate answer is that you can't. The uncoil gets the most revs, but with a locked wrist, you are limited. There are things you can do to try to gain revs, but it won't be like this video. We did a video on using a wrist brace, so check that out. You still want to accomplish thumb out first, fingers second, and you want some rotation of your hand without over rotating and spinning. I am going to do another video about hand positions, but in the meantime, try our wrist brace video to see if that helps, and free to send additional questions if you have any.

You won't be able to roll it to the fullest, but you still need to make sure you get the ball off the thumb first, and fingers second. You can also use a slight elbow bend, and straighten the elbow right at the release. This is tough to do really well. I would focus more on a slight rotation of your hand, but be careful not to over rotate and spin the ball. I hope this helps.

Thank you! Will try this on next practice. 😀

Thank you, I appreciate that.

Thank you Willie. I drift left, then back right slightly. This does 2 things. First, stepping left helps get my body out of the way of the swing path. Not doing that can cause some people to loop the ball around their body, and I find it more accurate to keep the ball on a straight path in the swing. Second, my slight step back to the right on the slide is to get me moving more towards my target rather than walking straight and throwing right. On my release I roll and turn. I am actually a little outside the ball on the backswing which isn't ideal, but it is a product of years of a different release. I get behind it at the peak of the backswing, and you can see I cup it. I uncup at the release giving it the roll, but I also turn the hand to give it the angle of rotation. I hope that helps

I appreciate your thoughts. As a bowler of 45 years, I have a lot of muscle memory making some changes challenging. As a coach, I know what most of minor issues are and I have worked on many of them. But I am 50 now, still bowling at a very high level at PBA regionals and competing and cashing at many tournaments, so while some changes stick, others I let go if they require too much time and work to correct, especially if I go backwards temporarily. Even if the fix would help in the long run, at my age, I go with what works well for me. I am certainly not a perfect bowler though and your points are astute. As I said, I appreciate the comment and desire to help, and mostly appreciate you watching our content.

@baldbrothersbowling no problem, thanks for the reply!

I appreciate that. By game 7, the outside was fried and I was trying to stay inside. My guess is I maybe was slight inside and didn't catch it (even though it felt like I did), while frame 10 was just ever so slightly out and hit the burn.

Just watched again. Frame 4 I crossed arrows about 22, didn't get to the tracer, left a 4 pin. I adjusted frame 6 and hit 21 at arrows, just about right on the tracer, left a 10. Frame 8 I couldn't see the arrows but looks like it might have been close to 20-21, but it got just right of tracers, not sure why. Maybe I slightly drifted more than normal. Then frame 10 I definitely got right. I hit 19 at the arrows so it saw the friction way too early.

Thank you for watching and for the comment.

I love to hear that, and so glad you find it useful. I hear from many who like my teaching techniques, and it's something I really strive for, so I am very happy to hear feedback like this. Thank you for sharing.

@@baldbrothersbowling Thanks and keep up the great work!!

I realized after I posted it. I wouldn't say WAY off, but off, yes. I was going for the prevention of casting which is a real thing in golf. Just off on the elbows. While I am a bowling coach and a golfer, I am obviously not a golf coach, lol.

It is hard to diagnose without seeing you, but here is what I will say. First, a wrist brace is more for a weak wrist, and even then, I don't suggest them unless really needed. With a former broken wrist, you may not have the mobility, but you work around that. You don't really want your palm facing forward anyway. If you hold your hand at an angle, palm facing a little left (if you are right handed), as you release it, you should be able to get a little motion on the ball. That motion, if different than you are used to, will just take practice to get used to. If you want, you can find us on Facebook and message me an email address, and I send you a link where you can send a video of you throwing the ball and I might be able to help more.

@@baldbrothersbowling Thanks for responding to me. I put a like on your Facebook page but I don't have any pictures at the moment. I decided to buy a lighter ball today because I don't think I have as much strength in my hand as I did before I broke my wrist. My husband has been coming with me when I practiced bowling and said he can see me twisting my wrist. He also thinks I'm thinking too much so I told him what you said about not doing all that thinking which he enjoyed hearing since one of the times I started to throw the ball, he said stop thinking and I got a strike. I think I'm just so worried about my hand not pointing in the right direction. Bowling used to come so easy for me so I'm not used to missing so many strikes and spares. Your video gave me ideas of things I can do at home so I worked on some of those tips this afternoon. I also did a little weight lifting to see if I can get some strength back in my arms. I'm 78 years old so I'm no spring chicken. Things don't work like they use to.

@@baldbrothersbowling One other thing I maybe should have mentioned. I have never thrown a curve ball. I always try and throw straight down the lane having the ball hit between the head pin and 3 pin.

@ Based on your other message, I figured you were probably a straight ball. That's why I said I think with a more of a "suitcase" style where your hand is on the side a little, it MIGHT cause a little bit of curve. That's actually a good thing, but it's going to take some practice to get used to that motion, being consistent with it, and learning to play the lanes accordingly. I know that's hard to do when you have muscle memory already from your prior experience, but I think you'll get there. Good luck.

@@baldbrothersbowling I found out my husband took a couple videos of me. I forgot you said to send you an email address so I put links to a couple videos in a Facebook message. I'll send you another message with my email.

Heck yeah! Bald is beautiful! Appreciate ya brother!

That is incredibly nice of you to say and I appreciate that so much. I do some vlogs and fun videos but we are absolutely going to continue doing educational content as well so keep a lookout. Thank you again for subscribing.

Yes, the concept is the same. You can see that the first part of the exercise is without the thumb.

That's great to hear

Yes it is. Not sure if we did that in this video, but I know we did a video specifically on the underhand spiral.

@ yeah I remembered it from the video I think before this one!

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Let me know how it goes

Thank you. This might be the best compliment I have seen yet. Appreciate this.

Thank you for saying this. I really do my best to try to explain things in ways others do not, because I agree with you that often times instruction can be confusing or difficult. It means a lot to me to read this. Thank you.

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Yes. The 5-step is just the 4-step with an extra starter step. My pushaway starts at step 2, so when you ignore my first step, the rest matches a 4-step delivery.

Absolutely

@@baldbrothersbowling I scored 183 today, never scored that high before. Thank you!!

​@@stephenmiller5572outstanding

I love to hear that. Reducing pain alone will help improve scores.

Thank you!

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I don't flatten behind the ball because it is painful with arthritis, but I do loosen my wrist and release thumb and fingers closer to the same time. It's like the suitcase release. That combined with it being a spare ball, that takes the hook off. If you use a plastic ball, you can release it normal. If not, depending on your speed, Rev rate, etc, you may have to adjust your hand position.

I have been trying to it last couple of games and I use a plastic ball and was flattening my hand and though it seemed to help some I was still missing a few spares on right side unless I was perfect so I was curious which way to release the ball to he pick more

​@@larrylacroix3944spare shooting is about accuracy. Flattening your hand will make the ball go straight, but typically so does just throwing a plastic ball. If you still hook it too much throwing it normal, you just need practice at flattening it and consistently hitting the mark.

Thank you. I am happy people are finding our videos helpful. Go get that 200+.

On your pushaway, no. Once you let gravity take the ball down after the pushaway, you should feel it pulling a little on your thumb so you aren't squeezing it, but for the pushaway itself, it doesn't really matter.

Yeah, unfortunately this place likes to crank it and I can't control that, but this center is extremely accommodating to me.

Knee problems.