Thanks for all the tips 🔥Joined a league this year, finished with only 168 avg, but i'm steadily increasing and breaking 200 often now because videos like these help hone in what I need to improve on and what I'm doing correctly.. Threw my high of 278 last week, feels like I have a 300 coming. Thanks for all your help! (Plus many others like Brad&Kyle, Packy, etc..) 👍
I've been using the airplane analogy for years now. I bowl two-handed and use a 5-step approach. I'm not a pro, just some guy who bowls and started late in life (about 50). I find that bending my knees (and back a bit) on the third step is the way to go. One thing I have never been able to do is a complete follow through with my arm swing. I bring my arm about halfway up, if that. Any time I try to bring my arm higher than that, my shot suffers... badly. I think I'm just not coordinated that way. At my age, I'm not trying to be a pro, just having fun and playing on local leagues. Started in the low 100s about 6-7 years ago and now many scores are in the 220s. Of course, I also have games where nothing goes right. Just trying to have fun, stay active, and build up my average. As for two-handed bowling I think the two most important details are the ball landing on the lane (the airplane analogy) and keeping your elbow in. It is so easy to chicken-wing your shot and that naturally changes the ball's trajectory. Get low, get some good power from your legs, and keep your elbow in. The hardest part of bowling is making changes fast enough as the lane changes and knowing which change to make. A work in progress... as they say.
I'm a one handed bowler. I find myself standing straight up most the time. I caught myself yesterday while practicing and went oh ya bend my knee and drive from that power step Definitely saw a difference. These lesson videos are awesome
This vis is simply GOLD! Providing tips to a non pro bowler for an ole geezer like me couldn’t be more to life. BTW, the airplane landing is a great visual. Being ex-Navy, I realize I’m more of a “carrier landing” because i can’t bend over much due to weak knees 😢
Love watching these videos for tips and brining them to my local lane to practice. There’s slight improvement, averaging around 150. And getting 200+ every once in a while, but would love to be more consistent with 200
Not gonna lie, these types of videos help a lot. Thinking about things I hadn't thought about. Hopefully you can tag him like a shark so we can see his progress later on.
I tried working on a silent low release for a year before figuring it out. And flicking downward as oppose to pulling up on it last second was the secret that helped me figure it out. That and exaggerating where it feels like im setting the ball down.
Great tip about exaggerating and wanting to feel uncomfortable. It is sometimes tough to break out of that comfort zone when theres a couple of good bowlers flanking you to the left and right. Ego doesnt wanna let go
i have been so early to videos lately. and i started using my legs as the driving force of throwing it faster, and i am SO much more consistent and comfortable throwing it faster
I felt that tip about being tall, im 6’7 300lbs man. Getting low to the ground isnt the easiest but it is helping me be more consistent so that ball isnt dropping so high
is there any blind/partially blind pros? i want to get better at bowling and dont really know how try to think about say aiming the ball for lacc of words since i cant really say see the first set of arrows clearly and deffently dont see any detail of than colorful blobs past that. would you have any tips on how to set up with only using the front 3rd of the lane
Hey Darren, how are you? I’m a one-handed bowler also about 6 feet tall one of your greatest videos of learning bowling technique is the way to swing the ball. That is my number one inconsistency. I am trying to learn the way Frankie May taught me is the shake hand method I can get the first few parts of it right like put my fingers in my thumb. I can swing back, but when I come forward on the release, I’m having trouble keeping it straight and I’m very inconsistent and I sometimes go to the gutter too much, if I can be more consistent, no matter what ball I’m using or oil pattern. If you can help me that area that would be great. Thank you and take care.
What a great video honestly I know I personally have a problem with the airplane and also forcing my swing at times. I love these videos and personally practice on myself
Darren, we want more tips/tutorial videos!! Please start making some educational videos too, you've a very nice and clean game style, it's a true pity you don't share some tips with us too!
From what I can see your dropping or lofting the ball when you are supposed to be smoothly rolling the ball and to fix or alleviate that by getting lower (should not hear a loud thump and this is hard for tall people like me). You're also cupping the ball at the bottom, if you want more revs the finger should be more in the front (curl your arm more closer to your biceps). Your release should be more of a "Spider-man" pushing off your thumb from your palm and rolling off your fingers (aim at the arrows with your thumb, think of your thumb like an engine on a boat). Make sure your arm is straight starting from your palm correlating through your forearm to your elbow in your swing. Don't let the ball out run your feet ( feet move first then arm/ball). And the number one rule is... No matter what, have FUN!
Packy definitely gets lower. Not Simo low that's just a crazy level. The guy could add Troup into that also. Isn't he tall or does the Fro make him look taller then he is? Santtu no one can even copy him I still don't know when he releases the ball he just steps and then the ball is flying down the lane. 😂
I know it's hard to see visible differences/improvements in such a short amount of time and practice, but it should be a no brainer to see a side by side of his initial form (pre lesson) compared to his form post lesson
I hate to the "Debbie-downer," but, Darren has now made the Pro Vs. Joe form to take him on is now completely useless. He's given a free lesson to someone he's beaten, played people he's already played, and played people he knows personally. So, I guess the form was useless? @darrentang, are you not going through the submissions at all?
Why are you only teaching two handers? Theyre the lamest of lame. Try teaching the people who actually bowl traditionally with one hand swings and releases. Jesus man
This man has been striking the whole lesson!
yup .... i have 20plus 300 games does that make me a great bowler........ or does it make my bowling perfect.... no...
😂
There's more to bowling than striking. Especially on ths.
Not discredit pockets shots, but, Spares win games 🙃
No he hasn’t, but one could over analyze the whole process and still mess up.
Thanks for all the tips 🔥Joined a league this year, finished with only 168 avg, but i'm steadily increasing and breaking 200 often now because videos like these help hone in what I need to improve on and what I'm doing correctly.. Threw my high of 278 last week, feels like I have a 300 coming. Thanks for all your help! (Plus many others like Brad&Kyle, Packy, etc..) 👍
I've been using the airplane analogy for years now. I bowl two-handed and use a 5-step approach. I'm not a pro, just some guy who bowls and started late in life (about 50). I find that bending my knees (and back a bit) on the third step is the way to go. One thing I have never been able to do is a complete follow through with my arm swing. I bring my arm about halfway up, if that. Any time I try to bring my arm higher than that, my shot suffers... badly. I think I'm just not coordinated that way. At my age, I'm not trying to be a pro, just having fun and playing on local leagues. Started in the low 100s about 6-7 years ago and now many scores are in the 220s. Of course, I also have games where nothing goes right. Just trying to have fun, stay active, and build up my average. As for two-handed bowling I think the two most important details are the ball landing on the lane (the airplane analogy) and keeping your elbow in. It is so easy to chicken-wing your shot and that naturally changes the ball's trajectory. Get low, get some good power from your legs, and keep your elbow in. The hardest part of bowling is making changes fast enough as the lane changes and knowing which change to make. A work in progress... as they say.
This is just astounding. Thanks so much for filming this and being such a good sport.
I'm a one handed bowler. I find myself standing straight up most the time. I caught myself yesterday while practicing and went oh ya bend my knee and drive from that power step Definitely saw a difference. These lesson videos are awesome
This vis is simply GOLD! Providing tips to a non pro bowler for an ole geezer like me couldn’t be more to life. BTW, the airplane landing is a great visual. Being ex-Navy, I realize I’m more of a “carrier landing” because i can’t bend over much due to weak knees 😢
Love watching these videos for tips and brining them to my local lane to practice. There’s slight improvement, averaging around 150. And getting 200+ every once in a while, but would love to be more consistent with 200
Not gonna lie, these types of videos help a lot. Thinking about things I hadn't thought about. Hopefully you can tag him like a shark so we can see his progress later on.
I tried working on a silent low release for a year before figuring it out. And flicking downward as oppose to pulling up on it last second was the secret that helped me figure it out. That and exaggerating where it feels like im setting the ball down.
Great tip about exaggerating and wanting to feel uncomfortable. It is sometimes tough to break out of that comfort zone when theres a couple of good bowlers flanking you to the left and right. Ego doesnt wanna let go
This is dead on for my game! How do I sign up for more lessons?!!!
i have been so early to videos lately. and i started using my legs as the driving force of throwing it faster, and i am SO much more consistent and comfortable throwing it faster
Let’s go Darrien, getting better.
The airplane landing analogy is so good, I’m gonna start using that
This was great to watch. Thanks for posting
What you said make sense I will have to try that with how I bowl great video!!!
Love the airplane analogy. Thanks for sharing!
I felt that tip about being tall, im 6’7 300lbs man. Getting low to the ground isnt the easiest but it is helping me be more consistent so that ball isnt dropping so high
is there any blind/partially blind pros? i want to get better at bowling and dont really know how try to think about say aiming the ball for lacc of words since i cant really say see the first set of arrows clearly and deffently dont see any detail of than colorful blobs past that. would you have any tips on how to set up with only using the front 3rd of the lane
No idea either but rooting for ya
Thanks for the tips! You rock Darren!!!😊❤
Do you have any tips for a to had Bowing or something
Ohhhh new video!
How do you have a more consistent release. I can find where to throw it. Just can’t hit my target consistently enough
Hey Darren, how are you? I’m a one-handed bowler also about 6 feet tall one of your greatest videos of learning bowling technique is the way to swing the ball. That is my number one inconsistency. I am trying to learn the way Frankie May taught me is the shake hand method I can get the first few parts of it right like put my fingers in my thumb. I can swing back, but when I come forward on the release, I’m having trouble keeping it straight and I’m very inconsistent and I sometimes go to the gutter too much, if I can be more consistent, no matter what ball I’m using or oil pattern. If you can help me that area that would be great. Thank you and take care.
What a great video honestly I know I personally have a problem with the airplane and also forcing my swing at times. I love these videos and personally practice on myself
great video man :) keep it up! love your content
Thanks for this! I was thinking about getting rid of my push away. Now I see I need to keep it!!!
I would also try moving back on the approach a bit. I was up where u are and am also 6 foot, moving back helped me smooth it out
I would love to get coached, take some tips, and bowl with you one day. Great job!
Great video. Great lesson and tip. Thanks.
I hope that you dominate the regionals again this summer, as you have done the past few years.
Eliminating the hop at the end helped me a lot with getting the ball on the smooth
Darren, we want more tips/tutorial videos!! Please start making some educational videos too, you've a very nice and clean game style, it's a true pity you don't share some tips with us too!
Great pointers Darren! Made me think about my game for sure.
Darren, like your technique and demeanor in teaching, do you have a similar vid with a finger right hand bowler
Why does this man need coaching if he's been getting strikes the entire time?
Honestly, I’m gonna look out for this kid. I have some high hopes right now.
Im 6’2 and a 2 hander and i have a very smooth ball release. Knee bend and how the ball sits in the hand is key
This actually made me look back. If the ball is too forward is that bad too? (Approach)
Darren do you do one on one coaching? I bowl at Gold Coast.
Do you have a video like this for one handed bowler?
From what I can see your dropping or lofting the ball when you are supposed to be smoothly rolling the ball and to fix or alleviate that by getting lower (should not hear a loud thump and this is hard for tall people like me). You're also cupping the ball at the bottom, if you want more revs the finger should be more in the front (curl your arm more closer to your biceps). Your release should be more of a "Spider-man" pushing off your thumb from your palm and rolling off your fingers (aim at the arrows with your thumb, think of your thumb like an engine on a boat). Make sure your arm is straight starting from your palm correlating through your forearm to your elbow in your swing. Don't let the ball out run your feet ( feet move first then arm/ball). And the number one rule is... No matter what, have FUN!
Great video, can’t wait to get out on the lanes to use these tips
This was a really good lesson for two-handers!
Fantastic lesson
Is this the new way to hold a bowling ball? So the holes don’t really matter??
How does one sneak over there and get lessons? 😅😅😅😁
I love your videos thank you for this
Amazing video about bowling
Would these tips help one hand bowlers?
Good video!
If got a train and a lesson from Darren and he ask me “Do you want to go pro one day?” I would say “no i just wanna beat my dad”
i was hoping to see part of the comparison before and after the lesson at the end of the video tho😅
Thank you for making this video
Those tips work for both 2 handed and 1 handed
@Darren - what happened to Lance? is he still bowling...
Hey he has a System of a Down shirt! Rock on! 🤘
what if you can't use your legs?
Cool tech bowling bowling ball Darren tang
Who do I contact for lessons? Lol
can u teach me dtang? i just started in october
LET'S GO DARRIEN!
Dam, you thinking about coaching?
DTang coaching!!!
The difference in The Iceman’s and Packmans approaches and release is crazy different. Packy is way smoother it looks like
Packy definitely gets lower. Not Simo low that's just a crazy level. The guy could add Troup into that also. Isn't he tall or does the Fro make him look taller then he is? Santtu no one can even copy him I still don't know when he releases the ball he just steps and then the ball is flying down the lane. 😂
@@Cdcd4393 santtu arm swing is not crazy either and he generates a lot of power. Prob strong arms
Yahoo thanks discord
did u catch around 1:45 where the kid gave darren the finger when he was adjusting his glasses ? lolol
He kind a looks like Walter Ray doing two handed bowling
lets try that with mikey that my help him for it switch !! 😊
This is kind of like golfing with the guy who watches you shoot 10 under par and then tells you what is wrong with your swing.
Darren please have this videos more often and where is my league video?!
Nice SOAD shirt.
hope darren create more lesson video!!
Is this dude from oppenhiemer
You think just like Barry bonds did, while swing a bat, about body moment and that is, less equals more.
I will bowl with my family tomarrow for my 19th birthday I will feel like a special privleged teenager
this type of videos should be weekly + next time try to coach a beginner instead of an amateur 🤝
sucks i can’t see darren in oahu, i’m gonna be in the mainland by the time he gets here
I wanna throw the ball like Jason Belmonte
Instructions unclear I hit the screen TV.
I just get a 6lbs ball and throw it straight between 1 and 3 as hard as I can
Gotta be awkward when your the guy giving the lesson talks to the camera more than you lol
Two hand release was started by Belmonte whom possibly got the idea from children and people who would roll the ball by way of the ‘Granny Shot’.🤔
I wish I had a pro coach 😢
The hardest thing for beginners is to not worry about results. I don't like them looking down lane.
*Loose muscle are fast muscle don’t wanna use your upper body for speed* this where osku come in 🗿
His first throw was a strike. Why fix what ain't broke?
I know it's hard to see visible differences/improvements in such a short amount of time and practice, but it should be a no brainer to see a side by side of his initial form (pre lesson) compared to his form post lesson
…and Darren was never seen again after bowling dahmer struck him in the alley…
Can you teach someone who’s actually a beginner?? 😂
I hate to the "Debbie-downer," but, Darren has now made the Pro Vs. Joe form to take him on is now completely useless. He's given a free lesson to someone he's beaten, played people he's already played, and played people he knows personally. So, I guess the form was useless? @darrentang, are you not going through the submissions at all?
Am I the only one who thought Darren was tall?
He's throwing nothing but strikes. Just keep doing what you're doing. Quit messing with it. That's just my opinion.
and not to be that guy but, FIRST!!!
You still think Simo is better than EJ and Belmo?? 🤔😝 Think again, cant even beat McCune 😁
The fact that you use this one show to come to this conclusion shows how ignorant you are
Your tips only work for i handed bowlers not two
balls
Third ❤
Why are you only teaching two handers? Theyre the lamest of lame. Try teaching the people who actually bowl traditionally with one hand swings and releases. Jesus man
start off by using your thumb.