Adjustments Without Moving Your Feet or Target

Single-pin spares are better than splits any day of the week, but when you’re around the pocket and not striking, it’s frustrating. In this Premium Video Scott Pohl, owner of On Track Pro Shop, explains how to make finite adjustments without moving your feet or your target that will improve your carry.

Crossing over

When you are crossing over or going Brooklyn, there are a few adjustments you can make without moving your feet and target.

1. Hold the ball higher in the stance. This will help gain more speed, which will combat the early hook.

2. Back up on the approach and hold the ball higher in the stance. Technically, this is moving your feet, but not in the traditional sense regarding moving left or right on the approach. This will also help gain more ball speed, which will combat the early hook

3. Change your hand position. When you are more up the back of the ball, you have less axis rotation, and the ball’s motion is more end over end. This will create less hook front to back and side to side on the lane.

4. Try lofting the ball or getting it out on the lane further. When you use loft, move your target further down the lane. Once again, movement is front to back, not the traditional left or right.

Not enough hook

When you are hitting the pocket light there are a few adjustments you can make without moving your feet and target.

1. Hold the ball lower in the stance. This will help reduce ball speed, which will create earlier hook.

2. Move up on the approach and hold the ball lower in the stance. Again, technically, this is moving your feet, but not in the traditional sense as it pertains to moving left or right on the approach. This will also help reduce ball speed, which will create earlier hook.

3. Change your hand position. When you hold the ball closer to 90º of axis rotation, you create more revolutions on the ball than your standard 45º release. This will create more hook front to back and side to side on the lane.

4. Lay the ball down closer to the foul line. When you use this adjustment, move your target closer to you. Once again, movement is front-to-back, not the traditional left or right.