Rod Ross and Fred Borden provide tips on bowling timing and express how important it is to practice timing. Learn how to describe your timing and how to determine exactly when your timing might be off. Find out how timings are different depending on the bowler. The different bowling styles each have their own timing of approach, swing and release. Use these helpful tips and techniques to better improve your bowling timing.
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Identifying Bowling Launch Angle with Kegel’s Torch
The Kegel Torch is a great product that helps identify bowling launch angles. Bowling Launch angles are what ultimately determines where the bowling ball is going to go.
The Torch acts as a visual aid that allows you to see where the ball should go on the lane, from where you’re standing on the approach.
The Torch is an LED light that reflects on the lane, making the invisible visible.
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Adjusting to Bowling Lane Conditions: 5 Adjustments
Bowling coaches Rod Ross and Fred Borden provide helpful tips and techniques for adjusting to ever-changing lane conditions. Learn about the five main adjustments and how to properly execute them.
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Proper Setup for Bowling Stance
Are you having trouble with your timing? Maybe you’re having trouble hitting your mark consistently? These are just a few areas in your game where having a proper setup in the bowling stance will benefit you. If you are a beginner who hasn’t received this instruction, or an advanced bowler that can’t quite figure out…
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How to Choose a Bowling Ball: Ball Surface and Energy Management
How do you choose the right bowling ball? Bowling coaches Rod Ross and Mike Nyitray explain energy management and how to choose a ball that fits your style. Learn about the different surfaces used on a bowling ball, and how to correctly manage its energy. These tips will help get the right bowling ball in…
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As an FYI: there are plenty of instructors (and videos and articles) who advise deliveries using a “pendulum” swing, in which a high push-off causes a higher backswing and a faster speed at release, and a low push-off causes a lower backswing and slower speed at release. This advice seems to work well with beginning and intermediate bowlers since it’s simpler.
The advice in this video seems to be almost the opposite: advising low push-off for high backswing (requiring added muscle) or a high push-off for a low backswing (requiring inhibitive pressure). Maybe this video is directed to more advanced bowlers out to refine their more complex styles, but I thought I’d bring up the issue.