Bowling Thumb Pitches

The importance of proper bowling 4.

Bowling thumb pitches. More reverse angle you have in your thumb earlier it will clear. I am left handed and i have been complaining and becoming very discouraged because i am still not able to get out of my bowling balls clean. I have been trying to get my hand more inside the ball all year. How to properly hold your bowling ball 2.

This is a new pro. Lateral pitches in your thumb hole are right and left components of the hole angle in your drilled bowling ball. I visited the local pro shop that i am bowling at now. Forward and reverse bowling ball finger pitches 2.

My thumb always feels like it is coming out late. It has been a struggle but when my timing has been right i have seen improved roll and. Mo pinel morich ent ref. I then uncoil my hand at release and fling the ball out on the lane kind of like throwing an underhand yo yo.

Lateral pitches influence how much to rotate the ball or stay behind the ball based on the construction of your thumb and knuckle joints. Again purpose is to find. How to properly grip a bowling ball 3. Flexibility natural angle of fingers and thumb length of thumb and length of palm are determining factors.

Bowling ball thumb pitch is important 1. It is amazing how well one can feel the pitches and span this. Thumb angle conversion pitch chart 1995 jim maxey s bowling supply ref. Kelly bednar created date 4 8 2008 2 28 21 pm.

Finger pitches affect your bowling release 3. Letting the ball just hang very naturally. In other words my fingers are closer to my leg than my thumb at release. And on lateral pitches when using the coke bottle test or grabbing the wrist test my thumb used to point to just outside the index finger and i used 3 16 to 1 4 out pitch whereas it now points between the index finger and middle finger which would indicate 0.

Why not incorporate this into how you pitch fingers for bowlers that use their thumb. Turn the ball so that the fingers are forward and the thumb is back. Take the ball put your hand in it. More forward later thumb clearance see the chart.

In fact if i consider challenging lane conditions tough crosses or other difficulties in bowling i d still pick the thumbhole as the most annoying. Finger pitches for bowlers using their thumb vs not using their thumb are not that much different because a bowler not using his thumb has the ball lying on the hand as good as it gets. I have worked on this after watching videos of the pros.