GETTING LOWER can help your balance. 

Thanks. My next thing is delaying my pushaway slightly so that I am done sliding right before release. We will see how that goes. Always tweaking to improve. Thanks for watching.

I like your progress many would be happy to achieve such good results. How old are you? I’m 63 i’m fighting that problem for years. My hero on knew bend is Parker Bohn III. Nobody is/was so great at the line like him, right?

​@@willysteiner Thank you. I am 49. About to be senior tour eligible. Parker is a great one for balance at the line

I definitely need to sit back in the finish more. I have 6 weeks until the next regional, so I plan on getting quite a bit of practice.

What I have noticed for me is lowering from the hips helps with knee bend straightens the torso, so your not bending over as much, and points your body down lane easier. Put it all together, better balance! You are a good teacher keep up the good work!

Thanks for the comment and praise. I tore my patellar tendon just over a year ago, and I also have chronic inflammation, so the knee brace is largely preventative now. When I forget to wear it, my knees flare up and hurt pretty bad. I just played pickleball for the first time, and forgot my brace. My knees were mad. I really should wear one on both, but in bowling, there is more pressure in the slide leg. As for the slide thing, you are 100% correct. It becomes an issue when the approaches are tacky like in the FireLake regional a few weeks ago. When the foot sticks a little, it turns and I can fall out of balance. I worked on planting about 2 years ago, but my speed dropped significantly as did my accuracy. I am hoping this deeper knee bend will help me reduce the slide over time. It's gonna take some work to break my muscle memory and build new. Thanks again.

@@baldbrothersbowling That's tough. I really don't like planting either. It never really worked for me. I'm sure you've already tried a bunch of different heel/sole combos to try and get you to stop sliding a little earlier. The only other thing that could help with it is changing your timing to start your swing a little later, but I'm not sure that's worth it either since you already throw it pretty good

@@grillmaster95 Yeah, I am going to experiment with starting later. My timing is good as far as when I start my downswing and my slide step, but because I slide so long, I am still sliding while I release it. I have tried different soles (and even using street shoes), which because I slide so long, the only way to accomplish this is to slow way down, and my ball speed drops way too much. But, that said, I am going work on my timing to start the push away a little later and see what I can produce from that. If I can get close to planting, I can change slide soles. I just don't want to do that until I change my timing a little or I will either face plant or destroy my knee. :)

I have been working with a coach, and one key he has given me is my off arm. I focus on getting it higher, almost pointing to the sky type of feeling. It does a couple of things, it allows me to have more shoulder tilt, and that allows me to be closer to the floor and get behind the ball a little more. The more I work on it the better I finish and balance at the end of the shot.

Yes, and having torn a tendon in my left knee and needing a knee brace also is a mental block from bending too much. Getting old isn't super fun. 😂 Thanks for watching.