How To Bowl Better: Hooking a Bowling Ball vs Bowling Straight 

How has your bolwing career in college went

your 19 now have you gotten better

I'm also 17 and have only bowled straight ever, I hope to learn to hook it soon though.

@@johnroe3942 same my guy

if it works it works. being fancy isnt always better

It goes to show how much effort it takes at the bottom of the swing to generate that amount of revs.

getting old sucks buddy lol

We still talking about bowling?

The sound the ball hitting the pins was priceless... Always did love that sound...

Sounded pretty painful 🤣

Depends on where you are standing. Right or left side. I stand on the right or left side and aim for the 5 pin.

What advantages do you get throwing straight?

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could be your ball

John Dee you want line up your hip and shoulder to the target. You still walk straight but your hip and shoulder are still angled to your target. You don't want push the ball to the target that will cause your arm swing to be inconsistent. Drop the ball under your head and the ball will just follow the. path of your shoulder.

@@Bunghole35 Thank you very much!

I always used a softball at home to practice my release has helped me, also there are you tube videos that can help

I would also say that you could do the no-step approach. You line up at the foul line in your finish position, and then you swing the ball and release it. The way this helps is because it doesn't matter how many pins you knock down since all you are focusing on is your hand and release at the bottom. After you get comfortable with your hand releasing the ball the way you want to, then you can go to a one-step, to a two-step, to a normal approach.

I second the no-step approach. Also, consider trying a two-handed style. The work involved in switching may not be worth it--it isn't for me, because I'm just a recreational bowler--but it is for others.

A suggestion I would have, is try what us bowlers call "suitcasing" the ball... In other words, instead of holding the ball directly underneath the ball and turning your wrist to hook the ball, try holding the ball with your wrist in a more natural position, similar to holding a suitcase... The ball will naturally have some spin on it and it will hook... Also, try slowing down your throwing speed... You say you have been "straight bowling" your whole life, so you have gotten accustomed to throwing the ball fast and hard... Think of of the ball as a car tyre, the faster the car is traveling on a slick road, the more the car skids... But as the car slows down, or the tyres find a dry piece of road, the car straighten out... The harder you throw the ball, the more it skids, and the straighter it goes, untill it slows down or finds a dry part of the lane, then the ball will roll over and hook towards the center of the pins... Speed, angle, and oil patterns play a big part in ball shaping... Just try practicing different techniques on different oil patterns to get the best results...

Have you figured it out? Cos I play straight too

Hooking the ball allows for a greater chance your ball will strike when hitting the pocket. The pocket is much smaller when looking straight on at the pins rather than looking at the pins from an angle. Watch veritassiums video on this he does a good job explaining it.

Yes, you can definitely get 200 bowling straight. I went bowling recently on my 2nd time going bowling after like 5 or 6 years, and my best was 157 bowling straight and my average was a little less than 140. I could probably hit 200 if I perfect the technique, but I mess up my throws sometimes. If you don’t miss spares, you can achieve a score of 200 with just 1 strike. The highest score you can get with no strikes is 190 assuming you make all spares.

My dad bowls straight and just bowled 265 on a house shot

I haven't bowled in years, but back in the 90s I took my Brunswick Black Beauty ball from the 70s and tried to bowl here in Florida. I had always bowled with a hook ball. Turns out that the lanes are not made of the same material and finish as they were in the 1970s and the rubber ball would just slip and slide rather than hook. I never got another ball, and I haven't bowled in 15 years.

@@swinde i don't get what your point is but oof

@@whatisthis2809 The point is that a bowling ball purchased in the 70s designed for wooden lanes that are occasionally "oiled" will not behave properly on the new synthetic lanes.

@@swinde there is a thing called "surfacing" your ball... Meaning using a "brillo" pad or very fine sand paper to put very small, fine scratches on the ball surface... This will give the ball more traction... Think of your ball like a car tyre... A bald car tyre has no grip on a slick road, but the more tread that is on the tyre, the more grip it has... A bowling ball uses that same logic on certain oil patterns...

I think Brooklyn is for right handers hitting the one two pocket and for lefties the one three pocket(opposite angle)

Yes. I'm sure they do, because in one of their other videos, they mention how many years they've been coaching.

Wow! I usted to throw a 13lb lime house ball when I was tired of bowling bad with my super Storm balls, and then: 5 straight strikes for a 200+ game. Straighter the better...

same

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