How To Fix Your Bowling Release To Bowl Like The Pros! 

VIDEO SUGGESTION..How to select the right bowling ball. I've been watching a lot of bowling videos and hear mention of references like stored energy. So even though the lanes might be heavy oil a strong ball might not be the best choice? What is your thought process on ball selection based on lane conditions and pin leave?

Excellent video on getting an inside release. Would love to see this for a 3 step approach.

How to select shoes!?

Do a drill with a towel in between your elbow and hip bone, and don’t let the towel drop. That will force your elbow to stay behind the ball.

11am 4/13. It would help I think to see some of your drills and instructions in slow motion, especially those about arm swing, elbow in, and release.. Good job! Thanks! Ray T

My big thing is what to do with my wrist at release. Sometimes I feel like my wrist isn't "quite" enough.

You have no idea how much this video helped me. I’m 42 years old and my whole life I’ve thrown a straight ball in the last two weeks. I’m trying to put a hook on the ball so I can do a nice curveball. I’m having a hard time but I went to my local bowling alley today and this help me out a lot, made my role a little bit better but I just need to practice more, but thank you for this information and help me out a lot

You should probably fix your release as well.

I am really enjoying these videos, not sure what the stats are, but keep it up if you can.

How to read ball roll and make adjustments on the fly. Primarily how to read ball roll because that can be quite tricky in league/competition if you're not able to record your shot, but it's hard to talk about that without talking about making adjustments afterwards.

How about bowling for older folks. Folks with arthritis or movement problems....thx

How to read an oil pattern chart could be an informative video. Also, I'm not very good at bowling math so maybe a video explaining how to know what marks you need to get to a certain score.

Great info! Now I just need the discipline.

Nice one Luis.... Practice with purpose. I practice my approach and release in my basement when my schedule doesn't allow me to get to the lanes to practice as often as I would like. My axis tilt is between 35-40 degrees and I keep my hand under the ball. Only practice will maintain. These videos are good to have in your catalogue so when I suggest your channel to my friends and to folks who come up to me when i am practicing, they can look you up and find informative videos like this on top of your awesome ball reviews. 👍

Make a series of bowling for dummies. Act like you are teaching aliens from another world who have never even HEARD of bowling. From where to stand and aim to how to score the game. Rev rate, what the "pocket" is, oil patterns, even how to get your ball drilled. EVERY. SINGLE. DETAIL.

I love this video, and the overall transparency with trying to improve your release. I'm currently working on the same and one suggestion that was made to me that I think has helped is when you're in your starting position, the V between your index and middle fingers should be straight up facing the pins to help keep your elbow in. It definitely felt very uncomfortable at first, but I am seeing and feeling the difference. Because I notice that your hand is tilted in while in your starting position similar to me. But good luck and keep it going!

Just scanning through my feed so forgive me if i missed this bit... Why would you go on one knee? This would make me it too far away from the body. Wouldnt it be better to stand on one leg in your finishing position?

I’ve watched both this video as well as your “How to hook a bowling ball video” and in all of your drills you talk about keeping everything straight and how the ball should go straight. However, at about 11:38 in this video you throw a ball and you aren’t keeping your hand behind the ball and aren’t releasing straight like you were in the previous video or in this one up to that point. It’s as if you left out the step of how to actually throw/release to achieve the hook. Nearly every how-to video online does this. Yours, Brad and Kyle, The Art of Bowling, etc. Everyone shows the same drills to throw a straight ball and those are great drills if you want to learn how to throw the ball straight. No one shows the last step of how the release should look to achieve a hook. Keeping your hand behind the ball, thumb pointed at the pins, fingers out last get you the same results as the drills: a straight ball.

Luis, I get compliments on this jersey every time I wear it. I think it has become my favorite to wear!

Just a note but your talking about showing examples of what you did wrong in the past and overlay with improvement yet not shown in edit. It makes the video seem incomplete or that the editing was rushed and it wasnt added. Just a tip and not trying to be rude, simple recommending if your incorperating things when you speak make sure you add them in editing :)

This is not legal for Bowling, but what I did was add a lot more side weight using metal washers then that forces you to release, right. If release correctly that ball will hook a whole lot we could throw it out to the edgeboard and it always come back even a urethane. Release it incorrectly. It won’t hook at all.

Is there an easy way to get more rev rate. I'm an older bowler? Ball speed approximately 12.0.

To me.. it seems like you are still coming off the side. Not as much as before but still coming of the side

If I got down on one knee like that, I'd still be there until the paramedics arriveed.

I'm left-handed and I'm trying to get out of spinning the ball

One of my biggest issues is timing and also pushing the ball out to the right and keeping my shoulders open to allow me to get the ball right. If you could do a video on fixing timing, shoulders to get the ball to the right etc I’d really appreciate it! Love your videos man!

Keep the videos coming sir

Timing timing timing Bad habit with early

I need to know what you have on your fingers

I would like to see how to combat the burn

I found if you leave your follow-through up, you'll be able to tell where your hand was on the ball. If my palm was facing the left, I spun the ball. If my palm was facing me, I am as up the back as I can get.

What kind of things can one do at home to help be a better bowler

how to resurface and maintain a ball

I’ve watched a lot of these exact types of videos, everyone says to come straight being the ball, yet every one looks like the and is on the side when they are releasing. Yet it is never covered. How does it go straight when you are on your knees yet hook when you are using an approach if you do the exact same thing? Where are you adding rotation to get the hook?

How to stay under the ball

Very good video! If you had money to buy just one ball what would you buy?

Suggestion video: If possible, could you do the same drills for no thumb bowlers. It's hard finding drills & tutorials for no thumb. Thanks in advance, and keep doing your thing, bruh.

Lou--It seems that your hand position, in your setup, is approximately at 4 or 5 o'clock, even if the inside of your elbow is tight to your ribs. Wouldn't a hand position of closer to 6 or even 7 o'clock further promote keeping the elbow "inside"? Have you ever tried that?

thanks Luis this video helps a lot!

Thanks bro..I'm a working progress myself..I'm on lane talk BOSSMAN

One thing that may be helpful for you Luis is ensuring your body is out of the way on your down/forward swing. May be too much to incorporate quickly but if you reference someone like EJ Tackett; my man gets his push away on line and then escapes the swing path making it almost impossible to chicken wing. Hopefully I explained that correctly. Anyhow, good vid bro.

Luis, try practicing your step drills more to the right… This will force you to come from behind and below the equator… Thanks for the vids…

One thought, nothing more I find works the best with my brain....keep the elbow in....For me it makes the rest of my approach almost an after thought...maybe it is just us men 😂

I’d like to see a drill on increasing power / ball speed. I feel like my release is decent but I only throw it 13-14mph. Would like to add power without sacrificing accuracy

Nice job, seems like you cut down on some rotation. I noticed in the full approach at the end that you have fixed your timing. If you pause right at 15:31 you are just starting the slide and your arm is parallel to the approach on the down swing with just a touch of bend in the elbow. Practice paying off

Release is greatly affected by the lower body and timing of the swing. I disagree with practicing the release from the knees. Practice release and release from the slot at the same time. Properly timed and leveraged swings make for effortless power

When your hand stays behind the ball, what makes it the ball hook? Or do you introduce a last split-second twist of the arm/wrist to get the roll started in the right direction?

One other suggestion that may be helpful. When you get your hand in the ball, supinate your wrist a little more. When you’re holding the ball you’re already off to the side a lil bit.

Can't be giving out Jedi powers away, but it's really a feeling and a development of that feeling. And it's measured at how consistent it can be. Foundation has to be found in trial.

I thibk for me is my damn trail leg. It's like I go blank right as I go into the slide or the step I do. I notice my trail leg and foot mainly stop me.

I wish I could get down more at the line. Always afraid of bouncing the ball off the floor and injuring my hand like I did years ago.

Ur new style fits with the principle of 'less is more'. More instructional video, pl.

Also Luis if you want to try this, it really helped for me. I put the weight of the ball in the setup to the right of my hand. So I set my hand up like a backup ball almost and it was soooo much easier to release up the back. But fine tuning it is very hard for me. I can get up the back but if I want to choose between 20 degrees and 40 degrees? I can’t do it.

The no-step can be done from the finish position so that you can have a full swing with your leg out of the way. I need to be doing these drills more often. My footwork has been abysmal lately though.

Can you teach us how to have a loose pendulum style backswing?😂

Cool video talk tech bowling Luis napples

You don't have anyone bowling next to you either

Main thing I’m trying to work on is swing direction for a 2 hander. I throw it pretty good sometimes but I don’t know where it’s going I don’t feel confident in my swing’s path and whether or not I’ll hit my target. I keep my eyes locked to it but I still managed to miss by a lot!

Good morning Luis napoles

Straighter arm swing. My arm goes behind me and it bothers me so much.

I like that one I am going to try it

Focus points

Great video. What is your Tilt Luis? You say it is low.

Does anyone have tips for staying on target? I’ve been struggling lately with missing whether it be missing inside or out.

im carrying a 213 average and I have the chicken wing issue also. This really helps

Really hard to keep the elbow inside when a person is real erect. Try dropping your right shoulder and notice your hand is exactly at your ankle left foot where u want it!

Excellent video luis

My turbo finger grips have a very pronounced ledge where the fingers rev it, and it causes the ball to hang up on my fingers some times. Can I take a lil razor and cut that ledge off and make them more rounded?? Do they make just round grips next time I can get.

Fire video Luis

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Problem is cost at least $5 per game to practice.

Suggestion. A few drills practicing driving past the fast food places.

Luis you’re an awesome patient 🎳 coach. Plz continue with your add-on videos.. thx