How To Hook A Bowling Ball Using Axis Rotation 

With that jacket on....Kyle looks like he’s about to service somebody’s car.

I like the information here, but I would like to see the basics of how the hand needs to position itself thru the swing to get to the outside and then finish. A frame or segmented analysis of how the hand is working at getting to outside through the swing would help us to try and emulate the correct method of release….. thanks

You guys are awesome, and the different perspectives you guys bring has helped so much. Finally got my average above 200 because of you guys.

Brad I'm hoping you win the playoffs don't let me down!!!

Great video, really like the level of detail you went into. Makes it sooo much easier to understand. Don't think I've seen another channel cover this as well as you did here. Thanks!

Great video guy's!! This is what I have been working on the last few weeks. Axis rotation and angle. You guy's explained it perfectly. Thank you!

I am 68 years old,I watch you guys a lot , you guys a educational and fun to watch keep up the good work.

Thanks Brad and Kyle this really helps. You Two did a great at Buffalo Lanes south back in June. Hope you two come back again. Kyle I hope your softball team done well this season...

I have been starting with my hand on the inside of the ball and trying to finish on the outside with varying results, gonna give this a try on my next practice session, thanks for the tip!

Guys that was highly informative, something I’ve been waiting for some time, thanks and keep up the good work.

My scratch league just started on a really short 26' with low volume last night and I was just working on this so it's cool this ironically popped up in recommended. I was playing essentially straight up the 2-board going right up the back of the ball. My comfort zone is usually high axis rotation but that simply will not work on super short patterns. This is solid advice.

References is great to come back to. Your video make me realize your concept is like the guys who teach golf on RU-vid. The plus is how you include your bowling journey. I hope your reach as many subscribers as the golf guys. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Thank you for that vide! I’ve watched many videos on axis rotation and that was by far the best explanation. I can’t wait to work on this on the lanes

I started playing consistently about a year ago and finally got back into bowling after having surgery done. Used to a lighter ball but looking to go for a second heavier ball in a couple months. Looking forward to seeing how my game improves with the tips from your videos

I always have my ball hook early, never even thought about throwing it "forward" definitely gonna help me get over my 170-185 average

I'm looking forward to using this advice, tomorrow. I usually play pretty forward, but find that my ball deflects a lot when I hit the pocket, leaving the 5 pin. Maybe playing a little more of an angle will help the ball drive through a little more reliably.

Fantastic tips and great camera angles to show the hand release

Love you guys and love watching you on the tour thanks for everything

Just recently got back into bowling and this channel has been so much help. Thank you for your knowledge!

This is the single most helpful bowling video ive ever seen

Belmo is a master of axis tilt, axis rotation, rev control, loft and ball speed control - All whilst walking diagonally across the approach. If you’re not sure, use a full roller so that your ball does not skid through the oil and let the ball design do the talking (i.e. dictate the ball path through the pocket, king and 8 & 9 pins).

Great video guys!

Thanks for the tips!

Love this video. Made me feel less guilty when many years ago I used to almost "spin" the ball to get it get down the lane when bowling an evening "C" squad at a PBA regional (southern region) when the lanes were completely scorched. At that time, I felt that was my only shot, as I didn't throw with a lot of speed or loft to get through front part of the lane.

Terrific stuff. Can't wait to try it out.

Nice Shorts Brad!

Super! Thanks for this awesome vid! 🔥

Good luck Brad on the next playoff round.

Brad the self confessed “I’m a naturally up the back guy” lol!

Shared this with my son. Hope it sinks in with your explanation. Great video.

You guys are great! Very helpfull 🤌⚽️

It’s amazing what goes through your head to make a shot..align..focus..approach..drop..slide..swing..release..pray..try again..great game..tuff game.

Great information guys…thank you!

Awesome video and thank you for sharing your tips..

Excellent. Always wondered when to up the back vs get around it more. Thanks for the vids guys!

loved it!! very very helpful!!!

Thank you guys so much for that information I did not know that

Big fan of you guys! Keep it up!

hey brad and kyle can you guys do some videos on using the boards for launch angle? awesome video as always. im a 2 handed bowler and i come out the side of ball on the bottom of my release

Excellent advise

Great breakdown

Fantastic!

Great video i hate getting up the back only because I suck at getting under the ball with a lot of axis rotation. But working on getting that extreme so that I can start playing more up the back if needed or have fun with it and axis rotate the crap out of it if the lane allows

I'm not a pinky tuck bowler but curious if this is an adjustable part of your release depending on what kind of axis rotation you're trying for or is your pinky tucked for every 1st ball? Thanks, love and respect from Cleveland, OH.

Would love some in depth lessons like this for a 2-hander. It's mostly applicable to both styles but just nice to see the different shots.

amazing video boys :)

Hey fellas, after a ton of research and trying out on the lanes, I've found that perfecting this release is extremely difficult for us mortals and I believe I finally figured out why. No instructional video that I've come across talks about the whipping motion the arm does and or the snap forward. It happens so fast and from some angles, in slow motion, you can't even see it but every pro has it. This is what I'm missing and can't seem to wrap my head around and from everything that I've watched and read this is what others struggle with as well or they do not even know it exists. Every video talks about cupped to uncupped and elbow bend. I believe if this motion can be explained then more people would be able to perform this release or at the very least understand it much better. I'm surprised out of all the videos out there and I've watched hundreds this isn't covered at all to my knowledge.

I used to bowl league there. Great demonstrations.

"It's going to come off the pattern at a more left" -Brad Miller, 2020

Gracias Brat y Kile, podrian hacer sus videos con subtitulos por favor?, saludos bros

Fantastic advice thx u

man i love these videos. something i have a problem with is swining the ball out i play a very tight game and i need to be more avail for different shots any tips

It’s crazy that I went to Missouri to visit my sister and unknowingly looked for a bowling center in the area and it was this one! I had no idea you guys practice there LOL I went over there like 3 times hit a 272 on lane 9 💪

“At a more left”... 🤙

can you do a video regarding your grip involving tape and feel etc? I've been bowling forever but would really like to know how you guys get a comfortable feel in the thumb etc. Obviously this is quite important to be able to do things you are describing in your vids.

So let's for example last bowling league night lanes were a little slick would more axis rotation help?

I've long done this, but only recently found that the the balls that have the pin kicked out a little to the right (i'm a righty) hit way better when I come up the back. If the pin is above or below the finger holes, I find it leaves 10's and those layouts I have to come out with more axis rotation and my hand more off the side. In short, I only come up the back when the pin is off to the side some, and then use different levels of axis rotation release when the pin is right above or below the fingers for best results.

sick ass helpfull video earned my follow

Great explanation,some bowlers just don't get it , you guys are BRILLIANT

I'm always amazed how, in all these videos, these guys are just able to swing the ball back and forth with one hand time and time again with the ball not moving an iota. I struggle to stay behind the ball and not grip with my thumb, partly because I feel like the damn thing is going to fall out of my hand on my backswing if I don't. Accordingly, I can't hit my mark consistently, my track looks like a UFO spinner and my average has gone down from when I used a 13-pound house ball and just threw it straight since I got fitted for my own ball and have been trying to throw a hook. The pro shop guy told me he was giving me the lightest ball he'd recommend for someone like me. It still feels too heavy -- like if I tried to hold the ball like these guys do, I'd hurt my wrist.

All this up the back talk had me rolling!!!!

I got a question for any of you, is it normal for newer bowlers to have a sore wrist after bowling? I just started bowling and my wrist is a little sore and my middle finger is too

Time 3:37 is very helpful!

I don't take 5 different balls to the alley like many do. So I make my ball work for me and the shot I am throwing. Most the time when the lanes are good I roll right straight up the back of the ball but what I also found like with a ten pin I just kinda push my ball off my hand instead of rolling it off my fingers. I don't throw it very fast when I do this but it takes a lot of the hook out and lets me go after the right side easier. Even though it goes slower it still hooks less. Most the time I am a down and in kind of bowler and keep my hand behind the ball but if I have to swing it some from out of the oil to the dry and back I will move more around to the side of the ball some but still behind the ball.. being able do do theses things took years to learn but it will make you a better bowler all around,

Actually more helpful than most

Well explained...as per my understanding and also as I see during play, I feel that a heavier oil pattern needs a side role in combination with a strong ball. Whereas a drier pattern, a forward role with a moderate hooking ball will do the job. My question to you now is do we need different ball drilling layouts for a forward rolling and side rolling or the same layout would work for both the options but only hand position change?

Great video. I think this addressed this issue I was having with my ball hooking too much and too soon. One question that's unrelated for you guys or anyone reading this is what are the main causes that you see that lead to torn thumb/knuckle skin? I'm a right handed bowler and the left side of my thumb usually loses a chunk of skin after 5 or more games consistently.

My track goes across the bridge of my finger grips, and to the right/center of my thumb at the point of release.. Yet somehow my ball reaction is deadly and I can easily cover 20+ boards at 18-19mph on a THS. It's sickening to hear me pick up a single pin with plastic. I'm over the thumb hole all the way down the lane. :) -- Looking forward to maybe seeing you two at a regional this season!

What do y’all recommend for a full roller? It wasn’t taught to me it’s just how I naturally bowl and none of my coaches have ever tried to fix it. Should I just continue on with it or work on fixing it?

Shannon Okeefe made a video on inside bowling about rotation. She explained multiplication rotation with how you hold the ball, changing the position of your index and pinky fingers. It seems like this video explains the multiplication with your wrist. What the difference ?

I have been bowling in league since 1979 and have a different perspective on axis rotation. Used to be you would have to throw the ball slow enough so that it would hook. Today, due to the revolution in bowling equipment, you throw the ball hard so it doesn't hook too much. Axis rotation definitely adds more hook, but today you can purchase as much hook as you want from your local Pro Shop so you don't need to use axis rotation to get there. The small amount of axis rotation that you naturally impart when staying behind the ball causes the ball to hit the pocket at the correct rotation angle. But as you add more axis rotation you move the rotation toward the balls equator significantly increasing the chances of leaving a 10 pin. If you are smaller like me (160 lb) or Mr. Miller, when you give it more axis rotation you lose power generating weaker hits. If you are over 200 pounds then that isn't much of an issue.

It's cool as shit seeing you guys where I always bowl. Small world! Hope I get to run into you guys sometime while I'm there! Do either of you happen to do any in person coaching while your back home?

What ball do you get with your membership on your site? Also, really could use a way to contact you on the site to ask these types of questions :)

I’m a special Olympics athlete from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦. I do a backup ball . I want to prove a backup ball. Can guys do a video of how to a backup ball ?🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Great info. "Naturally from the back" haha

Could the same technique used in the video be applied to a two handed bowler?

Hey i just sucked in a tournament where i struggled with slowing my speed down, do you guys already have a video about slowing down you speed? if not could you do one? Thanks

Another great videos guys! I can throw the ball straight, I can throw a back up ball, but when I'm struggling to hook the ball to the pocket my elbow flies out and I throw weak spinners. I really struggle when I have to move just a little left to get off the house shot friction. Should I duct tape my elbow to my torso? I need help!

Love these videos. Its always best to miss light. I have been a player with about a over 400 rpm and my speed was around 16 mph. I have a style i would liken to a PDW in that I loOOVE axis rotation. My Track flare gets so close to my finger holes its crazy. I find myself manipulating the ball through the heads and suffer from under over reaction bc of it. I did find success at Nationals in 2017 at Southpoint. I ended up shooting 1700 even for the 9 gms and finished 193rd place in Standard All events 190-209 average. I was blown away how good I was bowling bc while everyone was trying to throw it up 14-18 board or whatever out to like 8/9 bc there was a huge out of bounds if it got inside of the 7... I was fading the ball around 21/22 at the arrows with my SCANDAL SOLID and with a lot of axis rotation and nearly BEAK'ing it through the nose but I was stoked. I mets several pros that trip like Haugen Jr., Kyle Troup, and even bumped into a friend I bowled Junior OJCTA's with a decade earlier, so random!! We got a pick and everything. Anyone know Chris Mongelli? He's a beast on the lanes. I think he is a ball rep now.

hello maybe helpful to have a lighter colored ball with a pattern to show the roll with a mark on the axis?

Jus started bowling again after 8 years ahah , any recommendations? I have 3 14lb balls I’m a 2 finger bowler and my fingers & wrist are killing me I can’t really use 1 hand to smoothly throw it so it’s hurting, but I don’t wanna start using 2 hands

I miss bowling. Kinda wish I had never quit. My ball is 20+ years old now and the grips have gotta be shot. Think I have a Zone and a Rhino Pro in that bag haha

Stylish 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 🤩🐶

If you guys invested in some high speed cameras it would be cool to see high definition slow motion of ball movement and stuff like that.

I don't hear that too often "I'm one of those guys that naturally likes to go up the back" lmao

For me, its hard to get under the ball for some reason. Had someone record me the other day and my hand was so over the ball. Should I try using a lighter ball? I'm using a 13 pound surge

Recently was finally able to bowl after 8 months off. Took it slow but encountered a problem. My pointer finger was really catching the stress of the ball. I bowled for 25 years and now have this problem. What is a solution. Do not over crank the ball.

It would really help to have something visual on the bowling ball so you can see the change in rotation as well

What’s the difference between flare and hook? Thank you!

So for a bowler that usually comes around the bowling ball then choose to do the opposite, does that bowler usually see a huge loss in the amount of revs when making that adjustment?

Typically when I like to go up the back I tend to release on the forward as well. For a good strong finish, drive the ball forward for the best action.

Two questions, guys: first, doesn't axis tilt also extend the skid phase? Second, it seems, from personal experience, that wrist supports don't make it easy to stay up the back of the ball. any thoughts or suggestions?

of oil is traced between the holes of the ball is full roaller or semi?

I feel like as I move left, I naturally try to add axis rotation, but then if I need to move back right, I struggle to undo the axis rotation I added, any tips?

Let's go BLUES!!

Beautiful Short.... ... ... .. ....m

Can you guys explain some tips on 2 hands if you know any?

I would like to do the rotation , can you use a colorful ball so we can actually try and see the difference

I have the altered reality, and mine hooks before the pins.. I thought I tried everything, I will try this again and see how it comes out

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