New inconsistent bowler looking for help!
Posted: March 27th, 2018, 3:27 am
Hi, this is Eric from Purdue University. My first post here, kinda nervous haha!
I am taking a bowling class this semester and already fall in love with it despite I have no experience before. I bought my own ball a month ago. It is a 10 pound, Columbus 300 Scout reactive ball. I know it is kinda light. I heard many people say to use a ball weighs 1/10 of your body weight. I weigh 132 lbs but my arms are pretty weak.
I bowl almost every day and usually bowl around 10 games when I'm there. I do drills too but not much. I average 110-130 and being very inconsistent. I started practicing sliding two weeks ago and now my score ranges from 80 to 160.
I recorded some videos today to see what I'm doing. Here is the link: " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I hope to get some tips on my approach and release. The ball doesn't seem to hook much. It's more like a straight ball with a 90 degree side rotation. My balance arm flies high also.
I feel like at a bottle neck now. I kinda want to move up to a heavier ball (12 to 13 lbs) but I don't know if I can hold it.
Unlike other people on the class, I really take the game serious and want to be good at it!
Link of my practice video: " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Duplicate in general discussion too just to look for help. Sorry if it violated rules, delete one if that's the case.
I am taking a bowling class this semester and already fall in love with it despite I have no experience before. I bought my own ball a month ago. It is a 10 pound, Columbus 300 Scout reactive ball. I know it is kinda light. I heard many people say to use a ball weighs 1/10 of your body weight. I weigh 132 lbs but my arms are pretty weak.
I bowl almost every day and usually bowl around 10 games when I'm there. I do drills too but not much. I average 110-130 and being very inconsistent. I started practicing sliding two weeks ago and now my score ranges from 80 to 160.
I recorded some videos today to see what I'm doing. Here is the link: " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I hope to get some tips on my approach and release. The ball doesn't seem to hook much. It's more like a straight ball with a 90 degree side rotation. My balance arm flies high also.
I feel like at a bottle neck now. I kinda want to move up to a heavier ball (12 to 13 lbs) but I don't know if I can hold it.
Unlike other people on the class, I really take the game serious and want to be good at it!
Link of my practice video: " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Duplicate in general discussion too just to look for help. Sorry if it violated rules, delete one if that's the case.