Joe Slowinski's Drills - Grip Pressure
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Joe Slowinski's Drills - Grip Pressure
I'm looking to start adding his drills to my weekly practice, but a thought comes to mind. Unless you have your thumb tight as a vice, how do you do these drills without using any grip pressure? Specifically swing slot, foul line, relaxed swing etc.
Steven Bourgaize
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Rev Rate: Roughly 300
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PAP: Smear
Span: Teeny
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Re: Joe Slowinski's Drills - Grip Pressure
From what I know, he recommends a pretty snug thumb hole. If the ball is falling off your hand, you might need to have your pitches checked.flibblesh wrote:I'm looking to start adding his drills to my weekly practice, but a thought comes to mind. Unless you have your thumb tight as a vice, how do you do these drills without using any grip pressure? Specifically swing slot, foul line, relaxed swing etc.
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Re: Joe Slowinski's Drills - Grip Pressure
If your span and pitches are correct, you should not need a super tight thumb hole.
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Re: Joe Slowinski's Drills - Grip Pressure
From what I know, he recommends a pretty snug thumb hole. If the ball is falling off your hand, you might need to have your pitches checked.
If your span and pitches are correct, you should not need a super tight thumb hole.
My thumb comes out great according to the Don Johnson test, and my span/pitch is great, but if I use that tightness on the 2 step drill, the ball is going to go flying at the bottom of my swing.
Steven Bourgaize
Rev Rate: Roughly 300
Ball Weight: 15lb
PAP: Smear
Span: Teeny
Rev Rate: Roughly 300
Ball Weight: 15lb
PAP: Smear
Span: Teeny
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- Member
- Posts: 915
- Joined: January 19th, 2010, 12:53 am
- THS Average: 210
- Positive Axis Point: 4 3/4" over 1/4" up
- Speed: 17 mph
- Axis Tilt: 17
- Axis Rotation: 45+
- Heavy Oil Ball: Idol, Show-off
- Medium Oil Ball: Venom Shock, Rhodman,
- Light Oil Ball: Phobia, White Hot Badger
- Location: Northern California
Re: Joe Slowinski's Drills - Grip Pressure
Interested in what the Don Johnson test is? A big part of keeping the ball on your hand is having a slight wrist bend so that your thumb points slightly forward and not straight down.flibblesh wrote:
My thumb comes out great according to the Don Johnson test, and my span/pitch is great, but if I use that tightness on the 2 step drill, the ball is going to go flying at the bottom of my swing.
Right Handed, 16-17 mph off hand (14 -15 mph on Qubica reading) ,350 rpm,PAP 4 3/4 x 1/4 up, 17 deg axis tilt, varied rotational axis deg.. usually 45+
Book Average 210+
Book Average 210+
Re: Joe Slowinski's Drills - Grip Pressure
J_w73 wrote: Interested in what the Don Johnson test is? A big part of keeping the ball on your hand is having a slight wrist bend so that your thumb points slightly forward and not straight down.
http://wiki.bowlingchat.net/wiki/index. ... on_Johnson" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Basically just a check for thumb snugness. Norm Duke has roughly the same method in his tutorial DVD.
Steven Bourgaize
Rev Rate: Roughly 300
Ball Weight: 15lb
PAP: Smear
Span: Teeny
Rev Rate: Roughly 300
Ball Weight: 15lb
PAP: Smear
Span: Teeny
Re: Joe Slowinski's Drills - Grip Pressure
Here is some comments I found very interesting from Jim Merrell.
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* RPM
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PAP 3 3/4"
(* rebuilding)
“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson