Welcome to BowlingChat. Novatime, Your Axis Tilt and Axis Rotation are key components of your ball motion as they govern when your ball goes from skid to roll. See wiki info https://wiki.bowlingchat.net/wiki/index.php?title=Bowling_Ball_Technology https://wiki.bowlingchat.net/wiki/index.php?title=Pr...

Not a stupid question at all. My first impression is they were feeding a line of baloney. If they knowingly give customers shoes that cannot slide, they are remiss. As you know, slide has some major variables, the approach, the shoe, the Bowler's technique, humidity. I always made it a habit to test...

Words of wisdom from Eric.
On the other hand if you win the Mega ball grand prize ...

Jeshh, welcome to the forum. You might consider posting to the Community Coaching forum as its geared to coaching. If at all possible find a coach to work with in your area to establish good habits and fundamentals. YouTube can be a good resource, there are a number of good videos out there. This is...

Potent post!

Chris, I commend your knowledge of the English language. You communicated effectively. Without getting into the physics of what makes a ball hook, suffice it to say that this action is a matter of degrees. Please be aware that there is a lot of good content on this forums WIKI. There you will see ar...

Welcome to the forum and back to the sport. Hopefully better minds than mine will improve on what I've submitted. Here is a short video by Richard Shockley , see if this helps https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bSOorSbT0mI&pp=ygUZUmljaGFyZCBzY2hvY2tsZXkgYm93bGluZw%3D%3D Check out the forums wiki for ...

CPW
As and addendum to Glenn's response

Items in Order to give you a recommended layout
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How long have you been bowling?
Do you or have you worked with a coach/instructor?

Thank you Walter!

This may have changed over the years but what to your knowledge will void a manufacturers warranty?
I'm not asking this for myself as I've been out of bowling for many years.

Might even be a good short article for our wiki.

Thanks.

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Hi Dr Bob, I hope your success rate has improved. Please be sure to share what you found works best for you. Video recording yourself can help you learn about what you are doing versus what you think you are doing. For example swing shape and consistency, how far the ball is from your sliding foot a...

Here goes. Maybe if I say some thing dumb enough someone with good suggestions will chime in. I used to bowl against a guy who always hooked it at the 3-10, more than not the ball would sail right through. He'd turn with a big smile, because he knew we were all waiting for it! A few thoughts - Check...

Walter, in my long winded post, I included a link to a Jim Merrell's Video Capture article in the wiki. Copied here ;) Coaches will want to see a good side view and videos that show you from head to toe Elements of timing and speed are best revealed from a side view. https://wiki.bowlingchat.net/wik...

Walter, I noticed you have not received any additional replies.
Try copying your post and creating one I the coaching forum.
Hope things are improving.
Good luck.

Trying to get the ball rolling for you. We have some very good coaches on board. I'm not a coach, so I'm just providing what I think are SOME points of interest. While I have some knowledge, I lack a coaches eye, that is a gift, knowing what to change and when and what to leave alone. I'm like one o...

Some thoughts and a references. FYI Items in Order to give you a recommended layout https://forum.bowlingchat.net/viewtopic.php?t=373 Tips on video capture https://wiki.bowlingchat.net/wiki/index.php?title=Video_Capture_Coaching Depending on how seriously you take your game. One reason to keep a vid...

You may have already read this -
Perhaps this will help you.

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Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I bowled, one of my pre shot routines was to test out my slide sole on the approach as I took my stance. Yes we did wear shoes back then :lol: That would not be a bad habit. Some variables: Frequency and degree of the sticking Circumstance, i.e. any thing spe...

Stylez78 See if this helps, I think it's a valuable tip. Steve Cook 6'7" bowled PBA there is probably plenty of video of the gracefull big man out there. Btw he and Mike Aulby are brothers in law. Mike is a least 1 foot shorter. 😲 Look, listen,learn, practice. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jcqp...