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How To Bowl By Amanda Lacey Ed 205-06

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How To Bowl

By Amanda Lacey

Ed 205-06

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BowlingConventional grip bowling ball

Proper form

Four step approach

Your release

How to read the lanes

Helpful hand powder

Five step approach

Fingertip grip bowling ball

Wrist guards

Bowling shoes

Bowling tapeEnd show

Four step approach cont.

Concept map

Resources

About the author

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Conventional grip bowling ball

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Most beginners use the conventional bowling ball. The bowler’s middle fingers go into the holes in the bowling ball up to their second knuckle. A conventional grip bowling ball is not supposed to hook very much on the lanes. It goes fairly straight, so it is easier for beginners to hit the pins that they are looking at. It also makes the bowler feel more secure and confident.

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Fingertip bowling ball

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Beginners usually do not use this type of ball. The bowler’s middle fingers go into the ball up to the first knuckle. This ball is used for more hook on the lanes. When the bowler releases the ball, they can snap their fingers a little to make the ball rotate more. This gives the ball more revolutions and more power.

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Proper form

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•You need to start with your feet square at your target and you can pull your right foot back a half step if you are right handed or your left foot back if you’re left handed.

•Your knees also need to be square with your target. They need to be bent a little so you are not too stiff. You need to be relaxed

•You also must keep your hips square with your target.

•You need to keep your shoulders square with your target. Be sure not to drop your shoulder during your final step. Many bowlers lean sideways toward their ball which causes them to drop their shoulder and face at an angle instead of parallel with the ground. This causes the ball to go in a different direction. Your bowling shoulder can be slightly lower than your other shoulder, but not leaning over at the end.

•Your chin should start off level with your eyes on your target.

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Four step approach (steps 1-3)

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1st step: If you are a right handed bowler, take one step forward with your right foot, and as you are taking your first step, you should also be pushing your ball out and starting to bring it down. If you are a left handed bowler, take one step forward with your left foot and bring you ball down.

2nd step: You begin your second step with your opposite foot when your ball is beginning the downward motion toward the ground. You should end your second step with your arm facing straight down and your ball near your ankle. 3rd step: You begin your third step with the same foot you started with when your ball is close to your ankle and your arm is straight down. For the third step, you let the ball take your arm back, straight behind your body. You don’t move your arm left or right, just bring it in the backward motion. The third step is over when your ball is the highest it can swing back, and almost coming down again. This is at the highest point in your backswing. Your ball should be about shoulder height.

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Four step approach(Step 4 and video)

You begin the fourth step (with your left foot if you are right handed, or right foot if you are left handed) when the ball is at its maximum height in the backswing. For the fourth step, you slide and follow through. You need to slide your foot forward and your ball should be coming down in your backswing and following through your release onto the lane. Your non-sliding foot should move sideways behind the sliding foot and you should lower your hips toward the ground, or “sit”.

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Four step approach video

Under Team USA, the video is in the 5th row and 3rd column entitled, timing - four step approach

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Five step approach

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1st step: Hold the ball like you would start with the four step approach, but don’t move it forward. The ball should not be in motion in this step. You need to start with your left foot if you are right handed, and your right foot if you are left handed.

Steps 2-5 are identical to the four step approach. The only difference is that in the 5 step approach, you take an extra step with the opposite starting foot and don’t move the ball then the rest is identical to the 4 step approach. The five step approach increases your momentum and your ball’s momentum. Adding the extra fifth step also changes your timing.

Five step approach videoUnder Team USA, the video is in the 6th row and 1st column entitled, timing - five step approach

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Your release

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• Conventional ball release: You need to start with your palm facing up. Then when you come out of the ball on your last step, you need your hand to come out of the ball as if you are carrying a suitcase. Your ball will not hook as much as a fingertip ball, but conventional balls aren’t supposed to.

• Fingertip ball release: You need to get your thumb out of your ball during your release and make your fingers put a rotation on the ball giving it a hook. Start on your first step with your palm facing up, and pointing your thumb at 10 or 11 o’clock. You keep your wrist firm throughout your approach then at the end you turn your hand so your fingers are on the side of the ball instead of under it. Make sure you don’t end with your palm facing the ground. This will cause your ball to spin.

Fingertip ball ready to release.

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Reading the lanes

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You need to think about whether you are playing on a long oil pattern, a short oil pattern, or a medium pattern. You cannot tell just by looking at the lanes how oily they are. You can tell either by looking at the oil on your ball, which doesn’t help much. This will just tell you that there is oil on the lanes, not how much or how you should adapt.

You mainly need to focus on how your ball reacts on the lane. When the lanes are oily, you need to move right and point your shoulders in, or close your shoulders. When the lanes are dry, you need to move left and point your shoulders out more, or open your shoulders. Usually the lanes start out oily and dry up through the course of your games. This means you must adapt to how your ball is reacting by either moving right or left.

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Hand powder

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Rosin and easy slide are different powders you can put on your hand to make your hand come out of the ball easier or to grip the ball more.

Easy slide helps your fingers come out of the ball easier.

Rosin makes your hand grip the ball more and not sweat as much.

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Wrist guards

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You need your wrist to stay firm and not “break” during your approach and release. It needs to stay firm so you can have control of where the ball goes and be consistent in where you throw it. There are different types of wrist guards available to you depending on how much money you are willing to spend.

There are some that go up to your finger tips and sort of feel like a cast. You can change the angle your wrist is at by adjusting the wrist guard.

You can also buy the smaller wrist guard which just keeps your wrist from breaking, but you can’t adjust your angle of your wrist.

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Bowling shoes

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You can buy different shoes where the heel and sole pads are interchangeable. This will help you slide more or less depending on your personal approach and slide. This shoe is an example of a Dexter shoe, with interchangeable heels and soles.

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Bowling tape

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There are different types of tape you can buy. There are some that you can put directly onto your fingers, and others that you put into the ball. When you put tape inside the ball, you get a better grip of the ball and you can always change the tape around. The tape you put on your fingers adjusts the hole sizes in the ball without actually redrilling your ball. It makes your hand come out of the ball easier opposed to putting tape in the ball which makes it grip more.

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Resources

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• http://www.thebowlingcoach.com/4_step_approach_in_bowling_2.html

• http://www.thebowlingcoach.com/choose_a_bowling_ball.html

• http://www.bowl.com/bowltv/main.aspx#

• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCK/is_4_19/ai_78538299

• http://www.californiastatebowling.com/bowlingaccessories.html

• http://www.bowlersparadise.com/shop/shoes/

• http://shopping.msn.com/prices/ebonite-ultra-dry-ball-bowling-rosin-bag/itemid22302803/?itemtext=itemname:ebonite-ultra-dry-ball-bowling-rosin-bag&sortby=vendorname&order=a

• http://www.stormbowling.com/products/accessories/accessories.asp

• http://www.amfbowling.co.uk/images/06_1_3_lane.gif

• http://www.iass.com/game6-7.jpg

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Author: Amanda Lacey

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My name is Amanda Lacey. I am currently attending Grand Valley State University majoring in math and minoring in German, with an

emphasis on secondary education. I am also on Grand Valley’s Women’s bowling team.

Email address: [email protected]

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Concept map

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