GETTING LOWER can help your balance.

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Ай бұрын

My plant knee has been straighter than many others, causing me to occasionally fall off balance, and even double dribble. I wanted to create a smoother roll with better balance. I still have a long way to go to perfect it, but in just one practice session focusing on getting my knee bent, lowering my center of gravity, the ball is rolling a bit smoother and the balance is improved. It's going to take continued practices to get it better, but this is where you can start if you want to improve your balance.

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@jamesnoon2102 Ай бұрын

Good job on that practice session good flexibility for a man that is not in his early years. I focused in the same it lowered ball speed but made better ball reaction (better carry). Posting way more shots.

@baldbrothersbowling Ай бұрын

Thanks. My next thing is delaying my pushaway slightly so that I am done sliding right before release. We will see how that goes. Always tweaking to improve. Thanks for watching.

@willysteiner 24 күн бұрын

I like your progress many would be happy to achieve such good results. How old are you? I’m 63 i’m fighting that problem for years. My hero on knew bend is Parker Bohn III. Nobody is/was so great at the line like him, right?

@baldbrothersbowling 24 күн бұрын

@@willysteiner Thank you. I am 49. About to be senior tour eligible. Parker is a great one for balance at the line

@grillmaster95 Ай бұрын

You throw it really good physically. It's just a simpler, more compact game. If you don't mind me asking, why are you wearing the knee brace? Is it just for preventing injury or is there an injury history with it? I noticed something that could cause balance issues from time to time, and it's that you're still sliding through your release rather than having stopped already for the release. It's really visible on the side view shots. Check out the side view shots of a lot of the pros, and you'll see that most of them have stopped sliding by the time they're performing the release.

@baldbrothersbowling Ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment and praise. I tore my patellar tendon just over a year ago, and I also have chronic inflammation, so the knee brace is largely preventative now. When I forget to wear it, my knees flare up and hurt pretty bad. I just played pickleball for the first time, and forgot my brace. My knees were mad. I really should wear one on both, but in bowling, there is more pressure in the slide leg. As for the slide thing, you are 100% correct. It becomes an issue when the approaches are tacky like in the FireLake regional a few weeks ago. When the foot sticks a little, it turns and I can fall out of balance. I worked on planting about 2 years ago, but my speed dropped significantly as did my accuracy. I am hoping this deeper knee bend will help me reduce the slide over time. It's gonna take some work to break my muscle memory and build new. Thanks again.

@grillmaster95 Ай бұрын

@@baldbrothersbowling That's tough. I really don't like planting either. It never really worked for me. I'm sure you've already tried a bunch of different heel/sole combos to try and get you to stop sliding a little earlier. The only other thing that could help with it is changing your timing to start your swing a little later, but I'm not sure that's worth it either since you already throw it pretty good

@baldbrothersbowling Ай бұрын

@@grillmaster95 Yeah, I am going to experiment with starting later. My timing is good as far as when I start my downswing and my slide step, but because I slide so long, I am still sliding while I release it. I have tried different soles (and even using street shoes), which because I slide so long, the only way to accomplish this is to slow way down, and my ball speed drops way too much. But, that said, I am going work on my timing to start the push away a little later and see what I can produce from that. If I can get close to planting, I can change slide soles. I just don't want to do that until I change my timing a little or I will either face plant or destroy my knee. :)

@randymelissabutton2159 Ай бұрын

I have been working with a coach, and one key he has given me is my off arm. I focus on getting it higher, almost pointing to the sky type of feeling. It does a couple of things, it allows me to have more shoulder tilt, and that allows me to be closer to the floor and get behind the ball a little more. The more I work on it the better I finish and balance at the end of the shot.

@pappyb2073 Ай бұрын

For us old Farts this is even more of a challenge. Try looking at the dots (8 ft first then work your way back to the foul line). Gets you lower without trying and as a bonus you get get great ball roll.

@baldbrothersbowling Ай бұрын

Yes, and having torn a tendon in my left knee and needing a knee brace also is a mental block from bending too much. Getting old isn't super fun. 😂 Thanks for watching.