How To Bowl Better: Hooking a Bowling Ball vs Bowling Straight

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How To Bowl Better: Hooking a Bowling Ball vs Bowling Straight - Learn the difference between hooking a bowling ball for strikes or throwing it straight with Brad and Kyle.
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@AussiePillow1 3 жыл бұрын

The sound Kyle makes in his release is priceless

@joepic85 3 жыл бұрын

It goes to show how much effort it takes at the bottom of the swing to generate that amount of revs.

@aaronokonski7515 3 жыл бұрын

getting old sucks buddy lol

@TheTechAdmin 2 жыл бұрын

We still talking about bowling?

@therayven3147 2 жыл бұрын

The sound the ball hitting the pins was priceless... Always did love that sound...

@moon.mp3201 Жыл бұрын

Sounded pretty painful 🤣

@lawrence7171 3 жыл бұрын

I’m 17 now and I’ve bowled straight up the boards forever and it’s worked but I am realizing that I will need to be able to hook the lane to become more versatile on different patterns and in college. This video helped me out a lot.

@georget6078 2 жыл бұрын

How has your bolwing career in college went

@xxmasonxcarl5xx70 Жыл бұрын

your 19 now have you gotten better

@johnroe3942 Жыл бұрын

I'm also 17 and have only bowled straight ever, I hope to learn to hook it soon though.

@ammarrazin2084 Жыл бұрын

@@johnroe3942 same my guy

@xPandora__ 3 жыл бұрын

Another good thing to help playing with straight or hooking it is changing the amount of steps on your approach. doing a 5 step approach over a 4 step will generate more ball speed n power which is good for playing straight but that 4 step will help slow it down for when you need to hook it

@dominiccapelli 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you guys so much for helping my bowling game. These videos have made a huge bowling career. Thank you again 😫😫!!!!

@grizlybrizly7837 2 жыл бұрын

i just saw a 3 years old video on bowling and you guys have improved a lot that changes are incredible to watch bro

@arcadesunday4592 2 жыл бұрын

Love your work. Awesome technical tips per usual! Cheers !

@MyLocalRock 3 жыл бұрын

new best 279 tonight!!! thank u guys!!! love this video - watch it all the time

@guardianbowling7379 3 жыл бұрын

I've been looking for something like this to help me with teen masters this year. Can you guys do a vid on hand position.

@jayminer8773 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful information, guys. Keep up the great work! #TheHouse

@rickyrick9328 3 жыл бұрын

If you're throwing straight and the ball goes to the right, simply move your body over two boards to the right and throw normally. If it goes left, move two boards to the left.

@aaronteafatiller6470 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid guys!! Love what y’all have done for the sport!! Keep up the good work

@djrickysmith 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for having that late night tourney

@knep24 3 жыл бұрын

Shot a 276 a couple weeks ago on that exact lane playing extremely straight. Just had an old 16 lbs reactive that couldn't move and threw it as hard as I could and it worked.

@DevDog98 Жыл бұрын

if it works it works. being fancy isnt always better

@PinoyBowlerGS92 3 жыл бұрын

My team has several adult bowlers who were straight bowlers and I’m the only straight bowler for the Youth Division lol. But I’m getting ready to throw hook thanks to my wrister or wrist brace.

@saschajansen7231 3 жыл бұрын

Love these guys ! Cheers from Germany

@HunterBidenCocaineBag 2 жыл бұрын

Straight bowler here. I aim for the 1 and 3 pin (right-handed). Works most of the time!

@steveklemetti8035 2 жыл бұрын

Depends on where you are standing. Right or left side. I stand on the right or left side and aim for the 5 pin.

@jodyhader7919 9 ай бұрын

What advantages do you get throwing straight?

@jeffromaine142 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have any tips on how to keep your stance open at the end when you have a shorter backswing? If I start throwing left, I feel myself speeding up to try and get the ball away sooner, but that never works. I'm going to watch your How to Keep a Consistent Line video next, and will see if that helps. Thank you. Great video...again.

@Ruger44Redhawk 3 жыл бұрын

Ha, noticed the Let's Go Blues! sign in the back. We were St. Louis Blues season tickets holders for a decade. About to go bowing here in Boise. Then I have elite league hockey later on.

@josiahmartinez5179 Жыл бұрын

Im most impressed with how fast that ball comes back. Be rollin quick

@ainelawlor5755 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brad and Kyle

@jackolson6479 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and very useful, thanks a lot

@ms-mo8hl 3 жыл бұрын

I always been straight and will never come out of the closet

@carlaandreina5554 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers for this, I been tryin to find out about "where do you aim when bowling a straight ball?" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Piylivern Remarkable Predominance - (search on google ) ? It is a good one of a kind product for discovering how to up your bowling game quickly without the headache. Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my co-worker got cool results with it.

@trevorbynum4891 5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@gangbang5748 5 ай бұрын

Nahhhh foe u got it

@tysonshinn5385 4 ай бұрын

😂😂

@TomTucker726 3 ай бұрын

Goated Comment 🙌

@flippperboy 3 жыл бұрын

Mike Flannigan had Walter Ray on his program and Walter mentioned most of the kids on tour do not know how to play straight or even know what a fallback shot is. I do not know what a fallback shot is.

@stevothegreat 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video !!, are you using an aggressive or softer ball for straight or hook approach address ?

@MG-im8ku 2 жыл бұрын

Been in a league about 5 years now as an adult, and back when I was a teen for about 4 years. Always bowled straight lol I dont want to ruin my average learning a new style, and I dont have much free time to put in to practice to curve.

@kelvinkelvin2601 3 жыл бұрын

I watched this on a small screen. The gentleman in black looked like Gerard Pique from Barcelona and the one in red looked like Danny Murphy from Liverpool.

@erikthorstensen5185 3 жыл бұрын

In my form of bowling,candlepin, the lanes a rarely oiled! Lets face it a 2.6 lbs ball isn't going to do much damage! However, hooking the ball is extremely difficult in my game,although it might be necessary on the second, or third ball. Yes we get three rolls per frame. Also in candlepin, the downed pins are not removed after every shot. This can help,or hurt if shooting a spare, or ten box! For example,7-10 splits are converted all the time,because of the deadwood! For a good first ball,speed a accuracy are key! My hardest ball I can roll is 38 mph! You hit the sweet spot, our skinny tall pins fly! But of an inch or so can be a strike,or just punching the 2 or 3 pins out,alone! That's why in candlepin there has never been a perfect 300 game ever! I would love to see a reaction video of pro ten pinners watching our game here in New England! Watch Paul Burger's 500 series from a tv show from 1991 on KZfaq!

@stitchergary 3 жыл бұрын

So when do we learn the backup ball????? thanks for the video..

@adamkelsey4869 3 жыл бұрын

Hi I'm a lefty and bowl mainly straight with a slight angle I've always noticed that if I have my feet and hips pointed towards the 3pin that I naturally throw slightly left and have a little hook I've tried opening up for more of a hook and never had any luck, I've had nothing but trouble when I've tried opening up my approach and i tend to dump the ball so I've stuck with what I know and it helps and this video has helped me a but to understand the difference between stances and proper approaches.

@nicholasnguyen6001 Жыл бұрын

could be your ball

@leslierogers2447 Жыл бұрын

What kind of ball type and weight distribution should I use for straight bowling I want to get my own ball so I am not stuck with the inconsistency of house balls.

@Inquire703 9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@35mmfilmhandler 3 жыл бұрын

Want to ask you Kyle, what workouts do you do to stay in shape. Looks like you have bulked up in your upper body since the shut down from the pandemic.

@GENOSANDIEGO 3 жыл бұрын

My comfort zone is actually standing somewhere between 15-20th board with target varying between 8th to 12th board depending on how hooky the outside area is. That's pretty damn straight!

@CKBowling1 3 жыл бұрын

Filmed at Frontier Bowl. I bowl here on Weds nights.

@mr_wavecheck9404 3 жыл бұрын

Can y’all do a video on eye placement and how it can affect your release from looking at dots and arrow please l🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

@karisorrenti 2 жыл бұрын

A great tutorial on how to bowl schtraight.

@joebrennan52 3 жыл бұрын

"hopefully I can get more than brad got.....hmMMMMMmmm" :p

@chrispadilla6260 3 жыл бұрын

How do guys feel about flattening out the hand to throw a straight ball. I’ve only learned how to do that for picking up spares.

@lucybarron5896 3 жыл бұрын

i havent been bowling in 3 months and its gunna be a while til the centers open back up i miss it a lot, i just got my first reactive ball a few days before lockdown in england and i havent been able to practice with it:(

@adam12345256 Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial

@johndee6510 3 жыл бұрын

When you're hooking the ball, do you face your target, push towards your target and walk towards your target? Thanks! Love your vlogs.

@Bunghole35 3 жыл бұрын

John Dee you want line up your hip and shoulder to the target. You still walk straight but your hip and shoulder are still angled to your target. You don't want push the ball to the target that will cause your arm swing to be inconsistent. Drop the ball under your head and the ball will just follow the. path of your shoulder.

@johndee6510 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bunghole35 Thank you very much!

@michael6774 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@businessdetermined4773 3 жыл бұрын

Okok I will keep these techniques in mind when I bowl. I always bowl straight, and never hooked before. I will keep practicing my hooks.

@natrixxvision6997 3 жыл бұрын

When I think of playing straight, the first thing that comes to mind is shooting spares.

@therayven3147 2 жыл бұрын

Ok. Here's how I see it... The optimal angle to get a strike is about, if my memory serves correctly, is about six degrees... But to do that throwing straight is that you would have to throw from the lane next to you about a third of the way across... But then you would have to throw over the gutters and all that so it would be nearly impossible... Plus, when you straight bowl, you risk "dead hitting" the head pin... Meaning you hit the head pin straight on... It increases the chances of leaving "splits", including the dreaded "7-10" split... With straight bowling, you throw the ball as hard and as fast as you can, causing the pins to react violently and just pray they all fall over... With "hook" bowling, it requires more finesse... Less speed and power, and more science and mathematics are involved... But hook bowling would bring better results once you get the feel for it... Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is coming from studying lots of "bowling science" over the years...

@hackedplayer9479 2 жыл бұрын

I tried your technique. And got it in the guyter

@ubernate860 Жыл бұрын

I just realized Brad's head is shaped like a bowling ball. They should call him ball bean Brad

@nxtyxna9576 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@ParksWeatherAuthority 3 жыл бұрын

I bowl straight and use the arrows for ball placement to line up with the pins.

@boilerdawg 3 жыл бұрын

Finally!

@sportsfntc 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting at the end - you put "less grab" for both, which is a problem I have whether I'm trying to go straight (A game) or hook it (B-C , ah hell, F game). Opening up on stance is a great reminder. Thanks!

@donm6578 3 жыл бұрын

Finally an AllRoad makes it to somebody's video

@chrisfors4441 3 жыл бұрын

What about breaking the rest when throwing the ball straight

@mahatmasloth6543 3 жыл бұрын

down and in for the win

@joepic85 3 жыл бұрын

how bout a ball review? been a while

@awesomecheetah0968 3 жыл бұрын

I’m tryna learn

@mitchellpierce796 3 жыл бұрын

I need alot of help I wish u guys could watch me on what i need to do if u guys have any social media plz lmk cause I want to learn more

@startrek4486 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm can't some how agree with straight technic ( high ball speed , less grab , Less rev ) ? ? I know for a fact this raps the corners leaving the 10 pin with a solid bowling ball being thrown. But if the ball keeps moving right I would be worried shooting straight for spares LOL. Yes adjustment is required for spare shooting we know this. I'm a straight shooter to but I find in need to pivot a little.

@richardprice7763 2 жыл бұрын

With my plastic Columbia 300 white dot I have no option but to bowl straight. I've given up trying to hook a ball...I've watched many KZfaq bowling tutorials and even when the experts say they're going to bowl straight they still hook it even with plastic balls!

@plcreator483 Жыл бұрын

Also how do people throw the ball while standing on one leg while while walking or running up to the lane without falling. Like to be honest that is super dangerous just in my opinion.

@nocturnalmayhem0 3 жыл бұрын

sometimes straight is the key especially if the lanes are beyond your skill level

@cybersteel8 3 жыл бұрын

You didn't talk about your target on the lane for each method

@88Mickyfan 3 жыл бұрын

I've been a straight bowler my whole life, but after getting a fingertip ball back in March, I want to learn how to hook it. I only got the chance to practice one time since my local bowling alley reopened (which was about 2 weeks ago). It was frustrating because it was like I was using it for the first time. No matter how much I tried to change the way I released the ball, it just wouldn't curve. I use a wrist support because I have a weak wrist. My question is: What can I do to get better at hooking the ball? Btw, I have watched every single bowling tips video you guys have made, and they are very helpful. You make great videos that have so much great content. Keep doing what you do. You guys are the best!

@kingpin3292 3 жыл бұрын

I always used a softball at home to practice my release has helped me, also there are you tube videos that can help

@DeanMcCain 3 жыл бұрын

I would also say that you could do the no-step approach. You line up at the foul line in your finish position, and then you swing the ball and release it. The way this helps is because it doesn't matter how many pins you knock down since all you are focusing on is your hand and release at the bottom. After you get comfortable with your hand releasing the ball the way you want to, then you can go to a one-step, to a two-step, to a normal approach.

@tarlkudrick1174 3 жыл бұрын

I second the no-step approach. Also, consider trying a two-handed style. The work involved in switching may not be worth it--it isn't for me, because I'm just a recreational bowler--but it is for others.

@therayven3147 2 жыл бұрын

A suggestion I would have, is try what us bowlers call "suitcasing" the ball... In other words, instead of holding the ball directly underneath the ball and turning your wrist to hook the ball, try holding the ball with your wrist in a more natural position, similar to holding a suitcase... The ball will naturally have some spin on it and it will hook... Also, try slowing down your throwing speed... You say you have been "straight bowling" your whole life, so you have gotten accustomed to throwing the ball fast and hard... Think of of the ball as a car tyre, the faster the car is traveling on a slick road, the more the car skids... But as the car slows down, or the tyres find a dry piece of road, the car straighten out... The harder you throw the ball, the more it skids, and the straighter it goes, untill it slows down or finds a dry part of the lane, then the ball will roll over and hook towards the center of the pins... Speed, angle, and oil patterns play a big part in ball shaping... Just try practicing different techniques on different oil patterns to get the best results...

@bambola8881 3 жыл бұрын

Don't know what bowling "open" or bowling "closed" is. Also, can you explain what you meant by "stay through"?

@lilrob4202 3 жыл бұрын

my guy !!!

@dvanburen90 3 жыл бұрын

I shattered my right leg and i dont have a good technique anymore and can really only go straight and ive tried to curve hook ect and but im trying to improve but i need help lol XD

@amar9462 2 жыл бұрын

My stride only allows for a four step or sometimes three

@RR-dq1ns Жыл бұрын

Is that like Billy Madison, run toward the pins? Most pros use a four step approach, and do not run little steps.

@Mracle325i 3 жыл бұрын

What does he mean by open or close??

@leegately3590 7 ай бұрын

Probably best to put your camera pointed down the lane rather than chasing the ball with the camera.

@thelegendarybroccoli4736 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly I need to remember everything I used to do because its been so long since I threw a ball. New York aint the place to be rn

@ColeTrain2025 Жыл бұрын

Yo Brad and Kyle, we bowl at the same place btw

@Nator187 3 жыл бұрын

Kyle with that Rona haircut! LOL

@ethanbyrd5637 3 жыл бұрын

I look at my target board area

@CosmiinBtn 3 жыл бұрын

I played bowling four times, and I got a 120 as my record. I am starting getting a great release. Can I get a 200 going straight? Or I should try hooking the ball?

@Shahel69 2 жыл бұрын

Have you figured it out? Cos I play straight too

@rossomyman 2 жыл бұрын

Hooking the ball allows for a greater chance your ball will strike when hitting the pocket. The pocket is much smaller when looking straight on at the pins rather than looking at the pins from an angle. Watch veritassiums video on this he does a good job explaining it.

@videogameplayer0552 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can definitely get 200 bowling straight. I went bowling recently on my 2nd time going bowling after like 5 or 6 years, and my best was 157 bowling straight and my average was a little less than 140. I could probably hit 200 if I perfect the technique, but I mess up my throws sometimes. If you don’t miss spares, you can achieve a score of 200 with just 1 strike. The highest score you can get with no strikes is 190 assuming you make all spares.

@slowwheelin3003 3 жыл бұрын

From a speed dominant/rev dominant guy, straighter is almost always greater.

@colinstate 2 жыл бұрын

You done even have try to hook the ball when you’re throwing through. Just use your dominant hand and it will spin in a bit

@plcreator483 Жыл бұрын

Oh so I do need to go close to the line I thought I wasn't supposed to do that

@jacobhanekamp2534 3 жыл бұрын

When your technique requires you to stay open.... I'm a righty, but I bowl from the very left and stay open to allow the bowl to go right

@bobhennig6597 2 жыл бұрын

Please explain your tec or pro language. Most folks don't know what your saying. Like your hips open , what does that even mean shoulders open up?

@AussiePillow1 3 жыл бұрын

had a teammate bowl 223 at a tournament with a 13lb house ball, just throwing fastballs at the headpin

@luizinhiolv 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! I usted to throw a 13lb lime house ball when I was tired of bowling bad with my super Storm balls, and then: 5 straight strikes for a 200+ game. Straighter the better...

@bigboymatthew7471 3 жыл бұрын

Finally I can stop being embarrassing at birthday parties

@victimofdeceit3484 3 жыл бұрын

I just met Packy, he's bowling at my home center

@brooklyngaming6152 2 жыл бұрын

💪🏽

@leo5208 2 жыл бұрын

For a straight ball, why not lay the ball down at the extreme corner of the lane and angle it diagonally toward the pocket? Brad laid it down near the center both times, which, of course, results in a less effective angle at the pocket. Wouldn't a maximum diagonal shot also allow you to ignore the different oil patterns?

@keithpanco Жыл бұрын

What does it mean when I get more strikes Brooklyn than when I hit the pocket?

@jesslong75 7 ай бұрын

I think Brooklyn is for right handers hitting the one two pocket and for lefties the one three pocket(opposite angle)

@whatisthis2809 3 жыл бұрын

straight can have a lot of potential imo tbh

@imzanky6321 3 жыл бұрын

My dad bowls straight and just bowled 265 on a house shot

@swinde 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't bowled in years, but back in the 90s I took my Brunswick Black Beauty ball from the 70s and tried to bowl here in Florida. I had always bowled with a hook ball. Turns out that the lanes are not made of the same material and finish as they were in the 1970s and the rubber ball would just slip and slide rather than hook. I never got another ball, and I haven't bowled in 15 years.

@whatisthis2809 3 жыл бұрын

@@swinde i don't get what your point is but oof

@swinde 3 жыл бұрын

@@whatisthis2809 The point is that a bowling ball purchased in the 70s designed for wooden lanes that are occasionally "oiled" will not behave properly on the new synthetic lanes.

@therayven3147 2 жыл бұрын

@@swinde there is a thing called "surfacing" your ball... Meaning using a "brillo" pad or very fine sand paper to put very small, fine scratches on the ball surface... This will give the ball more traction... Think of your ball like a car tyre... A bald car tyre has no grip on a slick road, but the more tread that is on the tyre, the more grip it has... A bowling ball uses that same logic on certain oil patterns...

@noahwynn3706 3 жыл бұрын

Yo that’s frontier lanes I go there

@reigndrops4090 3 жыл бұрын

You should have gotten norm to film this video with

@thedoc8876 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for my bowling alleys to open back up, so ready for this lockdown nonsense to end.

@windmillion5136 3 жыл бұрын

same

@croixmueller9616 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao Wisconsin been open 😭

@projectzerodawn9228 2 жыл бұрын

Omg is that in qatar?

@J9Dalton 3 жыл бұрын

More Grab on "hook" for me.

@jessibri665 3 жыл бұрын

Just out of curiosity are you guys usbc certified coaches?

@DeanMcCain 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. I'm sure they do, because in one of their other videos, they mention how many years they've been coaching.

@GnaRassPoPtArT 2 жыл бұрын

is it me or is that the fastest ball return ever?

@ralphcaravello330 3 жыл бұрын

You need the camera behind you, not to the side. Need to see the best perspective from what the bowler is looking at. The side angle is useless. Can’t see or learn anything.