You got it!

Awesome! Your welcome and thank you for watching!

Thank you for the compliment! I understand your pain. It sounds like your release may be inconsistent, which is causing inconsistent ball motion. This could be due to a timing issue or an issue with your swing.

@@BigSkyBowler I honestly think it's both. I need to do some no step, 1 step drills, or something. I need to find a coach in my area that is good with the 2 handed style.

My current benchmark is the royal diamond from Swag. Symmetrical solid, medium strength.

Not a bad idea. Definitely going to give that a shot!

Honestly since you are able to play both, go with the line that you are the most successful with.

@@BigSkyBowler I will keep trying that then. Keep up the instructional videos, they really do help. Scored a 230 the other day after correcting some things you talked about in your videos!

@@BigSkyBowler this thread is similar to what I’m dealing with. Sometimes I play up 5-10 and it’s fine. Another day the same shot is high and i move left but I don’t know how much, or when to stop. Or, once im striking flush, how long do I stay there? Also, how do the amount of boards between my slide foot and target board (at the arrows) affect my shot, what about accuracy? Is an angle typically too narrow or too much?

Thank you! Awesome game! Keep working and that average will climb!

@adam it sounds like your struggling with lane play and how the lanes can change. Keep in mind, just because the house your in may put down the same shot all of the time, does not mean it will always play the same. There are several factors that affect oil patterns. Building climate, is one of the biggest factors. If the building is cold, the oil will thicken and will tend to hold up longer before transition occurs. If the building is warm, the oil will thin and spread out and will transition faster on top of playing more difficult. Lane topography, which refers to how level a lane is, will also greatly affect the pattern. If there is a low spot, the oil will pool in that location. If there is a high spot, the oil will run away from that location. All of these factors effect how you will end up playing the lanes. Choosing the proper launch angle, which is what you are referring to when you are talking about knowing where to stand and where to look, comes down to where you are trying to get your ball to near the end of the oil pattern. Usually speaking, longer patterns require less launch angle while shorter patterns require more launch angle. This too can vary depending on how the lanes are playing. Generally speaking on a house shot, you want your ball to exit the pattern near the 10 board around 40 feet.

Personally I just don't like hybrids. Mainly because the mix of solid/pearl is not consistent. Sometimes you will get a hybrid with more solid than pearl and sometimes more pearl than solid, it's never a perfect balance. I can take a softer pearl ball, give it some surface and it will play similar to a hybrid.

Sounds like your planting and not sliding nearly as much as you should be. Either that or your weight is too far forward at the line causing more weight to be on your knee. The biggest thing about moving left is to remember to point your whole body at your intended ball path instead of facing square with the pins. As far as the ball return, I would first make sure you are the proper distance away from the foul line by starting with your heels at the foul line, then taking the same amount of steps that you have in your approach towards the return. Make sure they are normal size steps. Wherever you end up is roughly where you should start from on the approach. I start in front of the ball return even when I'm playing outside because I'm pretty short. If your behind the return because your taller, you can always try to shorten your approach when you have to get in front of it. In my opinion, that's the better option rather than trying to side step in the middle of your approach to get in front of the return.

@@BigSkyBowler Thanks. Appreciate the insight. Gives me a good place to start.

Thank you! I do not. In fact, I focus on just the opposite. I focus on keeping my ball side arm loose during the swing while my nonball side arm focuses on supporting the ball during the swing. If you try to lock out, it will cause all kinds of adverse affects on the rest of your physical game.

@@BigSkyBowler Thanks for this! I'll keep this in mind when I practice, I might've been overthinking it too much. Much love! Hope you do great things with this channel.

@@tortoisenight2078 thank you!

A video would help the most but based on your description, it doesn't sound like your doing anything wrong. Your non ball side hand needs to follow through to your target with your ball side hand. It will help emphasize proper shoulder rotation into your release as the shoulders rotate vertically and not horizontally. Rotate the ball after it passes your ankle, not before. Sounds like your accomplishing that.

@@BigSkyBowler Thank you for clarifying, here's the link to my video, I hope you can provide further analysis if you dont mind, I'd really appreciate it kzfaq.infoAY3Gld1kY2I?feature=share

@@amrinkeat6076 tried to watch it. Says it's private.

@@BigSkyBowler sorry about that, heres the new link, I just changed the privacy kzfaq.infoAY3Gld1kY2I?feature=share

Negative - I am in montana.

@@BigSkyBowler we have a town and country here and I was like hey! 😂

@@its_craze_2058 that's cool! What part of Oregon? I was in Oregon twice this past regional season for PBA.

@@BigSkyBowler it got renamed to TheRec in Keizer Oregon,

That's the plan... eventually when I have the $1000 to spend - lol.

@@BigSkyBowler alr8, and thanks for the videos, you helped me a lot to realize my mistakes in 2 handed throwing

@@lyelkhanin1429 glad to hear it! Your welcome and thank you for watching!