Thank you for these videos! I recently got into bowling this past week (I know not a lot) and I decided to pick it up with two handed bowling. Well, two nights ago I bowled my highest of 135! That’s some game I got my first ever double! I still have a log way to go but I’m loving where I’m at
Most underrated tutorial/tip videos for 2 handers. The way you explain things is easy to understand and implement. My consistency since switching to 2 handed has never been worse sadly. I need to make 2 handed work since I can't use my thumb anymore due to a tendon issue. Man it's getting pretty frustrating going from a 190-195 average to a 160 since the switch. I can bowl a 220 one game and a 140 the next. Pretty discouraging. My ball motion is all over the place shot to shot.
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.
Video on plant versus slide for two handers? I finally got over my mental block about sliding instead of planting. The hop/shuffle step made my toes point up, causing my plant.
If only I had found this video sooner 😅. I had so many questions about what all the ball descriptions mean and how it pertains to oil patterns. May I ask, what is your benchmark ball?
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.
Great video! Do you have any advice for finding a nice line to bowl as a beginner player? Sometimes I don't know what arrow I should be throwing the ball down, and how much of an angle I should be throwing the ball. I'll have times where I can play way left at a sharp angle and get strikes and on the same lane play it straight and get a strike. That's probably because house shot patterns are very forgiving, but it still confuses me. Should I automatically try to play a straighter line, or is it preference?
@@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?
@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.
Again, love this video. Been really helpful with my two-handed journey! I have a question if you don't mind. Since you primarily use a straighter armswing, do you focus on "locking" your elbow so they dont bend in your swing or did it come naturally to you? I've been having a hard time with keeping my downswing straight, so I'm trying to transition to a straighter swing altogether (just like yours!).
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.
Love the videos. Keep up the good content. I switched from 1 to two handed this summer to hopefully become a better bowler and to be able to teach young bowlers how to bowl 2 handed as well. (I started coaching a high school team last year) I am struggling with a few things. My big one is knee pain. Generating speed with my legs is tough (now being so rev dominant). I need to rethink how I slide and how my footwork looks. Could you explain how when you end up deep on a lane (on the right lane) you get left of the ball return, but still stay open at the line? I feel like I am expected to step left (and close my body), but then throw to the right. Is there a way to do this with out a shuffle step? I feel like I almost need to step backwards and sideways once past the ball return.
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.
Hi I have a question about the non ball side hand. After seeing a video of my release, someone said it looked like I was dropping the ball instead of throwing it. In that video, my non ball side hand shot forward on release pointing at the target then swings back afterwards. However, they recommended I release my non ball side hand earlier and swinging it back on release instead of pointing towards the target. What do you think I should do?
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 ruclips.net/user/shortsAY3Gld1kY2I?feature=share
Thank you for these videos! I recently got into bowling this past week (I know not a lot) and I decided to pick it up with two handed bowling. Well, two nights ago I bowled my highest of 135! That’s some game I got my first ever double! I still have a log way to go but I’m loving where I’m at
Awesome! Your welcome and thank you for watching!
First! Now I have something to watch at work lol. Keep the videos coming!
You got it!
Most underrated tutorial/tip videos for 2 handers. The way you explain things is easy to understand and implement. My consistency since switching to 2 handed has never been worse sadly. I need to make 2 handed work since I can't use my thumb anymore due to a tendon issue. Man it's getting pretty frustrating going from a 190-195 average to a 160 since the switch. I can bowl a 220 one game and a 140 the next. Pretty discouraging. My ball motion is all over the place shot to shot.
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.
Video on plant versus slide for two handers? I finally got over my mental block about sliding instead of planting. The hop/shuffle step made my toes point up, causing my plant.
Not a bad idea. Definitely going to give that a shot!
If only I had found this video sooner 😅. I had so many questions about what all the ball descriptions mean and how it pertains to oil patterns. May I ask, what is your benchmark ball?
My current benchmark is the royal diamond from Swag.
Symmetrical solid, medium strength.
Why doesn't he throw hybrid stuff? I have a prism hybrid and a game breaker 4 hybrid, both are fantastic.
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.
Great video! Do you have any advice for finding a nice line to bowl as a beginner player? Sometimes I don't know what arrow I should be throwing the ball down, and how much of an angle I should be throwing the ball. I'll have times where I can play way left at a sharp angle and get strikes and on the same lane play it straight and get a strike. That's probably because house shot patterns are very forgiving, but it still confuses me. Should I automatically try to play a straighter line, or is it preference?
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.
Again, love this video. Been really helpful with my two-handed journey!
I have a question if you don't mind. Since you primarily use a straighter armswing, do you focus on "locking" your elbow so they dont bend in your swing or did it come naturally to you?
I've been having a hard time with keeping my downswing straight, so I'm trying to transition to a straighter swing altogether (just like yours!).
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!
Love the videos. Keep up the good content. I switched from 1 to two handed this summer to hopefully become a better bowler and to be able to teach young bowlers how to bowl 2 handed as well. (I started coaching a high school team last year)
I am struggling with a few things. My big one is knee pain. Generating speed with my legs is tough (now being so rev dominant). I need to rethink how I slide and how my footwork looks.
Could you explain how when you end up deep on a lane (on the right lane) you get left of the ball return, but still stay open at the line? I feel like I am expected to step left (and close my body), but then throw to the right. Is there a way to do this with out a shuffle step? I feel like I almost need to step backwards and sideways once past the ball return.
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.
Hi I have a question about the non ball side hand. After seeing a video of my release, someone said it looked like I was dropping the ball instead of throwing it. In that video, my non ball side hand shot forward on release pointing at the target then swings back afterwards. However, they recommended I release my non ball side hand earlier and swinging it back on release instead of pointing towards the target. What do you think I should do?
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
ruclips.net/user/shortsAY3Gld1kY2I?feature=share
@@amrinkeat6076 tried to watch it. Says it's private.
@@BigSkyBowler sorry about that, heres the new link, I just changed the privacy
ruclips.net/user/shortsAY3Gld1kY2I?feature=share
Town and country in oregon?
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,
The title of the video does go with the content . . .
please buy a better camera
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
@@Dedded69 glad to hear it! Your welcome and thank you for watching!