When I bowl, I loft the ball down the alley with a big thud. My build is 6 foot 260, but my ball travels so slow. I bowl with a 16 pound ball. I have bad knees. Any ideas for me?

I just joined a league a few weeks ago after not playing for 20 years and I only have this plastic ball and an old 2 finger technique. I don't remember having to move so far to the right before but that seems to be where I got to go. Could I resurface the ball with a low grit and polish to make it act like a better hooking material ball? Also, how much does lane oil effect it? It's an Ebonite Maxim, red white and blue swirl glow ball.

Should be using a WD or TZone as they are by far the most common.

I tried this yesterday, and yes made a big difference.

Can you explain long pin short pin drilling

Did you only strike or are you only showing the strikes?

Hey Michael... your videos is always informational and entertaining... we met in buffalo before, but I wanted to say thank you for the breakdown and wish you were still doing vids... best wishes, K.Cheeves

Great info mike...these animal patterns drive me crazy after bowling usbc red white blue for 9 yrs...then took 20 yrs off...like going from 3rd grade to grad school

Great info

Wow 🤩 this is amazing!!! The best slow motion video ever seen !!! My story, I’m a 51 y/o in July 13,2024, stared at bowling 🎳 last year as a 50 y/o things. Right one hand bowler that can’t curve a ball 😢 Watched a video of making your fingers going in side the ball and developed a back up ball motion ( for the last six or seven months that was my game) With this video I could correct my ball motion to go straight but can’t curve the ball right to left 😢and when tried to lift the fingers my middle finger It hurts a lot on the sides next to my first joint. Did I’m doing something wrong?? And some time I can curve the ball but must of the time it goes straight 😢 Please 🙏 help!!!

Make more videos!

Bowling on Shark next few weeks for sport shot league. Thanks for the video

I typically look at the dots inbetween the arrows and the foul line. Should I change where I look for certain patterns to give myself a better look? Trying to get more into tournament bowling but finding that line where I have a slight margin for error seems impossible.

That slow motion really helped a lot.👍

Bro come back to making videos 😢

Awesome video-best explanation of grip pressure ever! Using Mike's info (relaxing the grip equals freeing up arm swing) I shot a 267 in league last and 658 series. Thanks Mike!

I used to bowl with plastic cover bowling ball but honestly I used yeralthane DV8 Pitbull and it s rally nice it’s getting to the pocket sooner to the pocket and higher quality products has been on Marketing at the pro shop at my local Bowling Alley heatherage

Wouldnt target for hook ball..be where your ball breaks?

Wow. Great video. I have been trying to understand this and ball motions. Thank you

you toss the ball pretty amazingly. Love the release. Going to look for the chart of this pattern. you made it look like a house shot with your great bowling with several different balls. Are you pro? Are you cashing?

I don’t want a hook with plastic. Not a good demo for the real sense of using plastic balls. I want to see using plastic balls as a spare ball only and where to set up with it. Thanks for taking the time to show your skills with plastic. Good job with that.

this video is very healpful! seen so much tutorials but no one have discussed grip pressure! Thanks @michaelcoffey!

The best video I've ever seen on the web about bowling. Thank you

Nice music

I'm a75 y/o I throw a 13# fingertip Twist ball. My speed is between 10 $ 11 1\2 mph. I tend to leave a 10 pin, a 7pin and almost all of my strikes are a brooklyn. I stand left side i am between the second and third arrow. I would like to be more consistent. Any help

Great videos. I've been learning a lot from you. Can you recommend a strong asymmetrical preferably from storm?

What if you're left eye dominant? Where do you start out? I'm a right handed bowler, but left eye dominant.

This is a great video

I would of liked at the two last shots with closed and open you would of also explained what release you used. I suppose up the back for straighter shots as you'ved mentioned at the beginning of the video but what's bugging me is the deep inside shot ( witch i have trouble with) from that angle how you create that enormous hook ? Thanks !

I'm a stroker I have exotic gem, denfender , knock out, !Q tour ruby, tropical surg, sneak attack, pitch black,

Been bowling for 24 years. Around a 210 average. But I've never really known what I'm doing. Never read about bowling or had proper instruction. Just learned today that you're not supposed to bend your thumb. And I definitely do. I just practiced holding the ball while keeping my thumb straight.....I can already tell this is gonna be like learning all over again. Not to mention I'm gonna need to have tighter plug's put in the ball....

It would be great if you made more ball videos. I love your ball motion and bowling

I bought a used Sure Lock and no hook really. People say balls die, and that must be the case. My Reality has 3x the hook. I am going to detoxify and a total resurface then toss it if it doesn't come back. Looks great in this video though!!

This is why I came up with my own 3 point. Because this is confusing as hell. 1) Determine your break point at the end of the pattern using PL-31 (or throw a few shots to find YOUR ideal break point) Draw a visual line from the break point, through the arrows, to the foul line. Now you have 3 points of reference. 1) Where you release at the foul line. 2) Where the ball crosses the arrows. 3) Where the ball hits the break point and starts to hook. Simple, easy. No 5 points on a pin focal point BS.

Just started trying to get serious with bowling and use my thumb, should my thumb be pushing on the backside of the hole so as to not grip it hard?

U suck

Surely every shot wasn’t a strike. I wanna see the ones that didn’t as well. Great video though!

I always enjoy watching your videos. You know so much. Thanks for sharing.

How about PBA 40' Monacelli pattern

Would be throwing my Burgundy fab hammer.

Mike , I felt your video was very much different from other 3-point targeting videos. Your presentation was very lax and lacking details on a fundamental level. Some of the details you provided did not appear in other targeting videos, so I assumed that this video was directed to the lesser skilled bowlers. I would have enjoyed the video more if there were more preparations and practice were developed before actually making the video.

Question, do you start with a weaker control ball on THS , then go to stronger balls as the night progresses, or do you go strong out of the gate, balling down as you run out of room to the left? TIA.

sooo easy to understand. thanks

U did a excellent job explaining!!

Can you use or play with Purple Hammer?

I just got a new ball recently and my new ball is hooking way to much. It might be the way I throw it though. I throw the ball at the 2nd arrow on the left because I am left handed. But sometimes I tend to cross over and throw it at the 3rd arrow. How can I fix this?

Very helpful, thank you 😊

This video is so helpful and described everything I was doing wrong today with my new ball and why I started to get a blister on the left part of my thumb. Thanks for the tips!

Come back

That is my problem too. I got one.😂 Hope it helps?