How To Hook A Bowling Ball The CORRECT Way

Elise and Nate deep dive into all the aspects you need in order to hook a bowling ball like the professionals.
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[@chrisarrant2099]

She can bowl. She can curve. She has curves. Its all perfect. Thanks for making my day. You are the best

[@chrisarrant2099]

Oh yeah Nate you are ok too. Need more curves. Lol love you guys

[@FreeSpeechWarrior]

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the beautiful Elise ❤

[@justinparker2354]

Can confirm that is not why I clicked on the video

[@TheGrooveMaster10]

I second that notion 😂

[@elty69]

😂😂😂😂

[@problem417]

😂😅me too

[@Talktoembiggbruh]

Guilty🙋🏾‍♂️

[@problem417]

@@Talktoembiggbruh 😆😆🤣we all seen the same thing

[@Sofbit]

Thx for this video, I actually requested this a few videos back, and you guys did it.

[@jiristanek5692]

Hello, I am from Czech Republic and thank you very much for this nice explanation, appreciated😀

[@peterthebowler]

Great stuff, once again. Really appreciate you both.

[@NateandElise]

Our pleasure! Thank you for the support!

[@Bridget2483]

Very helpful information thank you both. I’m a beginner bowler still trying to learn and understand hooking the ball. Great stuff!❤

[@NateandElise]

Happy to help! Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@gusk]

Excellent break down video, i can use this is my coaching sessions

[@spgspg6503]

Very informative thank you!

[@NateandElise]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lindasuire3221]

Thank you for sharing 😍 I have been wanting a video like this for some time❤❤

[@NateandElise]

You’re welcome 😊

[@user-un4bd7sk7w]

Nate can’t actually believe that people watch for him , right , lol like you both , you guys do a great job

[@larrylacroix3944]

Enjoyed this video. Thanks

[@NateandElise]

Thank you for watching!

[@phillipvazquez284]

Excellent tips and video watching you guys have definitely improved my game . Over several months coming back after about 19yrs .

[@NateandElise]

Great to hear! This makes us extremely happy!!!

[@phillipvazquez284]

@@NateandElise absolutely guys . One day I was talking to a coach trying to get tips because my knee was giving out from improper formation. So I rewatch a few months ago a video Elise made and everything helped.

[@adamfield4119]

Love this

[@Atochabsh]

THank you for a great video. Very demonstrative and illustrates the value of Lessons, Training and Practice. Having a observing trained eye is invaluable. You can be as "self taught" as you want, but these tips have beenn proven time after time to be the most efficient want to release a bowling ball. Good job and again.....great video.

[@NateandElise]

Thank you!!!!

[@HippieP629]

Your visual of keeping the elbow in so to not lose power really clicked in my head. Thanks a lot

[@NateandElise]

Great to hear!

[@stevecreager8109]

I like your teaching videos very informative and goes along with what others teach.

[@NateandElise]

I appreciate that!

[@darrenthedude1]

I've been taking videos of players with high scores on my league, and an amazing number of them do NOT stay behind the ball. I look forward to the day when I can even say I have a "Rev-Rate"! But I will continue to watch videos like this and practice until I get a God's Honest hook! Thanks for the efforts!

[@mixme8655]

New subscriber always watching your videos very helpful❤

[@waterjabbers1159]

I'm getting older and I'm getting back into bowling after years away. The last couple of sessions left me with a sore right knee and I couldn't figure out why. After watching your video, I figured out the issue. I'm not stepping over with my second step. So on my down swing, I'm having to move my right side out of the way, which is putting pressure on the joint. Thank you!

[@TV-Tony]

Good tips. You guys seem pretty cool.

[@cherylsmith7401]

Good information!

[@NateandElise]

Glad you think so!

[@mrobb90]

THIS! is the tutorial i was looking for! my attention span sucks, this definitely helped!

[@NateandElise]

Glad it did !

[@thomasmason5997]

Appreciate you sharing your professional knowledge on how today's elite players properly roll the ball to be successful on tour. Most people won't even try to understand that they are doing it all wrong because they bowl on a house shot that's designed to mask all flaws and allow anyone to score high.

[@arcadesunday4592]

Awesome advise here. Subbed.

[@NateandElise]

Thanks for the sub!

[@stevekeller3643]

Enjoyed the comprehensive video, Nate & Elise ! A question- When dropping the ball into the backswing my thump tends to drop & rotate facing my body. So I’m already going to be around the ball even if everything else is perfect. As a left hander, I try to keep my thumb pointed left or my elbow pointed in but neither seems to help. Advice ? Thank you

[@jamiemclean9121]

I trained with the local league team when I was a teenager and still love playing to this day. However, when hooking the ball I found the skin on my thumb was tearing quite a lot 😢 made it quite painful to do so nowadays when I play I don’t hook the ball, definitely going to try learning again to do it properly

[@joshuasveum8347]

Oh my God. I just found her. I would literally watch bowling every weekend all the time if she and her sisters were on the TV. Uh forget watching dudes!

[@RoxanneSnyder-ll7hu]

This , I'm hoping, should really help me. I'm pretty good at picking up the 7 and 7-4 as a righty, but the 10 and 6 and dreaded 10 Pin, GULP!! I'm going to practice this for sure. THANK YOU !!

[@NateandElise]

You got this! Thank you for watching!

[@user-ey2ei5yv3f]

They look real to me ❤

[@emerald3331]

That’s some very good info. I would emphasize being relaxed so you can repeat shots.

[@SirJoelsuf1]

10:45 I agree with Nate here. You don't need to do a drill like that if all you want to do is build muscle memory. Additionally, those drills are for bowlers who have been competing for a bit and understand how muscle memory works to take things to THAT next level. Truth is, you can be a total spin biscuit, throw the ball horrible at a full rack, and STILL average 200+ if you are so good at spare shooting that you can reliably run only 1-2 opens a game even though you only strike about 4-5 times a game at most. I should know, before I switched to 2handed I had a really bad spin biscuit release and had a 200+ average for a decade straight. From the 2011-2012 season until the 2021-2022 season. Why? Cuz for every 100 single pins I left, I'd only whiff maybe five. Every 100 multiple pin spare I left? INCLUDING splits/washouts? I'd cover at least 60. Spares matter if you can't buy a strike. Even in today's game. The majority of league bowlers out there who average 175 and run 4-5 strikes, 3 opens a game, and whiff at least two single pin spares per three game set? These drills will set them back. Cuz they aren't technically sound yet. Throw these drills into their practice routine and they're making things WAY more complicated. If they put a spare ball in their bag, limited their arsenal to four balls at most (INCLUDING spare ball) and bowled ONE game of low ball for every three they put in league, their average would rise to 200 the very next season. Learn the basics first. Get fitted properly. Learn to hit a freakin' target. Know where you need to slide. Know how to post a shot. Get a goddam spare ball (or AT LEAST learn to throw your resin/thane/particle stuff super hard and straight). Learn to shoot straight at every spare you leave. One game of low ball for every three game set you bowl. All that "boring" stuff. Fundamentals before science.

[@BallastResistor99]

Sure beats watching Bo Burton do the Rolaids Tip of the week back in day.

[@TheAnbaricuda]

So. Is redrilling. Having them change standard to finger tip going to mess ball up? I have to wonder why man didn't talk to me and mention this. I told him I wanted to be able to learn to hook ball. I was assured I would be able to. N of course it just barely curves. I guess I am going to switch to different shop and try again. Thank you for making very clear/understandable videos

[@christopherjonathynbrooks]

Hey nate and Elise

[@SHADOWMAN_24]

Very helpful....Thank you. Only question is how do you focus on coming down in your swing with elbow on the inside and wrist firm while letting the gravity bring the ball down with out muscling it??

[@NateandElise]

Best advice I can give you is to try out the foul line drill and the swing and slide drill and just let gravity take over the swing while focusing on keeping the elbow inside. Everything else will take care of itself.

[@jamestaylor5215]

Ahhh. Now i get the load and unload terms. Also, I have a very bad habit of chicken winging my ball. I see why now. When I get more money in my piggy bank, I will have to get online lessons from you two. Thanks!

[@NateandElise]

It’s all a process but it can be done properly over time… putting all the puzzle pieces together! We look forward to working with you!

[@user-ey2ei5yv3f]

Nice rak

[@Juan-ll6sf]

A finger tip 14 pound bowling ball ripped my right hand ring finger flexor tendon. Bye bye right handed ten pin bowling. I can try candle pin or duck pin bowling (2-3 pounds small ball, no holes) with the left hand. Plan B: two hand left handed ten pin bowling with a light ball (8-10 pounds)..

[@procrastinator6902]

How does that even happen? I've bowled with a 15lb ball since I was a teenager and the worst I've ever done to any fingers was rub some calluses on the tips from pushing a ball off of them repeatedly. Were you trying some weird or improper technique?

[@rebelins2282]

I agree with most of the information you put out in your video, but it may be a stretch when you said that you can not hook a ball with your thumb not fully seated in the hole. I am one who has never been comfortable with my whole thumb seated, so I do cheat and have half of it in the hole, and I'm a high-rev player.

[@1985supramk2]

Does anyone else practice throwing their ball into a couch or recliner at home when you can't bowl as often as you want..

[@tomlevell4318]

I throw mine in the trash

[@r.loganburns3894]

Yup

[@nikkiblack91]

I do

[@jameskinchen2148]

Yes, if you want to destroy your furniture.

[@salvasaur]

Bean bag chair

[@russellgilbert3453]

Man, you kids is alright!👍

[@whitehead51]

I have arthritis in my finger joints so I find it hard to have a good grip

[@carlosidd]

❤❤

[@bradlaskos1106]

So how much should be holding on to the ball when you take it back? On a scale of 1-10, how much grip pressure do you need?

[@NateandElise]

It’s personal preference because the pros even fluctuate in grip pressure. Speaking for myself, I like to feel a 3-5 range

[@bradlaskos1106]

@@NateandElise so like enough to still hold on to the ball but not a death grip? Is gravity the only force that will deliver the ball toward the pins, or do you need to add and strength? I'm imagining most of the arm strength on the downswing is added to attempt to rotate the ball, no?

[@SirJoelsuf1]

Ideally, 0. You should be able to not hold the ball like Elise is doing at the 9:20 mark without squeezing AT ALL. Even WITH your thumb in it. Realistically, probably 2 or so. Most bowlers aren't fitted properly so they're usually around 5-7. If your ball is drilled conventional it's AT LEAST 7 because you're using your entire hand.

[@G-BONE]

Look, dont over think what you are doing.as long as yoy feel comfortable in your slide and release point and adjust from there in your speed and loft you'll be fine...like anything it takes time

[@billylusk3515]

No matter how hard i try i cant force my right foot to step in front of the left one

[@michael2244]

Elise is alright looking =)

[@corrieabels2986]

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[@onlyayota4me]

$ shot @ 9:34. YW

[@chax2004]

Thank you for that fellow man of culture.

[@zedsodead]

Bbbrrritzski!

[@willflemons2487]

You know why we clicked the video👀

[@AV8R_1]

If we only relied on gravity for the ball to come forward, we would all throw the same speed. Everyone "pulls" the ball to some degree. Even one individual bowler may adjust the speed of the roll, and I doubt all those speed adjustments are entirely made in the speed of the approach.

[@davidaronson9475]

False. With no pulling, the speed at the bottom depends on the length of your arm and the height of your backswing. See pendulum physics for details.

[@giovonnipistiola5140]

I hope my head is never under the ball Nate😏

[@Thekingpin01]

👏🎳

[@Charmander009]

My proshop worker is a fool . Made the holes too far away . I can’t get my thumb in all the way and still reach the finger holes

[@jaybird8192]

Some people run a pro shop yet don't know what they're doing! You definitely need to find another pro ball driller. There are good ones out there. Good luck!

[@remipuppy]

You should be inserting your fingers in the ball first before your thumb

[@davidbadyrka823]

I only use the tip of my thumb and I can hook my spare ball...a full thumb is not needed

[@elty69]

A thumb is not needed at all

[@nordattack]

There are pros that use conventional grip and hook the ball well.

[@NateandElise]

I promise you there are no professionals that use conventional

[@nordattack]

@@NateandElise Jakob Butturff and Chris Warren to name two off the top of my head.

[@KBATN1]

All great tips, but one tip that is missing here that should be in your video is, having the right bowling ball in your hand. I've been bowling since 1967 and I seen it all. I have to laugh when I see a bowler that I'm bowling against hit the pocket and said he got tapped. But I saw his ball hit the pocket and it didn't even came close of going off the backend in the right position to carry a strike. His release was good, but he didn't carry because he had the wrong ball in his hand to hit the pocket with power to carry all the pins. I don't understand why bowlers don't watch their ball hit the pins. Myself, I look for the hit at the back end and if I don't like the look, I change my bowling ball to get the look I want to see. One bowling center I was at when I was on vacation in a senior event, I started out shooting a 211. Most bowlers would stay with that ball, but I didn't like the look at the back end and I did get some cheap strikes. So, I moved my line in and grabbed one of my hooking bowling balls and my next two games were 279 and 268. It's all about knowing how to hit the pocket and having the right ball in you hand to carry the sides (7 or 10) One more thing you should know, the older you get, the more you have to change your game. Your revs and speed will go out the window, but there's still hope in you change the way you throw you ball. I'm now 75, but I still do very well against the young pups on the bowling lanes. I might be one of the best 75 year bowlers in my area and I still have a game to back my talk up, lol. It's all about having fun and when you can bowl great, it's a bonus. I like your videos and both of you are great bowlers. But some of us old dogs still can bark a lot and so, WATCH OUT, because this old dog can still bit, LOL. Have fun and I hope the best for you guys.

[@jimsalabim9203]

Literally one of the first things she says is have the right ball in you hand lol

[@AV8R_1]

Sad that is 2024 and some people still just can't help themselves from sexually harassing someone

[@Doublej68]

The way your ball is going to unload. Indeed🤔

[@jameskinchen2148]

Just did

[@ScottBierman-bi9wy]

I didn't hear a word see said.

[@crazywhitedude69]

I tried this and I lose control in the gutter

[@NateandElise]

What part?

[@crazywhitedude69]

@@NateandElise on my release

[@matkins4268]

Best way to hook a ball is get your thumb out before the fingers. Period

[@jamiedoyle449]

I feel bad for Nate.

[@NateandElise]

I don’t.

[@lsvlogs_]

I didn't click for curling a bowling ball

[@ricardohamc]

Thiiiiick

[@davidbadyrka823]

You don't "curl" a bowling ball

[@lsvlogs_]

@@davidbadyrka823 see proves I wasn't lying

[@brianfernandez3981]

Damn straight

[@theol64]

Ya think she knows? 9:33 cameraman does.

[@juanmanrrubia3021]

Traductor ingles 😔 español

[@rr2418]

I kept replaying the video at 9:35 over and over again for some reason!

[@pn300zrcr]

Never seen orange bowl so empty

[@BK12SANMAN]

Lol looks like u smuggled in 2 bowling balls

[@AV8R_1]

2:11 I think you meant to say your Grips lay in the middle of your fingers. Not your "fingers lay in the middle of your grips"... already this video has become confusing and useless to new bowlers.

[@mannysioson56]

To much talk, show it , how to throw and hook the ball

[@robertspicer3716]

I left a "dudesplaining" bowling video to come here.

[@NateandElise]

I hope you feel you made the right choice

[@BK12SANMAN]

WTF AT 4:10 YOU'LL KNOW WHEN U SEE IT

[@SlickDick73]

Excellent