How to release your bowling ball | Drills to get your thumb out faster

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[@jacquelinemerlino5190]

I’m a beginner bowler rarely breaking 100. I watched this video several times and practice multiple days a week. I bowled a 145 today which is my highest ever score. I’ve watched so many other videos….this one was by far the BEST! Thank you! 😀

[@Goldiney]

How's your bowling game goin?

[@javieracevedo4406]

I've watched this video probably a half dozen times and last Tuesday I bowled 13 games just practicing what you explained in the video. On my Thursday league night I bowled a high of 255 and ended with a 196 average which is a 51 pin increase vs. my regular average. Awesome and thanks for an awesome explanation. Hoping to get into the consistent 200 games.

[@javieracevedo4406]

So the last two league week bowling I've finally consistently hitting 600 series. Huge difference from a 165 average bowler in only a few weeks practicing what you illustrated in this video. Again thanks for the awesome explanation. First 200 series was with the Zen Master and the second week was with the Jackal Legacy...

[@DavidHoughtaling]

Yea for the longest I always had the handshake release where my fingers were revolving around the side of the ball. Most of the people in my league do this and I have low 200 avg and a lot of the bowlers have mid to high 200 Avg’s but I realize this is what separates the pro’s from the ameteurs. I need to practice the release more to get under the ball and inside of the ball. Do some reason I can’t figure out the mental que in my head and my release is never consistent.

[@stevekatanik4952]

This lesson is GOLD. I've been struggling with my new reactive ball until I saw this. THANKS.

[@denmanfite3156]

You've got me hopeful now. Here we go...

[@paulrichard4945]

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[@willpaul9224]

Bowling tips

[@Gk2003m]

I’ve upped my game. Now up yours 😂

[@Ajaxlancer]

This is the best hooking tutorial because you show us what you are doing and slowly. Other videos would describe it and just do it really fast and I never know what's happening

[@Ftybr57]

Love all your videos! Thank you for what you do to help folks.

[@kenbeattie3967]

This was an awesome teaching video. Simple instructions and practice techniques... Great video!

[@sparopsych5313]

Excellent! !! Thanks for video. I will be re-watching and practicing these drills repeatedly.

[@djsully8071]

Excellent video as usual! JR coming correct with the value everyday!

[@CAMPFIRESKY]

THANK YOU !!! You explained this perfectly ! Now I need to practice !

[@flippperboy]

Beautiful tip. Thanks JR

[@wickedsickfunkyfreshroller2037]

This is super helpful, not enough beginner videos talk about the importance of getting under the ball.

[@RugRatCoupe]

Thanks JR again for some wonderful practical bowling advice!!!

[@HH-ez6qc]

By far the best explanation I have seen. Makes perfect sense after watching this video. I have some great drills to work with now too. Many thanks!

[@dianejoseph9026]

I am a left hand bowler. Still learning how to release the ball. This was a big help. Going to try it tomorrow. Thanks

[@Quality_Guru]

Looking forward to trying out these drilss.

[@swndle1]

Awesome explanation and visuals it makes sense now thanks JR.

[@joeboo6684]

Great point J R., lesson learned.

[@vincentandujar4216]

Man I love your videos. You are probably the most helpful KZbinr for bowling tips. Keep up the good work!

[@racrx7]

I need to work on this, a lot! Thx for the lesson👍🏻

[@engsengsimon528]

Excellent demonstration

[@ErnieScott00]

Absolute Best Bowling Training Video I've "Ever" Seen! This guy is Absolutely Terrific and Patient! Extreme Detail on All Key Points - From Start-To-Finish! He's a Gem! Such a Blessing for his knowledge and Sharing! I've watched Over 30 + Videos - and this is "By Far" The Best / Most Detailed! Much Appreciated 🎉

[@Just_Call_Me_Tim]

Great stuff! Thanks for the vid, it helped more than you know!

[@captainricco2777]

Hi JR. I just found my comfort zone on the right side of the lane now. Shooting 150's and 180's and hitting most of my spares. Discovered that rev-rate isn't as important as keeping a straight arm and wrist control is. Thanks for the lesson.

[@mjb4126]

great explanation in this video, especially the part about visualing "fingers dragging on the approach" to visual delayed release of fingers to increase rev rate.

[@pault5472]

Loved this explanation - thank you!

[@kevinscarborough9982]

Nice. Going to try this drill here at home and at practice.

[@scrumpymanjack]

These are really helpful videos. Thank you.

[@seabolt11]

Great Video! Very helpful

[@legendsliveforever1505]

Thanks for the drill and help!

[@Macschilder]

This is the video I have been searching for. Thank you!

[@digitalbreakthroughs]

This is great! Thanks for not adding distracting background music!

[@treeroofgrass]

This is the detailed explanation I need!! Thanks!!

[@robertpaluska6354]

That was the best release video I’ve seen. Thanks for turning to show from the side.!!

[@sjddjs]

Fantastic drill! Cheers mate!

[@patriciaboschock2297]

What a great set of drills. This has been a problem for me for a long time. I’m going to practice at home. I think this will make a big difference for me. Thank you so much.

[@alanbcook1965]

great break down of and describing the micro motions.

[@seanwillis8483]

This sounds like a great vid. Trying to figure out how to control the hook because I am beginner. Breaking it down into two stages helps alot at learning. I didn't even release my finger release affected the ball rev rate.

[@Klubyeezy]

This video is golden

[@tdub5693]

This is the best ever thank you for this I tried this exercise last night while waiting on my turn to bowl makes it so clear now I'm not sure what the heck i was doing before but this worked for me thanks again.

[@FatRagnar1973]

Thanks for the great videos!

[@apgall2]

I haven't put this drill into practice yet but I can say this has been the clearest explanation about the mechanics of getting your thumb to release that I've seen on KZbin thus far. I'm a two-finger bowler and have been struggling to integrate my thumb into my release but this video really made the idea click. Thanks!

[@h-ohtani2849]

It's very easy to understand!

[@mohdazwanmohdbuang8798]

Great explaination!

[@thomasgorman2782]

J R you are right about the question and the visualization. This is a better explanation. The visualization is the key starting point. We roll the perfect ball and it feels light as a feather and performs the way it should. The next ball not so much. Still trying to visualize for consistency. Will work on this mental approach. Thank you.

[@markbrown1102]

Great video!

[@danpoteet]

This video made an immediate impact on my game. Thanks very much! Do you have any videos on when to ball up/down? I have a well rounded arsenal built but I struggle to make the right decision with when to change balls and what ball to go to.

[@allansantos219]

Yes . This helps ! Thank you!

[@Radziwy23]

Thank You JR Raymond 👍🎳

[@jordanmorris5183]

Thank you very much for sharing this - there is so much good information and you present it very clearly and focus on one piece at a time - I will be bookmarking this, thanks :)

[@ralphjerome2442]

Eillen's Bowling Buddy rev ball motion trainer will help with this lesson, your video however is great and easy to grasp keep up the good work.

[@cs6529]

Thank you great video and help! 🤙🏽

[@randallkadish5663]

Great video.

[@bradleyhubbard43]

This video is awesome. I’ve had a misconception about how to release the ball. I’ve been turning it too early. After watching this my release is fixed. Never knew about feeling my thumb come out then turn it.

[@romaynepalmers6348]

I learned a lot. Thanks

[@JMunsonII]

Best video on release I've seen yet!

[@genestankivitz5445]

Heh. Munson.

[@AprocksSkcorpa]

Thank you!

[@playbytherootz4777]

Nice , I'm new bowler and struggle to get good ball rev. I do get sum revs but id like more. Hope this helps me

[@thomasholbert4131]

Great Vid

[@gordonnagle3268]

This video has helped. Thanks

[@mohamadkhalislazi8760]

Thanks sir for your explanation. I will try on my best

[@robertpenn250]

Man I am glad I ran across this video. I have had that problem of low rev rate for ever. And I was wondering if getting my thumb out quicker would help out it hurt my rev rate. Thank you.

[@Fried_Rice_Ren]

Finally! Thanks Jr!

[@williemorrison5006]

Good information 👍

[@joshuaricaldy1924]

Great tips 👍👍👍

[@jefferydoty5141]

Awesome. Thank you.

[@robertmmcgraw4672]

Good tip! We all need this when we have some issues with the Rev rate

[@charlieodom9107]

Timing has a lot to do with rev rate as well. If your feet get to the line at the same time as the ball, then you'll never have good rev rate.

[@barbaraparker736]

Very helpful.

[@MichaelLangham]

JR, f'awesome breakdown of this method/drill. Curious, have you done any short vids covering the whys/wherefores of the way you tape your fingers and thumb?

[@MichaelLangham]

Scratch that, found a slew here... kzbin.info/door/KIsgVbG4uA0bzdLzK0plCAsearch?query=Taping But if that missed any, please add. :) Thanks again!

[@kingdomrhye1180]

Informative thanks

[@StephRenee812]

This video here!!! OMG!!! I'm so glad I rewatched your videos all the time.. I haven't been understanding the whole wrist and release. I am always on top of the ball. End over end slower forward roll. I just was told to push with pointer finger you may have taught that too. Maybe its in this video. Also to pull up with my ring finger. It Idk. Now to understand the whole throwing it right. I tend to throw straight, like I'm pitching the ball in a catchers glove, thanks to growing up pitching slingshot, not a windmill. Also, stop the squeezing. If i do start to get something its the last game or its time to leave practice. Lol

[@JayTaylor-xu6kt]

Dude! I added the thumb hole to my ball today and just couldn't understand why I couldn't spend it like I do with two fingers. Exactly what you said! My hand wasn't relaxed and I was practically throwing the ball straight all game. Makes sense. I wasn't letting it naturally flow off my hand with my fingers relaxed to roll off into a spin. I'll def try this next time and I'll def be practicing these drills at home!

[@boblarock460]

I've seen this thumb release drill dozens of time over the years from many videos and it's never made any sense. How can you get the feeling of the thumb release with your knee and ball resting on the floor. When you're bowling, your knee and ball are not on the floor. However, I must say that the second part of your video has cleared this up. No one has shown how this works while standing. Now I need to try this on the lanes. Thanks for clearing this up.

[@bbfeign1]

excellent thank you

[@DoRayMeFa]

Wowzers! This is THE best video on increasing rev rate and side rotation that I have seen (and I've seen countless ones). Of course other videos mention getting the thumb to release earlier, but suggest no way to sensitize your self-awareness during that tiny time frame during release. It goes by so fast that you don't really know whether you're doing it better or worse than the previous time you did it! But these exercises (like repetitive slow-motion drills) should develop that sensitization and awareness-building. P.S. I've always thought that knuckle-draggers seemed to have an inherent advantage in bowling; now I know why!!! :-D :-D :-D :-D

[@richardhayes183]

This does help. I have been struggling with hook balls and other ways to get the ball to work for me. I get i want to give up, but i do watch these Video to get better. I keep on watching and practicing. Some times, i think, the ball does not want to work. It rolls to the left or right and right to the gutter. This Video does help.

[@lightingnut]

So where is the new training center bowling alley going to be located in the midwest? I vote for it to be in Ks.

[@brianrucker4918]

JR, great video as always. I totally understand the how, but the feel is what I wonder about. How can the stress in the forarm and wrist from cupping the ball not produce grip pressure? How tight should ones thumb hole be, to not produce grip pressure? I'm a modest 350 Rev rate, uncalculated, it's just my ball drillers opinion watching my ball roll down the lane. I've always feered hanging up in the thumb, therefor unwilling to add too much tape.

[@dwaynedavis2721]

Hey J.R. Been around game for 0ver 50yrs...Always high avg since 15....Had To stop Late 90s Got back in 2015 Once aging 200 avg Had to stop aging 2017 . 1/09/2020 Knee Replacement high expectation of myself ...4 knees,3 ankle surgery make you think about the sport.. Going from 11yr getting demo balls as kid from Ebonite in Hop Town Ky in the 70s to Now 59yrs old broke down has been takes a toll on you.... So do review on the broke down body ...Trying to start from ground zero...Always had high 475 rv rate don't wanna slide on left knee.Replacement ! Might take up corn hole ...lol

[@jamesbolton8590]

Great explanation i think i need a virtual lesson due to my injured wrist i do not have wrist bend to get under the ball and drag my nails so to speak. and i use a very snug thumb hole to help keep the ball on my hand to the bottom of the swing i learned not to grip with my thumb before i had my wrist injury and i have a hard time some nights do to fit on my thumb being a bit too tight or loose i have changeable thumb holes and tape but it is really hard to get the same feel all the time my thumb also shrinks as i bowl the faster we go the smaller it is and the slower we go the more it wants to hang a tad on release i was told to step into my shot harder but i am having trouble doing that also some days i can get good knee bend and other days not so much uggh some days i feel there is no help for guys like me i average any where from 190s to 210s depending on how the season goes with all my issues lol is there hope for guys like me ?

[@yolandacarreras5726]

Loved it

[@berenicenunes733]

Great tips. I just started bowling, and not knowing what I was doing, I hurted my shoulder. I think I was using my thumb to release the ball

[@Vsual1]

Wow, can't get that knuckle-dragging imagery out of my head. Good job breaking it down

[@paulpetrovich6869]

Just got a proton physix and couldn’t get the ball to really hook. I’m going to try this

[@IhateschooI]

Yo man thanks now I can finally curve my bowling ball :D

[@mariomoreno9436]

I just saw your video about ball release to get your thumb out first I'm going to try it tomorrow at the bowling alley

[@mariomoreno9436]

Where are you located at I'm in riverside California

[@info212011]

Muy claro, gracias.

[@rhkeller3]

Thanks

[@AlwaysColumbia300]

I like the visual of dragging your knuckles on the approach in order to keep your wrist cupped!

[@elmorules99]

Anyone know where JR’s old video about having an “offset” thumb hole drilled is?? Been trying to find.

[@gvet47]

This just made me think about a bowler in our league years ago.After a few beers he was throwing the ball so fast and hard the pins would come flying clear back on the lane. I think it actually chipped some pins over time! He could bowl a 185 game drunk.

[@tweeter3081]

How do you improve on the distance from the foul line and the releasing the bowl? When I was younger I would finish way closer to the line and now I'm like 3 feet from it, not sure how this happened. A video on that would be much appreciated!

[@faniitty]

i have the same problem i stop a whole 14 inches from the line

[@richardcassvan7300]

it's easy to say and difficult to do it.Yesterday i bougth the wrist restrictor and when i said i learned from you they gave me a discount ...thanks

[@jayvallandingham2406]

If you can shake hands with a firm grip you don't need a wrist device.

[@richardcassvan7300]

@@jayvallandingham2406 thanks for your advise but my hand do not obey me...🤣🤣🤣...i try very hard anyhow i will follow your advise, thanks again from Spain

[@jeffladrillono2313]

I think what's equally important is learning how to "lock" your thumb into the ball by focusing the grip pressure at the base of the thumb. Doing so can minimize knuckling and drag coming out of the thumb hole.

[@charlieodom9107]

A lot of that has to do with how loose most people have their thumb holes. If you can bend your thumb in the hole, it is too loose.

[@ronwest217]

Yes that helps! I would also say that a ball that "fits like a glove" was not beneficial to my game. My thumb would occasionally hang in my release. A slightly enlarged thumb hole enables me to release the ball cleanly, with my fingers doing the lifting.

[@Mj.Cj.Kc_300]

Hey Raymond quick questing we’re can I get a h1 heel

[@kapitanmliko]

You can do it into whatever you want just don't break anything okey? I love this guy :D

[@blackwidow333]

Hey buddy, should your thumb be snugged inside the ball. I'm getting a suction sound when my thumb comes out of the ball. Not sure If I have to open my thumb hole up a little more. Thanks

[@yourstylefitnessandhealth]

Its a timing thing, but its the key to seeing more down lane reaction with your ball !!

[@Jojochristianson]

Watching this while bowling

[@sbs2798uu]

Broke my TV practicing this at home...

[@Monk-Amani.]

He said that "you could used whatever you want. Just don't break anything." You wasn't listening.

[@DoctorKnockBoots]

😂🤣😂