"It's a travesty to the sport."

[@Bowling_Planet]

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[@georgeglass3680]

Your caption says travesty to the *sport.* Then you show bowling. What kind of trick is that?

[@ssuperant6537]

@@georgeglass3680??

[@BlueJimmie48Fan]

Doesn’t matter how you throw it, as long as you can strike, any form is possible.

[@RealHotPiss]

Yo, what’s up blueJimmie. Tf you doin here? You bowl too??🤣

[@BlueJimmie48Fan]

@@RealHotPiss Yessir! Been bowling since I was 3 and I still bowl league to this day. Recently shot 289, hoping one day for that perfect game. 🙏

[@Habeev07]

Single-handed bowling is far more pleasing to the eye. I cant watch granny shots.

[@pitbullgg]

Good thing that’s counting how many majors he won

[@seand.3085]

@@Habeev07 Do you watch basketball?

[@natrixxvision6997]

The reason Belmo wins so much isn’t because he bowls 2 handed it’s because he’s accurate and makes most of his spares.

[@fnordcinco]

I'll add he eats and drinks bowling. While other bowlers are trying to sound witty or funny, Belmo will hit hard with some bowling history.

[@natrixxvision6997]

@@fnordcinco History? Belmo MAKES history.

[@PinoyBowlerGS92]

And Belmo is a perfect role model for all of the young people of the 21st Century. Being a class act and not a crybaby like diaper Rash which he represents boomers

[@jasonn9907]

Speed, accuracy and revolutions - the three things a bowler needs in order to get a lot of strikes. It’s just a plain fact that 2-handers are able to put more speed and revolutions on the ball than 1-handers. Belmo is an elite bowler, but rolling it 2-handed gives him an advantage. Anyone who knows anything about bowling recognizes this.

[@deshthewraithLoL]

I say it all the time. He didn't win while throwing it hard, he started winning when he got deadly accurate and consistent.

[@TheHouseBowling]

All about knocking down 10 pins any way you can!

[@Watchinwheel]

And not crossing over the foul line

[@butchc9226]

Exactly. Why doesn’t anyone ever complain about different coverstocks or cores ? To me that’s a travesty lol

[@alansabin7487]

they have made new rules on how the two hand bowler must release the ball. [ revs and ball balance.] whats up with that if it is just knocking down pins ???? DO YOU UNDERSTAND YET.??

[@ACommentFromYouTube]

@@alansabin7487 what rules? Name a few that only apply to 2 handers please.

[@mattgeiger8247]

​@@ACommentFromKZbinI'm pretty sure that made that new ruling on urethane, mostly because of two handers.

[@plurpleplopper27]

It’s a sport, if you don’t like who’s beating you, get better. That’s the way of the game.

[@CrazyAboutVinylRecords]

Or cheat.

[@megatbasyarullah4859]

@@CrazyAboutVinylRecords A lot of one handers nowadays have the same revs and power as 2 handers so it ain't a cheat. Its a skill issue

[@CrazyAboutVinylRecords]

@@megatbasyarullah4859 I was kidding. Lol.

[@TheRagingRayn]

@@megatbasyarullah4859 I don't think he meant it that way though, but I agree.

[@markreyes1866]

@@CrazyAboutVinylRecords cant blame ur onehanders if they have belmophobia

[@spudcoconut]

He revolutionized the game. Made two-handed bowling as popular and accepted as it is now.

[@steveboone1498]

They ruined the sport of bowling in my opinion. Just about every major has been won by a two hander ever since belmo won his first major. I would recommend that two handed bowlers start using one hand so that the field would be more fair.

[@hooviedoovie5220]

​@@steveboone1498 sports aren't fair. You do what it takes to win. Your delivery method doesn't matter if you aren't good at the other, many aspects of the sport.

[@BrandonP43]

@@steveboone1498 two handed bowling is harder. It’s way less accurate. As someone who’s been bowling for 17 years I can say that since Belmonte introduced two handed as a widespread thing youth leagues have grown 200%. Anything to keep the sport alive at this point. All the old heads bitching at the youngins are part of the reason it was dying. When reactive balls came on the scene the old school guys said that reactive coverstocks and high RG weight blocks would ruin the game.

[@lilhowiesbiggestfan4360]

@@steveboone1498then also recommend every basketball player shoots with one hand, every batter hits with one hand. Won’t happen because it’s a lot harder. if you complain maybe just do it

[@markreyes1866]

@@steveboone1498 nba players dont complain when they slam dunk wid both hands becoz dey dont have dat toxic behavior like u do

[@josephelden4573]

I'm 68. 50 years of league bowling and have never been against this. If anything it's helping save the sport.

[@shuanextreme]

Dude perfects bowling trickshots video i reckon brought in alot of bowlers.

[@anthonystackhouse3126]

​@@shuanextremeheck, Dude Perfect even collaborated with Belmo. That also probably helped

[@jakeyrunescape9219]

don’t complain about it, just get better, and beat them

[@jakeyrunescape9219]

still whined like a baby. Ej Tackett and Jason Sterner don’t use it as an excuse and still appear on national tv frequently

[@kridicalxsi1177]

​@stupid runescape Just saying as a two hander that doesn't practice at all and has a 207 average it is different.

[@zi2152]

@you are so you he spittin fr

[@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356]

EJ Tackett is a super freak who rips the cover off the ball unlike anyone I’ve ever seen

[@leaving10pins44]

@@kridicalxsi1177 bro you throwing 2 handed on a house shot doesn’t mean anything lol that’s where you can throw it however and strike

[@clarkkent1521]

Same people who say QBs should only be pocket passers and should never scramble.

[@rasanchez169]

One hand finger tip only. No thumb hole drilled. That's how I like. Let's crank and get those revs

[@rcmike09]

Me also.

[@crimsontide1980]

Been bowling that way for 30 plus years now. It's the only way that works for me

[@carterjeremy89]

I should've said no thumb.. Oh well

[@curtisedmonds9933]

There is no incorrect way to knock down all 10 pins. Arguments from tradition are considered a fallacy for a reason.

[@meandcaryn]

Actually, there are rules as to how it must be done.

[@Cerus98]

@@meandcaryn - One of those rules says you must release the ball with one hand. Exactly how 1 and 2 handers release their balls.

[@GamingFanactic911]

As a 2 hander myself, I respect him so much and he will forever live on as one of the greatest of all time and I really hope he continues his success for many years

[@uknowwhatisup1]

He is THE GOAT!

[@GamingFanactic911]

​@@uknowwhatisup1 yes he is😊❤

[@Tanner3319]

I bowl one handed and two days ago and bowled 2 handed for at least one game and holy cow is it fun to bowl two handed

[@Monk-Amani.]

Let Couch complain. He's been listening to right-handers moan about Lefties since his 1st 300😅

[@Hoglife]

I’m with Jason on this,I’m old school with the thumb in the ball(retired,back injuries)

[@calebnordmeyer4131]

of course you are you old welfare leeching pig. the only reason you still bowl is to have an excuse to be wasted on a weeknight.

[@GollumHatesNastyChips]

That’s fine… you’re irrelevant and your opinion has no credibility

[@popanda3652]

"I think it's a travesty that it's in the sport, I'm old school" is what he actually said

[@Habeev07]

He aint wrong. A bowling ball was meant to held with 2 fingers and a thumb rolled down the lane with one hand. For a long time balls only had 2 holes way back in the day one finger and one thumb. Also he is a product of how they oil the patterns. He is allowed to keep moving inside following the fresh oil moreso than others and still maintain correct pocket entry angle due to high rev rate.

[@GollumHatesNastyChips]

@@Habeev07 So… what? One handers can produce just as much revs.

[@TheVlad1616]

@@Habeev07 you just contradicted yourself there…. “It was meant to use 2 fingers and a thumb, BUT balls originally only had 2 holes”…. Bowling has always been about knocking pins down, I don’t think anyone cared how the ball was thrown.

[@pjsbulldog67]

@@Habeev07 yea and everything you said applies to one hander as well

[@seand.3085]

@@Habeev07 Sad take. If that’s how it was meant to be with no account for evolution then it would’ve at least been in the rules somewhere but it never has. The originality argument is so petty and useless. Get better or don’t with your flawed logic for being a hater. Two handers aren’t here to take part, we’re here to take over.

[@CarlDellJohn]

Two handers are alright, I still appreciate youth bowler’s throwing it the correct way. Keep the game how it should be !

[@KiryokuYT]

So what about one-handed bowlers using two fingers and a thumb, but throwing backup balls? Or one handed bowlers throwing with only two fingers? Where do *you* draw the line as to how the game "should be"?

[@CarlDellJohn]

@@KiryokuYT I don’t mind it no thumb, some of the greatest to play our game rolled one handed and with no thumb. Back up bowlers are ok, I’m a lefty and have seen a handful of back up bowlers in league and I still outscore them. Honestly I’d probably outscore you too 😂 but the fact that the same has completely changed (etc more units of oil bc two handers have so many revs) is the reason I don’t like two handers.

[@KAd3N777]

I was two handing before I knew this guy existed, I used to barely make 70's now I'm consistently at the 100s and am still getting better.

[@Rookiemist8k]

Sounds like you'd be better off bowling standard style

[@megatbasyarullah4859]

A travesty to the sport. Lmao the sport was literally dying. 2 handed bowling literally hyped up the sport especially to the youngsters. Even now the sport is literally on life support with its tv casting. And saying "im old school" like that proves anything 🤣

[@zanierrules]

Literally

[@dylanfry7978]

Im not hating on Belmo. But id be lying if I said I wasn’t rooting against him 😂. I was like anyone but Simo, or Belmo. And yes im a 1-hander. But alas, congrats to him. It really is nuts to think about, that many Major wins.

[@thecarrotsarecoming4711]

him being 2 handed makes no difference to that though. Look at his stats, he's the most accurate strike shooter in history and that's regardless of rev rate or being 2 handed. He wins because he makes shots better than anyone in history.

[@drwisdom1]

I have been watching the PBA since 1979 and will admit I always would root against lefties, except Earl Anthony. But once two handers appeared the distinction between lefties and righties became small. I like two handed bowlers because they can generate more power.

[@terminat1]

They also bowl like little children do.

[@Adam_Tilbrook]

This video brought me a lot of joy. Absolutely love watching Jason compete and win!

[@davidchamberlain3373]

He changed the sport like Mark Roth did.

[@XenoGuru]

He's the best two-handed bowler, but he's not the one that brought two-handed bowling to light. Osku Palermaa was the one that showcased it first. Before Belmonte was in the picture. But even Osku wasn't the first two-handed bowler. Chuck Lande, a Texas boy like me, was the first in the 80s. He won 5 regional titles, but chose never to go professional.

[@shuanextreme]

​@@XenoGuruJason Belmonte is definetly the most influential 2 handed bowler though

[@XenoGuru]

@shuanextreme Oh yeah no doubt.

[@zolowicz1]

I moved to 2 hand, saved me a lot of pain in my shoulder

[@DonaldDump2024]

The thumb hole is such a bane for me that I wish I had learned two handed as a youth.

[@zolowicz1]

@Craig Wheeless Yeah. Its just a little easier on me, but I like throwing my 10 pins normally, but I dontbknow if that's league appropriate.

[@DonaldDump2024]

@@zolowicz1 Might not be if it’s a handicap league. Although I haven’t heard that you can’t.

[@underclockerrocketcar7286]

​@@zolowicz1there's no rule against using 2h and 1h afaik. So long as the appropriate ball is used. I know a couple of people that do it.

[@zolowicz1]

@underclockerrocketcar7286 I used to go back and forth depending on the day. Almost would always clean up using a one handed approcah....but last time I played league they said all or nothing

[@mariasanchez8256]

People just want something to complain about and to blame someone when they’re bowling bad. Just get out there and bowl and stop worrying about how others throw the damn ball.

[@leesoulivanh]

👍

[@jayvictus80]

There's a difference between Belmonte using 2 hands with some control, and these younger generation bowlers that are standing in the next lane over chucking the ball like an idiot

[@gozer825]

Next up enters three handed bowling style.

[@yoshisaur90]

Third hand huh 🤔 … 🤨

[@Kramer-tt32]

I don't mind, except for one thing. I think that if they allow 2 handed bowling, they should allow left/right handed bowlers. People who can bowl with both hands single should be allowed to alternate midgame.

[@playdiscgolf1546]

Thank you!!! I’ve been saying this for years. It’s a dumb rule that you can throw with 2 hands at the same time, but not each hand separately.

[@seand.3085]

As a now two handed bowler who can do both since I learned one handed ambidextrous bowling my whole life, 100%. If they allow that, I’m going to be the next version of Belmo. I only just got in my first League ever where I found out I can’t throw left handed for my spares, which I’ve practiced for over a decade to hit most of my spares. I’ve had to fast track learning right handed 10 flat spares as a two hander now and it’s rough. 😂🤣. Just had my biggest scores this past week though so I’m hyped.

[@kyletheune6280]

I don’t bowl 2 handed. I grew up being taught 1 handed. But 2 handed is not a travesty to the sport. Bowling was dying and it brought in new people. Sure they can get more revs and maybe carry. But you still have a million things you need to do correctly to even get the ball in a position to strike. The form is different but you still need to have a repeatable release, hit your mark, control your speed. Still gotta pick up spares when you miss. It always comes down to who’s the better bowler

[@alansabin7487]

and they have made rules to slow the two hand release down [ revs and ball balance ] whats up with that if it is just knocking down ten pins???

[@nathankennedy2305]

Though I am for traditional bowling, I cannot deny the positive influence Belmo and two handed bowling has brought to the sport.

[@tonyguerrier2258]

Don't mind it at all but I do believe that there should be two separate divisions to keep everyone on an even playing field. One handed division and a two handed division. Just my opinion.

[@seand.3085]

Ok, should they separate basketball divisions so guys who can dunk are separated from everyone else? No other sport acts like this about using two hands instead of one. Lmao. Imagine how much basketball would suck if you could only shoot with one hand and all the dunkers were in a separate division? Soccer only one foot? Baseball swing the bat with only one arm? Only one handed bowlers believe this type of stuff. 😂

[@tonyguerrier2258]

@@seand.3085 well first of all I just gave my opinion, don’t care who likes it or who doesn’t TBH. Secondly, I really don’t get the comparison but it was well written.

[@seand.3085]

@@tonyguerrier2258 I didn’t mean to come off gritty like that, just a lot of pissed one handers complaining in here so I apologize if I sounded rude. The comparison is that bowling is the only sport I know of that complains about two handed being better or more efficient, something literally every other sport exemplifies. They then use lingo like “it’s easier” to justify their position, when I could just as easily say it’s not that two handed is easy, it’s that one handed bowling “is worse”. I’m all for bowling whatever style works, it’s the complaining about the evolution of two handed that’s just incessantly annoying. 😂. Much love and thank you for your kind reply.

[@R8drntn]

Two handed bowling saved bowling. It opened the door for so many people who would have never bowled. I am a two finger, no thumb bowler myself...

[@thebigsquirrel50]

Non-bowler here that has interest in watching: why was it so controversial to have 2-handed bowlers?

[@Bowling_Planet]

Some people felt like it was cheating over 1 handed bowlers.

[@stephenlevine3116]

2 main reasons 1- I call it the boomer argument. It's because it's non-traditional. 2- The biggest gripe is that most 2 handers only put 2 fingers in the ball, which allows more room for error in comparison to most 1 handers that put three finger in the ball. As well as on average 2 handers have a higher rev rate and power, which can make it easier to strike. Overall to me I think it's not a big deal and I bowl 1 handed. To me it's just another style.

[@jwith384]

Two handed bowlers have a general higher rate of revolutions on their shot which general means more carry.

[@bad2handedbowler]

​@Stephen Levine there are plenty of 1 handers that only use 2 fingers (tom daugherty is one i think)

[@stephenlevine3116]

@IM AN EAGLE oh there are for sure! I'm just liting reasons I have heard. I personally have nothing against 2 handed. Bowl what ever way gets you the best results.

[@HaydenEvanoff]

Ip Man “it’s not the style, it’s you”

[@eurosimpliciti259]

This man has changed the game forever.

[@matthewbunger6115]

Never been a fan of two handed bowing. That being said that's why I throw one handed and keep my opinions to my self because I don't care what others do. Belmo is a beast whether you or I like it or not

[@xxflingerxx1754]

Why are people saying that Jason's first major was the players in 2011, It wasn't a major event back in the 2011-12 Year. Jason's first ever major was the 2013 USBC Masters. Learn your bowling people.

[@BowlerScott]

I'm so glad someone made this. I understand preferring things how they were when you were younger, and I even like Jason Couch a lot. But that quote was as uninsightful as any I have ever heard about anything on any topic, ever.

[@origamielephant7093]

String pins are a travesty to the sport, Two handed bowling is just a style thing. You can get the same revs and speed thumb in, you just destroy your arm/shoulder to do it. I mean before the Fosbury flop people just did high jumps on their belly.

[@christopherkubelka6824]

Unreal. Simo is the only one with a chance at catching him right now.

[@seymourbutts5277]

It's gonna be Belmo = MJ, Simo = LBJ when it's all said and done

[@Fishmorph]

They didn’t like when Babe Ruth was hitting all those home runs, or when Kareem was dunking over guys’ heads, but those guys changed the game and that’s how it is now. Adapt.

[@kooringagnd]

He didnt invent 2 handed bowling. He just excels at 2 handed bowling better than everyone else.

[@NateCraven318]

Shit like this is the exact reason I lost respect for Jason Couch. Not only this, but he's also historically really rude to fans and people in the audience sometimes.

[@Mikey-1990]

I've heard he can be an asshole off the lanes too, which isn't surprising considering how he acts on the lanes. Just watching him back in the day and how much shit he talked to guys. The best karma was how cocky he was towards Mika in 2003 in their match, which Mika responded by tossing a 300 against him. I'm not denying the fact that he's a good bowler, but his attitude and demeanor suck.

[@NateCraven318]

@@Mikey-1990 Yep, karma's a bitch for some. Maybe if he hadn't spent so much time off the lanes after 2010, he'd actually see the benefits of it, and wouldn't be talking down on people statistically better than him because he can't compete at their level.

[@terminat1]

He was asked a question. Two-handed bowling is for little children.

[@NateCraven318]

@@terminat1 Traditionalist. Take your willie out of the thumb hole of your 1980 AMF Angle.

[@lb3131]

To me bowing two handed was cheating a few a decade ago.. but it helped evolve the sport in a dark time... today I would say it evolved the sport

[@bob-je5pz]

I love the collective hating and whining when people see somebody rise to the top of a field. Yet to have someone give a good reason on how 2 handed is “cheating” or is “unfair”. Should reactive resin have been banned? No? Then don’t complain about 2 handed

[@dragonman910]

A good amount of bowlers are stuck in the past. Two-handed bowling is the future. Oil patterns have gotten longer and harder (that's what she said. 😈), balls have gotten stronger and more reactive, and people are adapting to transitioning conditions better than ever. The old-school ways aren't as effective anymore. Those who won't adapt to change will quit. If you think two handed is unfair/should be banned, then switch.

[@gregorycarr8459]

Basketball players used to shoot free throws with two hands and underhanded. Golf clubs used to be all wooden. Sports equipment and styles are fluid.

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

From my perspective as an old school scratch bowler, it is weird looking. However, it has taken hold in the sport and is here to stay. Bowling needs innovation and the ability to excite new generations about the sport. Anything that does that is OK by me.

[@millenniumshot7505]

My question is what going to happen when father time catches up..I can assure to the bowling alleys won't be filled with old guys throwing 2 handed..

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

@@millenniumshot7505 Indeed. House leagues are full of people bowling into their 70's and 80's.

[@howardosden3112]

If Jason Couch, (a great bowler, by the way), were truly "old school" wouldn't his ball only have two holes, one finger and one thumb? 😊

[@jusdesireable3224]

My Generation's Goat.. What he has done, still doing especially doing it with other professionals trying to call your ability a joke or illegal,etc. We probably won't see another game changer like Belmo for another 10-15 years.

[@martyvanduzer9263]

I agree with Jason Couch. I dont even watch it on TV anymore.

[@brentvance3958]

For every one of you there are 5 others joining it.

[@Cerus98]

@@brentvance3958 - Not really. Bowling has been on a steady decline for years. WNBA “make” more money than pro bowlers these days.

[@agallo121]

At first kind of thought it was sort of cheating, but when I thought about all the variables it adds. It does indeed require some skill and practice to perfect it so.....respect when its deserved. Yes" he deserves it.

[@seand.3085]

If you think about it like dunking in basketball, it definitely should help think differently about it. Sports change and people can figure out how to do things better within the rules.

[@bklivegaming]

Jason Couch is a punk. Slow down any two handers release and guess what Couch.... you'll see the ball released with one hand. Kudos Belmo.

[@edgehead62888]

Couch was always an asshole. Very successful, but still an asshole.

[@terminat1]

Oh, please. He spoke his opinion.

[@kevinb.7491]

Absolutely it's about time someone speaks up it is a travel to the sport and is destroying the sport it's not two handed bowling from 100 years ago it's one headed bowling I don't care how you think you deliver the ball.

[@minecraftcatmanplusg]

He’s simply the greatest to ever do it and no matter how much they try to discredit it you can’t take it away from him

[@oldworldorder9424]

The greatest? Nobody even bowls anymore. My area had 5 bowling centers and we are down to one.. Imagine competing against 1/5th the competition and declaring yourself the greatest at something. I quit when the money became trash.

[@johnathanholbrook4579]

I will say, it is much easier to get revs 2 handed, which is why Belmo revolutionized the sport. It gave everyone the opportunity to have more power. I support and am thankful for 2 handed bowling and more importantly Belmo for bringing much needed attention back to the sport. Btw, I’m a one handed and have been for 11 years 😂

[@timriecken5453]

It doesn't matter how it gets there. Jim Furyk has a goofy ass golf swing, but the club head is delivered to the ball the exact same way as any other player on tour. I have zero issue with it and i'm a 1 handed 3 fingered bowler with a fairly high rev rate. I'm a golf pro that happens to be a good bowler hense the Furyk reference.

[@shadowsp8888]

I agree with Mr Couch ! 2 handers are so disrespectfull! ANd also looks absolutely ridiculous!

[@lorinflickinger4837]

Jason Belmonte is to bowling as Bret Hart was to wrestling back in his day.'Jason is 'The best there is,the best there was,and the best there ever will be'.... In my opinion..

[@DonaldDump2024]

Hall of Famer Norm Duke said the same about Belmo. That’s a huge compliment coming from him. He doesn’t whine about two handers.

[@terminat1]

@@DonaldDump2024 Duke was being nice.

[@BoydsBowling]

Ill never stop using 2 hands

[@jeffreysteckman6467]

Couch better go two handed because Belmo kicks his ass 😂

[@adriananderson76]

I don't care about what they say about him, he's the best (Jason Belmonte) by winning champions in bowling.

[@user-mw3hy9lm6o]

I've been bowling for 4yrs started one handed and injured my forearm so I was watching Kyle Troup and belmo bowling 2handed and said I can try that to distribute some of the weight off my arm so I started working on 2handed and it worked I've been bowling abt 3yrs now 2handed but you release with one hand and am proud to say I bowled a 300 2months ago and I constantly bowl 200's I'm abt 200-220 average bowler thanks Troup and belmo

[@davefuelling7955]

Anything that improves your performance in any sport should be embraced as revolutionary, not denigrated because it's "not traditional".

[@truman3004]

This man is solid and smooth, at the line, Every time!

[@thesamsquatch5224]

He's been perfecting his game since he was a toddler. He revolutionized the bowling game and he's at the top hy hard work. He's a great role model and he's just that good. One or two handed doesn't matter, you just have to try harder to beat him

[@oginaz]

I think I’d beat him if we both bowled one handed.

[@thesamsquatch5224]

@A Voice of Reason you may absolutely, its the fun of the sport and the hard work you've put into it. He's a great sport and I don't think just because he bowls with 2 hands discredits him or the sport. Same with bowling left handed instead of right handed

[@AngrySecs]

​@@oginaz search a video of him bowling one handed, you'd probably lose then too

[@Sebastian_K512]

Theres technically more than a billion different styles since everyone throws it differently

[@onefadedgunner3281]

A strike is a strike. Me and my team will always pick on our two-handed teammate, but hey he out scores all of us so he doesn't care.

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

Two hand bowling used to be walking up to the foul line and heaving it down the middle underhanded from between your legs. I guess this is different.

[@JCDagz]

Older school guys hated when Mark Roth started the power cranker style, then later bitched about how Reactive Resin was “ruining” the sport. Jason Couch’s HOF career benefited from both…now he scoffs at how the game evolves, what a hypocrite he is!

[@oldworldorder9424]

Resin was the real travesty. Plus, Jason didn't benefit from resin. No power player benefited from resin. Resin made the light hit a percentage strike for tweeners, and. messengers a common theme in the mid 90's. Once, the Power Coil 18 (Brunswick) and Superflex (Columbia) covers were put on those strong, low RG/high differential cores, holyshit. You learned what a cheater ball was. They even made reverse block easier if you had ball speed. Pure garbage. Those balls took degrees of power and finesse out of the game.

[@playdiscgolf1546]

There’s a misconception that because you throw with 2 hands, you can get more revs. That’s not true, you get more revs because you don’t put your thumb in the ball. Mike Miller was a guy who bowled before Jason Couch in the PBA and he was a one hander with no thumb in the ball.

[@bowlerjz5030]

I’m not a fan of two handed bowling because I feel they have a speed and rotation advantage which opens up so much more on the lanes. However, I love what it’s done for the sport. I see a lot more kids bowling now than they used to and if it helps save the sport then I’m all for it.

[@rebirth_mishap]

has anyone seen what jason couch looks like?

[@stratocaster0842]

Yep, too fat to ever have good form two handing, because good form two handing requires more flexibility than one handing.

[@stratocaster0842]

Also, it’s amazing how many people still think that both hands are used to rotate the ball and create revs. Every single two hander to ever bowl on the PBA removes the off hand before release, the revs are created with the same two fingers that any one handed bowler uses. Anyone who says both hands are used is admitting that they know nothing about the physics of bowling ball roll..it’d be impossible to impart the same axis tilt and axis rotation with both hands simultaneously.

[@robertcombs4916]

I understand what he’s saying I kinda just always felt that you should declare a hand. You have to remember back then bowling with two hands was taboo it was almost looked at like corking a bat in baseball. You just have all this tradition and now someone is allowed to bowl using two hands which provides an unfair advantage and all those guys had spent their entire lives bowling one handed so it’s not like you can say we’ll everyone can use two hands if they want. Yes that’s true they can but it’s kind like the rug was pulled out from underneath all these guys who had some a lifetime mastering one handed bowling then allowing Belmo to waltz’s in there and use two.

[@BKGclan4LIFE]

So funny how they had an issue with it

[@hectordehesa2118]

He influenced me to get started in bowling and yes, be a 2 handed bowler

[@Sdschnaible]

Couch could rev it up as much if not more than Tackett. Dude was a beast. I like good bowling...period. Old school or 2 hands. It's all about getting it done

[@EKJ313_]

If USBC bans certain bowling balls that it deems giving an unfair advantage, hi purple hammer, 2 hands gives an advantage as well.

[@averymoore9144]

Don’t complain man the 🐐🐐🐐 with it

[@Ironfangzu]

calling 2-handed bowling a travesty is like a bowler from the Dick Weber days calling it a travesty for bowlers to hook the house like an EJ Tackett or Chris Prather can. "Why, back in my day, we threw it straight as an arrow! What's with this hook ball nonsense?" Sports can evolve. Standards change. Don't be that dinosaur who can't stand progress.

[@oldworldorder9424]

Nobody is hooking nothing with 55 feet of oil layed gutter to gutter.

[@roccominino3923]

I agree with Jason one handed is the only style that should be authorized.

[@arthurr7866]

Who cares ! As long as the pins fall. But bowling balls are probably at least ten times more powerful then in the 60's - 80's.

[@Ewigi]

I don’t think it’s a travesty, just like any other sport, bowling evolves, and here we are. It’s just a more efficient way to bowl, and it’s all around better. I personally still bowl 1 handed, but seeing the amount of success 2 handers have definitely makes me consider switching because it just makes sense. If you want to roll with the competition, you have to adapt.

[@thatshittysnarefromSTanger]

I didn't like it at first, ill admit it. But, it's getting more people bowling. If it works for you,do it.

[@nicg7451]

I 100% support 2 handed bowlers. And just like Jason Couch, I am a one handed lefty myself. I am impressed by what Belmo has done.

[@frankdlando1682]

If you can't beat em join em.

[@EricSmyth4Christ]

Walter Ray Williams Jr

[@nathanlionetti3498]

The only reason you call it a travesty to the sport is because you can’t beat it-and that’s coming from a 1 handed bowler

[@steveboone1498]

I agree with Randy because it does ruin the sport.

[@RealHotPiss]

@@steveboone1498 🤣

[@hooviedoovie5220]

You can beat it, and we see that by the many one handers in the TOC cut. There was only packy, belmo, simo, via, and ogle in the TOC tv shows. 5 out of 17. That's not a majority. Belmo won because he's the best that week. He was getting his ass served to him the first day too. You can beat it. Just because someone has a thumbless delivery doesn't automatically make them a good bowler. Cry about it.

[@RealHotPiss]

@@hooviedoovie5220 🙁

[@Jaydg_]

@@steveboone1498r/wooooosh

[@CarsonClaws]

🐐

[@weejohnbb]

If 2 handed was unbeatable, why is there still so many elite one handed bowlers? The guy shouldn't be commentating.

[@cesarpagan8685]

As a 1 hander Belmo still my favorite bowler. Anyone else?

[@hongphucnguyenbuiphuchands6480]

Jason Couch you are wrong this has to be the legend

[@michaelllamas52]

I agree thousand percent!

[@andresvelez3931]

Everyone complaining has tried two hand but realized they didn’t get better so they decided to complain about two hand bowlers instead 😂

[@rob122971x]

man he would really hate it now

[@samuelpancake4084]

Different strokes for different folks

[@rossi1606]

Actually all two handers are one handed bowlers. Watch the slow motion videos. There is one hand on the bowl at release. That other hand is the counter weight for the thumb not being in the ball

[@OpM1key]

Yeah basically the other hand is there to support and balance the ball until the release like you said.

[@dragonman910]

a good amount of bowlers are stuck in the past. two handed bowling is the future. oil patterns have gotten longer and harder (that's what she said. 😈), balls have gotten stronger and more reactive, and people are adapting to transitioning conditions better than ever. the old-school ways aren't as effective anymore. Those who won't adapt to change will quit. if you think two handed is unfair/should be banned, then switch.

[@wesleyhall7689]

It does provide some advantages health and leverage wise. But look at norm duke. He ain't complaining

[@nathanratke1464]

It’s just an easy way to get into bowling and see the ball move because of how much easier it is to get revs as someone who is inexperienced compared to learning and practicing with three fingers

[@leesoulivanh]

He just throws it better than any other two handed bowlers out there.... THE GOAT!

[@Habeev07]

Walter Ray Williams Jr. still the goat.

[@dustingarwood6180]

@@Habeev07 get out of everyones comments bruh, u hate belmo that much?💀 belmo is the goat, walter couldnt win majors, half of belmos are majors lol

[@EvsColeto]

The Goat? WRW, Pete Weber and Norm Duke still have more than him.

[@josebrooks2787]

Not anymore