Skills & Drills || Change your hand position to get more strikes!

[@tydal6867]

Love the second camera angle it helps get a better view on breakpoint and see those different phases of ball motion! Great content thank you!

[@dijigo1587]

One of your best Valerie. Explanations + Demos. Extremely helpful. By the way, your approach and delivery is so silky smooth, just a pleasure to watch. Thank you =)

[@joejohnson560]

Great video!! It was really good to learn how you went from spinning it to rolling it. I am working with juniors that love to hook the ball but end up spinning it more than rolling it. It will so helpful to show them this!

[@KoolBell4AU]

I'm watching this at 7am and want to rush to the lanes to start practicing! It won't happen today, but I will work on this. Some things you covered, turned on a light for me. I used to practice hand positions and have moved away from it. My scores vary wildly over 3 games, and I am 100% confident these tips will help reduce the huge discrepancies. Thanks!

[@ManxManx-m1e]

Thank you for sharing your bowling knowledge. It's very helpful.

[@i8910midnight]

Best training video in regards to adjustments! ❤ Big help, Valerie! ❤ Thank you!

[@rc4361]

I love your videos and this one was extremely pertinent for me as I have experienced what you demonstrated in many games

[@cliffordbradford1392]

Great love hammer balls 😊

[@malcolmhelmuth760]

Another great video demonstrating hand position and resulting ball motion.

[@derryckvanish3733]

Absolutely fantastic post, very in depth detail

[@ronaldvanengen1887]

Valerie had a thought for a second Seconds up ❤🎉😊

[@butchgladstone5713]

It’s funny it’s Monday and I’m just watching this vlog and I had a situation today where the lanes were way O/U at the start. I went 175-261-258 because the hand position change didn’t come to my mind until frame 9 game 1. Being more forward helped my ball roll earlier and blend the wet/dry.

[@williemorrison5006]

Thanks can I send you a short video of my release and approach.

[@markkeller9378]

Hi, love your channel. Im a senior and I roll the ball kinda like you do. I have a slow ball speed…..usually between 10.5-11.5mph…….I also slightly spin the ball versus roll as my fingers are above the ball equator. our house shot is crown pattern, oil to 43 feet. What speed do you normally roll? What did you slow down to with the Anger? Help?? Trying to figure out my next ball. ……so please give numbers for speed? Slow vs normal for you?

[@idahospyder1620]

I'd like to see the envy shot from further left and really use that big hook

[@Livelifelove82]

Hello there, When you say roll it more, what do you mean?

[@stephenrodwell3164]

I like what you are doing but my felling is that it works better with a triggered release starting from the same cupped hand position.

[@Monk-Amani.]

Asymmetric v.s Symmetrical. Cover and core types. Releases, layouts, and lane patterns. Experience and abilities. Practice.

[@dshevack1]

The game is the teacher

[@dennismcclintock3154]

Valarie what about hitting the Anger with surface down a bit then rather than use polish hit it with compound being compound bites more than polish ? Thanks for another great video ❤❤🎳🎳🎳🎳 compare this to the new track criterion and the radical snap shot

[@jenniferboone-sz1lo]

I don't understand how putting your right foot back pre-approach opens up your angle. Does it change your gait? Can you tell us a little more about that? (I'm already a subscriber and give you likes) thank you

[@shawncouch3863]

It changes the direction of where your shoulder is pointing . Let’s say your standing with both feet toe to toe your shoulder is straight to the pins. Once you move that right foot back your right shoulder turns alil as while which changes the direction of how the ball travels down the lanes . Which allows the ball to have more room to hook

[@jenniferboone-sz1lo]

@@shawncouch3863 Thanks. I just gotta get my head around this bc it seems like once I'm moving I'd straighten out. Not so?

[@adrianchan5568]

It'll be good if you show us the oiling pattern, the oiling length, thickness and diagram so that we can picture the expected reaction. I will assume it's house shot here but it'll be nice to see such information especially the length and thickness which will be helpful.

[@noweanji]

layouts?

[@fang-SEA]

❤

[@hazalmohammed]

Watching this video, my main takeaway is that solids are used to tear up the oil so you can transition to a pearl? I mean, why wouldn't you just stick with a strong pearl asymmetric ball so it retains more energy to hit the pocket and more likely guarantee a strike? Seeing the Pure Envy chug down the lane reminded me of why I swapped out my Widow 3.0 for a Hammer Effect. Got tired of the Widow gassing out and having to transition to a different ball. But maybe I'm using solids incorrectly?

[@Jesusfanatic0711]

Well I get what your saying so players use a ball for something they aren’t comfortable with or lack in their game at that time, like if your not good at rolling the ball or more forward roll then a solid would help the ball get into a roll quicker since that person might get around it more and on the flip side a pearl ball for someone who really likes to roll it. I myself prefer hybrid or pearls because of my amount of roll and feel uncomfortable really rotating around the ball. Just overall saying that not everyone is gonna see that same transition as you or I would.

[@StephRenee812]

​@Jesusfanatic0711 I love reading the comments I always find things I never understood and people like you, you make it make sense in my brain. Thank you

[@Jesusfanatic0711]

@ well that’s great I’m glad you got something out of my comment and having different equipment for different houses and people are so important for Those reasons. However, I’m glad she explained that one stronger ball being really smooth and it indeed blends the pattern she’s on. So if you see a ball checkmark at a house like the anger she threw its weaker for that condition and of course vice versa. There’s a saying in the pba and tourneys which is you can’t fight bad ball reaction, so the wrong ball no matter what you do will work of it doesn’t blend it. Sorry I’m rambling but I love the sport and I think the more we share what we understand and help each other the better we can be together!

[@basilcoleman8463]

Great video. I’d love to actually see those hand positions. Think you showed one in the video and that side by side video should be the standard it’s gives you the best views of the action

[@Thekingpin01]

👍nice.

[@jenniferboone-sz1lo]

We LADIES need more help and advice. Almost all videos neglect the lady bowlers.

[@StephRenee812]

I agree with you there. Im always on the hunt for the female bowlers. Men their bodies are shaped different and they seem to be stronger in certain areas.. I also love when the channels that do ball reviews have a female on their channel instead of oy men.

[@StephRenee812]

Any other channels like this?

[@jenniferboone-sz1lo]

@@StephRenee812 Yes !!! We cannot attain the speed and revs guys take for granted so we have to depend on good technique and consistency.

[@tydal6867]

I also appreciate these videos I am coaching my girlfriend and it helps to have that female perspective to know how they tackle different issues