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Thank you for your kind compliments. Its techniques are used on the National PBA tour. I'm glad you are learning something from it and please forward it to your family, friends and other bowlers.

This video was constructed for the bowler to be aware of what's on a bowling lane, not one's bowling style, for students and instructors to communicate at an understanding level. Two-handed bowling does not eliminate all odds on the lane. A two-handed bowler should seek an instructor/coach who understands, and studies two-handed bowling as compared to a bowler on a wheelchair or a blind bowler using rails. During my competition days, some tournaments would oil in the early morning and we competed throughout the day to midnight. When we returned, that evening, we were armed with spare balls for everything. The bowler must still have a lane strategy to compete.

I believe you found the answer. The key to the message of this video is to keep it simple. The simpler you keep the game, the less tense you apply to the game and the more relax you become. Then you begin using weight and leverage to the physics (pendulum swing) of the game. A twitch of any muscle in your delivery can throw your "shot" off.

I'm glad you enjoyed the video. There must be at least a million bowlers in the world today and this video is only one opinion of the game. To me, there are four types of bowlers: RECREATIONAL bowler = Who enjoys the game, loves its social aspects and creates fun ways of bowling. LEAGUE bowler = Who enjoys comradery and team competition. TOURNAMENT bowler = Who enjoys competition. COMPLETE bowler = Who takes one ball to the bowling center. This bowler can make that "one ball" DANCE down the lane. Think of it this way, being one of those million bowlers, there must be at least a million ways to have fun in this game. Please enjoy the fun.

Ray Wong thank you Sir ! I bowl on a Senior league that doesn’t put lane conditioning on the lanes. The head mechanic discovered oil makes his machines dirty. I have a bunch of high performance balls that sit in my house. My dream is to actually bowl on oil again someday. For now I’m the guy that takes that one low performance ball and make it dance.

@@harveywallbanger2899 When you become that complete bowler, you can control your destiny and the fun begins.

Ray Wong I will take that to heart thank you Sensei. I’m almost there 🤕

I feel very fortunate to able to present bowling awareness information to bowlers from what I had gathered from my National PBA tour and coaching adventures. Each bowler has their own style and must understand what is out there and be able to communicate with a qualified coach for guidance. Thank you for your comments.

Thanks for your compliments. I'm always happy to help bowlers in the game. Many bowlers of our generation are gone like Earl Anthony, Dick Weber and Don Johnson to name a few. The tour can be strenuous for a 70-year senior to compete with athletes/competitors 20 years younger. I suffered micro trauma in my back on my 8th tour year which made me lay off from all athletic activities for three years. Scoring 180-190 is not enough to be competitive on tour. I'm sorry to admit that I no longer live in Hawaii nor involved with Facebook. I currently manage a senior activity that attracts over 150 bowlers per week and promotes bowling as a competitive exercise with retirement independence to complement their fixed income budget.

Please pass it on to your relatives, friends and other bowlers. I'd like to help as many bowlers as I can. Enjoy the game.

Are you drifting in or out toward the foul line? Are you using a spare or striking ball? Are you missing all pins? There are many approaches as to aligning for spares. Have you tried the 3-6-9 system? My video does not go into detail because bowlers have individual applications to the game. It may be time to approach a qualified bowling instructor/coach to observe and fine tune your game. I had many coaches in my tenure. I was fortunate to have the legendary John Jowdy analyze my game during my rookie year on tour. USBC has trained and certified many excellent coaches today.

I am really out of practice and have not been able to lock in on my spare shooting since I got back into the game. It is hard for me to visualize a proper line. I have been throwing cross lane even for pins on left. Even with my plastic ball I get unpredictable results when crossing over the oil pattern. I seen a pro pick up the 4 pin by staying left and just about throwing straight down the boards. I may try staying left on my left side spares and see if by crossing less boards will give me some accuracy. I do not know if it be best to use a much lighter spare ball for better control.

To build some accuracy, let's take a closer target, like the arrows. Let's try to knock down a pin away from the gutters, like the 5-pin. The object is to hit just that one pin. Let's assume you're a right handed bowler and your practice target is between the 5 and 10 boards, first and second arrows. Between two arrows is a much larger target than trying to hit only that second arrow or 10-board. Hitting one board is very difficult. It's OK to hit those arrows because the 5 to 10 boards are 6 inclusive boards or a 6-inch target at 15 feet. The object is to roll the ball between the first and second arrows 10 out of 10 consecutive times. Then move your target to the second and third arrows. After 10 out of 10 times, move to the third and fourth arrows for another 10 out of 10 times. Move to the other areas and practice with the 4-pin and 6-pin in the same manner. I call this single-pin practice for accuracy, no full racks. Do this routine for a week and I'm sure will start narrowing that target to 4 boards, between the arrows or a 4-inch target. When you reach that 2-inch target, you'll be approaching the Pro ranks. The Pros average within 1-1/2 boards accuracy at 15-feet. Good luck and have fun.

@@wrongway9664 By the way, I forgot to mention that when you reach that 2-board accuracy, start practicing between the gutter and the first arrow. Also, when practicing for that 4-pin, target the areas between the 4th and 5th arrows, the 5th and 6th arrows and then the 6th and 7th arrows. I'm sure by practicing difficult tasks and not always at the strike pocket, you'll become more accurate for spares and strikes will come. This is what I call some parts of AREA targeting. Good luck and have fun.

Absolutely, plus oil application.

Whoa! Any detailed descriptions I mentioned in this video are only examples. You should use the targets that are comfortable to you. Please back up to where I described the 7 arrow targets, I counted the boards from right to left for right handed bowlers. The object here is to be aware that the center arrow (20th board) and the first right side rangefinder (15th board) are aligned to the 6-pin; and the center arrow (20th board) and the first left side rangefinder (15th board from the left) are aligned to the 4-pin. (The only time I count from the left is when I'm identifying the rangefinders because they mirror each other.) Another thing that is addressed here is wherever you align to the 4-pin, the object is to move one board left for the 2-pin and one board from your 4-pin alignment to the right for the 7-pin. That 4-pin starting position will depend upon your approach drift pattern, slide landing position at the foul line and lane condition (not necessarily the 28th board which is only an example). Be sure to use a spare ball to cancel any possible over/under ball reaction when going for corner pins. This video is an awareness presentation to alert you that something is happening to possibly make an adjustment to your next ball and allow coaches to fine tune the game.

I've been hoping your comments are correct, "will benefit bowlers of all experience levels." I was thinking in line of the student and coach having intelligent conversations of any segment of the game. As you can see, I left the fine points out because each bowler is unique and individualized, and a coach is needed to fine tune the game. I was very fortunate to have the late John Jowdy, PBA players coach, analyze my game. Mahalo.

I have been bowling for 43 years and I got something out of your video, so I truly believe anyone can learn from it. Whether it be new information or a reminder of knowledge gained log ago, this is a great video that can help all bowlers. Be well and thank you!

There are many very nice people (bowlers, fans and volunteers) all over the country. Enjoy and good luck on your PBA50 West Coast swing.

There is no required target that you MUST use to shoot at the 7-pin. If you are a matured bowler, you can knock the 7-pin (or any other pin) 10 of 10 times from any place on the lane, I'd say that that was pretty good. If you can accomplish the same task on the left of the 35th board, I'd be in awe and say that that was very excellent, especially when the ball must travel over the edge (10X) of the gutter. One of my assistants (with a MBA degree) warned me that there will be curmudgeons who will negatively comment (in your case, name label) on this video (especially when I'm trying to help people) and I'd like to congratulate you for fitting that description. Mahalo. I'm sorry I'm not as smart as you, I only carried a 3.5 GPA in college.

I was born and raised in Hawaii where many nationalities are mixed. I grew up with a handful of friends who collectively consist of over a dozen nationalities. Not one of us is a thoroughbred of one nationality. Does this now mean that you are trusting me only part of the time? I hope I can influence you to trust whomever is qualified or knowledgeable to teach you on any subject, such as a school teacher, coach or counselor. We are here on earth for only a brief time. Please learn as much as you can from a variety of instructors and enjoy life.