Hey Thomas... Love your informative videos. When you say letting it fall off your hand, I believe this is the most important part of the release. Any recommendations to someone that tends to squeeze thumb in, which causes pulling and over spin. But, is the most comfortable for me.
@@daleftlaud Thank you for watching. I'm glad you like them 🙂 If you feel like you have to squeeze to be comfortable there might be an issue with your fit. Have a good Proshop check your span, pitches, hole sizes, amount of tape etc. Other than that I would say the one step drill has really helped me. And the foul line drill is also very good. Where you isolate things and just focus on being relaxed with your swing and hand and get the feeling of what your hand is doing and how you want to change it
@@surfboardshack3327 Interesting question. I guess the opposite would be either dropping the ball off the hand (like if you throw it dead straight) or what I would call forcing in the ball - pulling the ball in the downswing and then pulling upwards at the release like starting a lawn mower. Hitting the ball with the fingers are okay, but it needs to clear the thumb and be an outwards motion, not an upwards.
Hey Thomas, New subscriber to you. My question is, why do you turn out your hand in your backswing instead of keeping your hand in the same position from start to finish? What is the purpose of that ? Jim
It's puts his hand on the inside of the ball which allows him to create more power. There is more room for his fingers to rotate through the release creating more revs.
I just began using alternate releases to suit the lane condition this fall. my question concerns my PAP and which one to use when I get new equipment drilled. Variance in my track is up to 3 inches. Any advice will be appreciated. TY
@@Ken-Kong It is best to do it on a plastic ball or very low flaring ball. Use video of your release and move the tape around until it sets still through the front part of the lane. I doubt there will be a major difference in PAP when doing it that way. But use your normal release. That should get you close enough
just as I always have suspected. PAP accuracy is not as important as I was lead to believe. Thank you for your answer. I enjoy your videos@@ThomasLarsenBowling
@@Ken-Kong It is important to know your PAP pretty accurately, but you should also use the same PAP on all the balls. Otherwise the layouts don't match up to each other. Thanks for watching 🙂
Great Video. Any suggestions on NOT 'griping' the ball with your thumb? I try to press the pads of my thumb against the ball ... while inserted. But.... I find it difficult. Than on the back swing I find myself GRIPPING the ball with my thumb so not to drop it. HELP?
@@SanDiegoTeslaGuy Sounds like something isn't fitting correctly. First I would have your fit checked. If the span and pitches seem okay your thumb hole is probably too big or beveled too much. Try adding tape and doing some foul line drills if you feel afraid of your ball hanging up on your hand. But Sounds like you just simply need the ball to sit a little more solid on your hand
Great video....... My problem is 'missing' the fingers feel on release (could be dropping of the ball on release). Probably without sufficient cupping of the hand. I'm a 65-year old bowler. Any suggestion?
@@smseah7680 I don't really feel the fingers. I more feel the thumb exit and the rolling motion of my wrist. So I would say more focus on that than the fingers.
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This is a video that has confirmed the way i like to release the ball. Thanks for nice informative videos.
@@MyGuaraguao I'm glad you like them 🙂
Hey Thomas... Love your informative videos. When you say letting it fall off your hand, I believe this is the most important part of the release. Any recommendations to someone that tends to squeeze thumb in, which causes pulling and over spin. But, is the most comfortable for me.
@@daleftlaud Thank you for watching. I'm glad you like them 🙂
If you feel like you have to squeeze to be comfortable there might be an issue with your fit. Have a good Proshop check your span, pitches, hole sizes, amount of tape etc.
Other than that I would say the one step drill has really helped me. And the foul line drill is also very good. Where you isolate things and just focus on being relaxed with your swing and hand and get the feeling of what your hand is doing and how you want to change it
Great vid. If rolling off hand is what we want, what would be the opposite of rolling it (which we don’t want)?
@@surfboardshack3327 Interesting question. I guess the opposite would be either dropping the ball off the hand (like if you throw it dead straight) or what I would call forcing in the ball - pulling the ball in the downswing and then pulling upwards at the release like starting a lawn mower. Hitting the ball with the fingers are okay, but it needs to clear the thumb and be an outwards motion, not an upwards.
outward. Not upward. BRILLIANT
@Thomas...how can i send a video to you of my bowling game for you to analyze? Jim
@@JSBowling2011 Hi Jim
Find me on Facebook Thomas Larsen Bowling or Instagram @tlarsenbowling 🙂
Hey Thomas, New subscriber to you. My question is, why do you turn out your hand in your backswing instead of keeping your hand in the same position from start to finish? What is the purpose of that ? Jim
It's puts his hand on the inside of the ball which allows him to create more power. There is more room for his fingers to rotate through the release creating more revs.
@@michaelcherry6010 I understand that but I wanted to hear Thomas's explanation
@@JSBowling2011 Honestly I wish I did it less, but that is just something that developed when I was young 🙂
@@ThomasLarsenBowling I thought so Thomas so what happens when you try to not do that so much? Just curious
@@ThomasLarsenBowling I have a difficult time doing that because I end up spinning around the ball when I come through
I just began using alternate releases to suit the lane condition this fall. my question concerns my PAP and which one to use when I get new equipment drilled. Variance in my track is up to 3 inches. Any advice will be appreciated. TY
@@Ken-Kong It is best to do it on a plastic ball or very low flaring ball. Use video of your release and move the tape around until it sets still through the front part of the lane. I doubt there will be a major difference in PAP when doing it that way. But use your normal release. That should get you close enough
just as I always have suspected. PAP accuracy is not as important as I was lead to believe. Thank you for your answer. I enjoy your videos@@ThomasLarsenBowling
@@Ken-Kong It is important to know your PAP pretty accurately, but you should also use the same PAP on all the balls. Otherwise the layouts don't match up to each other.
Thanks for watching 🙂
Great Video. Any suggestions on NOT 'griping' the ball with your thumb? I try to press the pads of my thumb against the ball ... while inserted. But.... I find it difficult. Than on the back swing I find myself GRIPPING the ball with my thumb so not to drop it. HELP?
@@SanDiegoTeslaGuy Sounds like something isn't fitting correctly. First I would have your fit checked. If the span and pitches seem okay your thumb hole is probably too big or beveled too much. Try adding tape and doing some foul line drills if you feel afraid of your ball hanging up on your hand. But Sounds like you just simply need the ball to sit a little more solid on your hand
Great video....... My problem is 'missing' the fingers feel on release (could be dropping of the ball on release). Probably without sufficient cupping of the hand. I'm a 65-year old bowler. Any suggestion?
@@smseah7680 I don't really feel the fingers. I more feel the thumb exit and the rolling motion of my wrist. So I would say more focus on that than the fingers.