Bowling

The 10 pin is the pin on the far right-hand side of the back row. It can be the nemesis of a bowler. You throw a good, pocket shot that should be a strike and that single pin stands defiantly. For...

In bowling, a hook ball is thrown by making a motion of shaking someone's hand, or by putting the fingers into the ball up to the first knuckle. Learn about keeping the thumb out of a bowling ball...

Most amateur bowlers roll their balls straight down the center of the alley toward the head pin, but the best bowlers throw a hook. A hook release causes the ball to bend into the front few pins....

Knowing how to throw a controlled hook with a bowling ball is essential to generating power and adding to your score. A weak straight ball - or straight shot - will tend to reflect off of the...

The average competitive bowler understands that when he owns his own bowling ball, he needs to have finger holes drilled in the ball before bowling a frame. However, many bowlers do not realize...

Congratulations: Throwing a fingertip bowling ball means you have become more of an advanced bowler. Though the general principles behind throwing a fingertip bowling ball remain the same, the...

Holding a bowling ball to the side means that the ball will hook, while putting the hand underneath the ball will cause it to go straight. Discover how to manipulate the index finger to create...

You can set yourself perfectly. You can have an ideal approach. Your backswing can be a thing of beauty. But if your release of the bowling ball is awkward or ill-timed, you can forget about...

Throwing a hook while bowling is more than just a neat skill. Curving your bowling ball into the pins can increase your overall pin ratio and eliminate splits and other difficult spare attempts....

Knowing how to hook a bowling ball will give you better control over where your ball actually ends up. You will prevent many of the splits that straight bowling results in, and you should get more...

Determining where to stand for you bowling stance is something you should do every time you play. Each alley is different and lane conditions at the same alley can vary from one night to the next....

Perhaps the most important aspect of a bowler's motion is the release. No matter how perfect your form, you'll never reach 300 without a consistent release. There are 3 basic release techniques:...