How to Strengthen Your Hand for Bowling

Improving the strength of your hand, wrist, and forearm will improve your ability to bowl consistently.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Hooked finger pull

1. Hook your fingers together in front of your chest, with your elbows pointing out in opposite directions.

2. Pull outward - using all your strength for ten to twenty seconds.

3. Repeat several times.

Hand press

4. Make a fist with one hand.

5. Place the fist between the third and fourth fingers of your other hand in front of your chest. Hold your hand flat on top of your fist.

6. Press down with your fingers while trying to raise you fist.

7. Do this for ten to twenty seconds.

8. Switch hands and repeat.

9. Repeat entire process three times.

Grip exercises

10. Bend you elbows at forty-five degree, holding your hands straight out in front of you.

11. Open and close both hands rapidly with your palms pacing down fifty times.

12. Repeat exercise with palms facing up.

13. Use a squeeze ball or similar grip strengthening whenever possible.

Tips & Warnings

• All grip strengthening devices will improve your bowling strength.

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[Spinducky08]

on 11/14/2008 I would second that! I don't like bowling with "house balls" because the edges of the holes are sometimes not "rounded off" so sometimes the ball will catch your fingers (or in my case, my thumb) on the edges when you release it or it can make it overall uncomfortable throwing the ball after a few games. If you think you'll be doing a lot more bowling get your own ball and don't get a PRE-DRILLED! Have a new ball CUSTOM drilled to your fingering specifications. Most "in-house" pro-shops can do this the same day you buy your ball and it only takes about 15 minutes from measurement to finished drilling. You will deffinately notice the difference when you throw YOUR ball and a "house" ball.

[Revolutions]

on 8/20/2008 Bowl with a house ball or a cheap department store ball and you have to grip for dear life. Get your own ball drilled by a professional, and the ball lets go of you! Gripping the ball is NOT necessary.

You like the sport get your own ball. The cheap ones are only cheap because the people fitting and drilling them have little experience and don't do it for long (not a carrer path at the sports or department stores).