Bowling Power

By: bowlingball.com, Originally Posted: 8/12/17; Updated: 9/21/2021

Bowling power is developed by using your legs as well as your bowling hand to help you generate leverage and consistency.

Your legs are key to using any level of power whether you are a two-handed bowler, a one handed player, or a "thumbless" bowler.

As a general rule, bowlers using the most powerful release techniques typically use more knee bend with a fairly long stride when walking to bring the larger leg muscles into play than do bowlers who do not hook the ball excessively nor apply a great deal of revolutions to the bowling ball as it is released.

Based upon your release technique, it is important to develop footwork, hand action, and knee flex matching your individual release power level.

As example, if you deliver your ball down-the-boards with little hook motion, you can walk more upright and with less knee flex than a bowler using a wide ball delivery angle with a sharp hook motion.

Bowlers who use a straighter ball delivery path compared to bowlers who hook the ball a good deal tend to be more accurate in hitting their aim point on the lane.

It is important to state right here and now that accuracy should be measured at the pocket and not solely at an intermediate aim point on the lane.

If a power player hooking the ball hits the pocket more often over a given period of time than does a straighter direction player, then the power player is more accurate and effective.



The straight direction player may hit the intermediate aimpoint more frequently than does the power player, but the real payoff is hitting the pocket and striking.

If the straight player hits the pocket more frequently than does the power player, then the power player would be less accurate.

Your challenge is to understand your game and how to use your legs to generate the necessary amount of leverage and directional consistency to maximize your accuracy.

Bowling power is developed from the ground up by using your legs as effectively as you can based on your physical limitations.