Retain Your Spine Angle For Consistent Bowling Shots

Written By: bowlingball.com | Written On: Wednesday, August 26, 2015


One important key in producing well balanced deliveries is to retain your spine angle for consistent bowling shots.
Preset your spine angle during your stance position before bowling.
Flex your knees, keep your feet close together with perhaps only one board of separation between both bowling shoes, and use a 10% or 15% body forward tilt with your rear pushed back slightly so your body weight is placed over your legs.
Make certain the bottom of your chin is at shoulder level or slightly higher.
Retain your spine angle as you walk to the foul line and deliver your bowling ball. It only makes good sense to achieve a well balanced body posture as you walk and swing your bowling ball.
By maintaining your spine angle as you enter the critical release zone during the final step of your approach, the launch angle your bowling ball is introduced into the lane surface with a gradual angle of descent.
Gaining skid distance control in the front end of the lane is the objective for any top tier player. Being in a good, well balanced position when releasing your bowling ball is a key to controlling your skid distance.
If you avoid unnecessary head movement as you walk and swing your bowling ball while retaining a constant spine angle throughout your approach, your chances at making accurate shots improve.
If you establish an athletic posture during your stance position, all you need to focus on during your approach is to maintain that same posture from start to finish.
Good posture helps generate effortless power coupled with good body balance so you can repeat good shots.
It all begins with retaining your spine angle for power, consistent shotmaking, and accuracy in your game.