The 7 Tips on How to Bowl a Curveball!

In today's world Bowling is one of the most participated hobbies in the world, but also there are many people who are professional at this sport as well! To me the sport of bowling is one of the most interesting sports that is practiced and played as both a sport and a hobby! What makes it so interesting in my opinion is, is that all the different types and ways that you can throw and release the ball.
One of the most common ways that you see on T.
V.
that is done by the professionals, is the curveball! During a pro-match you will see a professional bowler, such as Norm Duke or Chris Barnes, take the ball and they will curve the ball so it goes from there release point to almost having the ball spin off the alley, to having it curve back into the middle and it hitting the slot between the first and second pin for a strike! When I first saw this, my friends and I were pretty amazed and we wanted to try it for ourselves.
At first we did not think that it would be too hard, but we thought wrong.
In my opinion, throwing the curveball in bowling is one of the hardest things besides trying to bowl a perfect "300" in the sport of bowling! It took me awhile to master the technique of throwing the curveball, but today I will show you in seven easy tips on how to practice this technique, and how to eventually master it.
The first step is "comfortability.
" Make sure that you have a good grip on the ball, and that the weight and size is perfect in the hand.
This step is the most important because you can hurt yourself, and eventually can most likely break your wrist if you have a too heavy of a ball.
So when you go to start trying to throw a curveball down the lane make sure you are comfortable.
The second step is "correct finger slot.
" When trying to bowl a curveball, there are two ways that you can have your hand and your fingers set.
The first way is to have your middle finger and ring finger in the fist two holes and to keep your thumb on the ball.
The second way is to all three fingers in the holes.
Basically have you your middle finger and ring finger in the top two holes and to have your thumb in the bottom whole, but not all the way in just enough so your thumb is that the top of your thumb is resting against the edge of the hole.
These are two ways that you can grip the ball when it is in your hands.
The third step is "foot placement.
" When you get ready to throw the ball down the lane, make sure that you are set more to the left of the pins.
By this I mean when you walk up to bowl stand so that you are right in the middle of the lane staring at the center pin, and then take two steps to the left of the middle pin so that you are in line with 3rd and 4th pin.
By doing this you have more of a chance of having the ball not go into the gutter.
Foot placement is pretty important when throwing the curveball because it can make or break you with your release point.
The fourth step is "curve technique.
" This step is probably the most important out of all the steps that I will teach you today! When you have the ball in your hand, practice turning the ball with your wrist so you can get your arm used to the rotation.
When having the ball in your hand, take your hand and just twist your wrist so that the back of your hand is on top of the ball while catching the ball in your opposite hand.
Do this several times to just get the hang of it, and to create memory for it as well.
The fifth step is "release point.
" When you are ready to actually throw the ball down the lane, another very important key tip is your where and how you release the ball.
First, when you release the ball make sure that after you bring the ball back in your back swing at about to throw it that you turn your wrist a little bit in front of your left knee about knee high (if you're a righty) or your right knee (if you're a lefty).
When you release the ball, release it out in front of you at knee high at about half way down the lane in the right part of the lane not too close to the gutter.
Then follow through with your hand being at about head high.
Having a good release point is very key with throwing a curve ball.
The sixth step is "the speed of the ball.
" When releasing the ball out of your hand, make sure that you throw the ball at a good speed.
Not to fast or hard because you will end up throwing it in the gutter, and that's not what you want.
When you are first throwing the curve ball throw it at about half speed not too slow because it will curve from the right to left side of the lane into the gutter.
At first have enough speed so you are able to still hit the pins throwing it half speed half way down the lane.
The seventh and final step is "to take steps 1-6 and put them together!" Once you have thrown the curveball a good amount of times down the lane at half speed just practicing it and getting used to it.
When you think you are ready to do it at full speed, and you are confident about it then just go right at it and hope for the best.
Just make sure that you are totally comfortable when throwing this because you don't want the ball to end in the gutter all the time or in another lane at that.
In conclusion, once you have mastered this then by all means you can play around with it and throw it at different angles and speeds.
Having the curveball mastered in bowling in my opinion is probably one of the funnest techniques that you can play around with.
Reason being is you can curve it through your legs if you want, or you can put enough curve and speed on it you can stand way back and curve the ball from near the scoring table! If you read all seven easy steps and study them enough, you will master the curveball and be able to show up your friends and probably make them jealous and you can pass on the knowledge to them, that's if you would like!