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marauder181

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Knee Bend
« on: February 24, 2010, 01:08:04 AM »
I've fallen into a bad habit of eliminating my knee bend so I am more upright when I get to the line and I'm lofting the ball too much.  

The tricky thing is it's not like I am favoring an injury or anything and have no idea why this has happened to me.  One of the houses I bowl at is always dry so I think I am picking up some bad habits trying to delay by hook.

I don't have time to practice before league night tonight, but what would be the best way to work on this?  Move further back so I have more room to slide?
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marauder181

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Re: Knee Bend
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2010, 09:15:04 AM »
Hmm I can try that.

I use a 4 step approach and start right in front of the dots.  I have been inching a little closer to try and prevent leaving 10-pins.  I think that's how I picked up this bad habit, probably just kept inching up a little too much.
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vlor

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Re: Knee Bend
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2010, 01:05:20 AM »
Give this a try and see if it helps. Flex your knees slightly before you start your approch,start your slide with your fourth step inline with the third step and maintain contact on the approch with the toe of your trailing foot at the end of the slide. POST.
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dizzyfugu

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Re: Knee Bend
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2010, 01:31:41 AM »
I know the problem, and here's what I did, helped a lot:
1) Slow down the feet, wait for the pendulum
2) Keep your upper body upright, "bold breast".
3) When you start in the adress position, try to shift your body's CG a bit to the rear, e. g. through slightly bent/flexed knees and(or a half-sitting position. This also helps keeping the upper body upright and the sliding foot ahead.

Without a good knee bend, you will probably not slide and lean forward, killing any leverage in your release and also hanging onto the ball for too  long - the loft is a good sign that this might be the result of the non-bent knee, timing issues and problems that lie much earlier in the approach than just the release itself.

Good luck, maybe consider a coach?
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