To Release the Hooked Ball .........................................................................................

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Follow Through ............................................................................................................ 45
Follow Through Superstar Style ............................................................................ 46
Common Errors......................................................................................................... 47
Proper Release Point ..................................................................................................... 48
How do you master the proper release point?........................................................... 49
Straight ball or hook - what to choose? ........................................................................... 51
Straight Bowling How it is done................................................................................ 51
Straight Ball Delivery ............................................................................................... 51
What Happens Afterwards.................................................................................... 52
Advantages of Straight Bowling .......................................................................... 52
Limitations of Straight Bowling ........................................................................... 52
Hook Bowling............................................................................................................... 53
Hook Bowling How its Done ............................................................................... 53
Hook Ball Delivery ................................................................................................... 53
What Happens Afterwards.................................................................................... 54
Advantages of Hook Bowling .............................................................................. 54
The Challenges of Hook Bowling ........................................................................ 55
Which is Better? Straight or Hooked Delivery? ........................................................... 55
Strike Targeting ................................................................................................................ 56
Target Line Bowling ..................................................................................................... 56
Importance of strike targeting................................................................................... 56
Targeting aids - dots and arrows ................................................................................... 57
Placement Distance....................................................................................................... 57
Choosing the line ...................................................................................................... 57
Target Line................................................................................................................ 58
Approach line for strike targeting ............................................................................. 59
Focus ......................................................................................................................... 60
Evaluation: How good was your target line bowling?.............................................. 60
Analysis: ................................................................................................................... 60
Shooting Spares and Splits................................................................................................ 62
Spare system basics................................................................................................... 62
9.1 The 3-6-9 Spare Shooting System .......................................................................... 64
9.2 For Left Handers: the 2-4-6 Spare Shooting System .............................................. 66
Spare Targeting and the Plastic Ball......................................................................... 66
9.3 When Spares Remain............................................................................................. 67
What are Sleeper Pins? ............................................................................................. 67
Hook-Bowling in Detail.................................................................................................... 70
The Tilted Axis Delivery .......................................................................................... 70
The Lane Surface .......................................................................................................... 71
Adjustments for Dry/Oily Lanes................................................................................... 72
Lane Assessment........................................................................................................... 72
High-Score Lanes...................................................................................................... 74
HookingTechnique How Much to Hook?.................................................................. 75
Short hooks/Wide hooks ........................................................................................... 75
Power players............................................................................................................ 75
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