Preset Your Bowling Posture

 bowlingball.com, Originally Posted: 11/2/14; Updated: 4/6/21

If you are learning to bowl or to improve your game, start with the simplest balance trick of them all.
Preset your bowling posture in an athletic position and maintain that position as you walk to the foul line.
Simplify your movement with your head, shoulders, and torso completely by eliminating wasted movements during your approach.
The process begins with a well balanced stance position.
Place your feet with your toes pointing toward the pocket on strike ball deliveries and with your sliding bowling shoe slightly ahead of your other shoe. Your shoes can be about an inch apart for stability in your stance position.
Tilt your upper body forward, perhaps 10 or 15 degrees of spine angle tilt, as to place the front portion of your shoulders in a line directly above your knee caps.
Check that your bowling shoulder is no more than an inch or so lower than your non-bowling shoulder.
Flex your knees downward about two inches or slightly less to bring the big leg muscles into play.
You will develop automatic power from the gained leverage when flexing your knees downward and maintaining the flex throughout your approach and slide step.
Hold the bowling ball with the center of the ball in positioned in close to to your body and with the ball center aligned toward the middle of your bowling shoulder.

Place your bowling hand underneath the ball supporting the weight of the ball.
The bottom portion of your chin should be positioned at least shoulder level or slightly higher throughout your approach.
By observing these simple tips to preset your bowling posture before making your approach, you will be in an excellent position to maintain good balance and make quality shots.