Stay Down And Through With Your Bowling Shot

By: bowlingball.com, Originally Posted: 9/21/16; Updated: 1/25/2022

Have your heard this term before?; Stay down and through with your bowling shot.

As an accomplished and advanced bowler, one of your biggest challenges you routinely face is raising up and out of your shot at the foul line.

It is important to remain a still as possible and not raise or lower your body center of mass during your critical moment in releasing your bowling ball.

In plain English, do not move while sliding and releasing your bowling ball.

Staying down with the shot means to avoid elevating your head and upper body by straightening your sliding knee or arching your back just as you are letting go of your ball.

In competition, relax and swing your ball to a full and complete follow through position. Freeze your upper body movement until your ball leaves your bowling hand.

Maintain the knee flex in your sliding step throughout your delivery.

Pulling your head up to look at your sight target before you release your ball can adversely affect your accuracy.

Avoid lunging to apply additional power or revs onto your ball.

Also, avoid pulling your head back and away from your best sliding posture.

The stress of competition can cause errants shots. Work at keeping a modest amount of air pressure in your lungs as you slide and release your ball.

There is no need to brace for sudden impact while delivering your ball. Simply relax and swing through with a slight accelerated motion and watch your ball pass by your sight target.

Stay down and through with your bowling shot. Repeating the same swing speed in a series of successive shots is your objective. By reducing upper body movement and retaining balance throughout your approach and delivery is the chief ingredient in repeating quality shots. Never overlook the simple bowling basics you know help you bowl your best.

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