Ok, you ask a question, I answer.
I do turn my wrist a little to the inside. Why? Let me explain
Bowling is termed as
an unnatural sport, because of many reasons, but because of 1 main
thing. The body, arm and shoulder specifically, was not designed to
swing back and forth in a straight line. It tends to swing back and
to the right (for right handers) and swing forward and left.
Picture swimmers standing, ready to dive in the pool. They swing
their arms back and forth to warm up... in fact, you can just stand
up and try doing it. You're moving naturally just swinging your
shoulders and voila, your arms AREN'T MOVING STRAIGHT FORWARD AND
BACK! Just like
theirs!!
Bowling for a long time, we have sort of negated that tendency,
since we are taught to swing STRAIGHT back and forwards. Especially
also, with huge hips like mine, which fail to "get away" from the
ball in the swing, we have to do a little compensation of our own.
For you, it comes from the "hip twist" seen in players like Weber
and Monacelli. For Ian Wong, it comes from the opening of the
shoulder. I don't open my shoulder a lot during my backswing, and
the ball flares out to the back and right. By supinating a little,
it helps me drive the ball back inside "on line" with the shoulder
and target. And in case you wonder "doesn't this mean you would end
up with a slight inside out swing since you gotta move the ball
away from the hips again" you're right. In fact, that actually
helps me because I normally shoot 4 boards left of the target I
aim, so this inside out swing actually helps me get back to the
target I aim! Killing 2 birds with one stone!
I hope I answered it well, buddy!
[This message has been edited by prataman (edited 07 May
2002).]
